Fusobacterium necrophorum causing infective endocarditis and liver and splenic abscesses.

abstract：:A chronic infection (10 years) by Lagochilascaris minor is described in a woman from the amazon region of Colombia. This is the third case of infection by this parasite that has been described so far in Colombia, and only the first one in a person coming from the Colombian Amazon region. ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Moncada LI,Alvarez CA,Castellanos C,Caceres E,Nicholls S,Corredor A

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive values of selected clinical signs and symptoms in the diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni infection were evaluated in 403 individuals (69% of inhabitants over 1 year of age) in an endemic area in Brazil (Divino). Highest sensitivity (13%) was found for blood in stools. Spe...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： de Lima e Costa MF,Rocha RS,Colley D,Gazzinelli G,Katz N

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of anti-snake venom from large mammal's blood has been found to be low-yielding and arduous, consequently, antivenom immunoglobulins for treatment are achieved regularly as polyvalent serum. We have standardized an undemanding technique for making purified immunoglobulin IgY antivenom consisting of poly...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Aguilar I,Sánchez EE,Girón ME,Estrella A,Guerrero B,Rodriguez-Acosta FA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of prenatal diagnosis of congenital rubella. After birth, in addition to traditional serologic and clinical examinations to confirm the infection, we could identify the virus in the "first fluid aspirated from the oropharynx of the newborn", using polimerase chain reaction (PCR). We propose that this...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Pedreira DA,Haiek DB,Okay TS,Russo EM,Proença RS,Falcão MC,Zugaib M

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine in a population of elderly outpatients, we compared the occurrence and frequency of influenza like illness (ILI), respiratory illness and hospitalization in vaccinated and non-vaccinated subjects. All the outcomes were clinically defined. The two groups were si...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Gutierrez EB,Li HY,Santos AC,Lopes MH

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new conglomerate family sample of 194 dwellings with 996 resident persons were studied in the town of Barcelos, State of Amazonas, in order to re-evaluate the risk of Chagas disease. During the survey the persons were interviewed and in this occasion we showed to them a collection of Panstrongylus, Rhodnius and Tria...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Coura JR,Junqueira AC,Boia MN,Fernandes O,Bonfante C,Campos JE,Santos L,Devera R

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dot-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (dot-ELISA) was standardized using somatic (S) and excretory-secretory (ES) antigens of Toxocara-canis for the detection of specific antibodies in 22 serum samples from children aged 1 to 15 years, with clinical signs of toxocariasis. Fourteen serum samples from apparently nor...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Camargo ED,Nakamura PM,Vaz AJ,da Silva MV,Chieffi PP,de Melo EO

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) caused by Listeria monocytogenes in cirrhotic patients are reported. In one of the cases, the microorganism was isolated from pleural effusion and ascites. SBP is a serious and common complication of patients with ascites caused by hepatic cirrhosis and the culture ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Toyoshima MT,Apanavicius A,de Matos Soeiro A,de Almeida GM,Arai MH

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) is becoming one of the extremely common airborne and contact transmission diseases in Guangzhou, southern China, leading public health authorities to be concerned about its increased incidence. In this study, it was used an ecological study plus the negative binomial regression to id...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Li T,Yang Z,Liu X,Kang Y,Wang M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection is often silent and can lead to long-term reproductive complications in women. In this study, we determined the prevalence of CT infection and possible associations between the presence of the infection and clinical-epidemiological variables in pregnant women attended at the Basic ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Azevedo MJN,Nunes SDS,Oliveira FG,Rocha DAP

更新日期：2019-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild rodents have been described as the most important hosts for Angiostrongylus costaricensis in Central America and southern Brazil. Sinantropic rodents apparently do not play a significant role as natural hosts. A search for natural infection failed to document worms in 14 mice captured in the house of a patient wi...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： dos Santos FT,Pinto VM,Graeff-Teixeira C

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report two cases of adrenal insufficiency secondary to infiltration of the adrenal glands by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. The first patient had been treated for a chronic multifocal form of paracoccidiodomycosis 11 years ago. The diagnosis of the mycosis was done simultaneous with that of the adrenal ins...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Agudelo CA,Muñoz C,Ramírez A,Gutierrez J,Velez S,Perez JC,Velez A,Tobon AM,Restrepo A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between April and October 2002, thirty fortnightly collections of oysters (Crassostrea rhizophorea) from a natural oyster bed at the Cocó River estuary in the Sabiaguaba region (Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil) were carried out, aiming to isolate Aeromonas spp. strains. Oyster samples were submitted to the direct plating (DP...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Evangelista-Barreto NS,Vieira RH,Carvalho FC,Torres RC,Sant'Anna ES,Rodrigues DP,Reis CM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Candida albicans is the main cause of fungal esophagitis, other species such as C. tropicalis, C. krusei and C. stellatoidea have also been implicated. Several studies have identified risk factors for C. albicans esophagitis. However, data for non-C. albicans species is still sparse. The aim of this study was...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Kliemann DA,Pasqualotto AC,Falavigna M,Giaretta T,Severo LC

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A panoramic sight of epidemiological, clinical and experimental studies, referring to Loxosceles laeta and loxoscelism, carried out in 1955-1988, in Santiago, Chile is presented. Two-hundred and sixteen cases of loxoscelism were studied. The most relevant features were: 84.3% corresponded to cutaneous loxoscelism (CL)...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Schenone H,Saavedra T,Rojas A,Villarroel F

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical trial pilot study, double-blinded, randomized, and controlled with a placebo to assess the effectiveness of oral doxycycline (200 mg, single dose) in preventing leptospirosis after high exposure to potentially contaminated water was performed in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Confirmed cases were defined as those w...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Gonsalez CR,Casseb J,Monteiro FG,Paula-Neto JB,Fernandez RB,Silva MV,Camargo ED,Mairinque JM,Tavares LC

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal parasites are a problem for public health all over the world. The infection with Blastocystis, a protozoan of controversial pathogenicity, is one of the most common among them all. In this study, the occurrence of intestinal parasites, with emphasis on Blastocystis, in patients at the Universidade Federal d...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Cabrine-Santos M,Cintra Edo N,do Carmo RA,Nascentes GA,Pedrosa AL,Correia D,Oliveira-Silva MB

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between April 2003 and May 2009 phlebotomine sandflies were collected in Parque do Sabiá complex, Uberlândia municipality, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, using CDC and Shannon traps. The objective was to associate the sandfly species captured to the risk of the transmission of leishmaniasis in the municipality. The 126 c...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Rodrigues Ede A,Andrade Filho JD,Limongi JE,Paula MB

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythromycin, a reversal agent in multidrug-resistant cancer, was assayed in chloroquine resistance modulation. The in vitro microtechnique for drug susceptibility was employed using two freshly isolates of Plasmodium falciparum from North of Brazil. The antimalarial effect of the drug was confirmed, with an IC50 esti...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Menezes CM,Kirchgatter K,Di Santi SM,Savalli C,Monteiro FG,Paula GA,Ferreira EI

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infrapopliteal mycotic aneurysm resulting from endocarditis is rare, with only a few reported cases. We describe the case of a 28-year-old male patient who was suffering with pain and edema in the right leg. The ultrasound revealed an aneurysm of the right tibioperoneal trunk and a deep vein thrombosis (DVT). The pati...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Belczak SQ,Sincos IR,Teivelis MP,de Oliveira CA,Fragoso H,Aun R

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study longitudinally investigated the association between Triatoma dimidiata infestation, triatomine infection with Trypanosoma cruzi and household/backyard environmental characteristics in 101 homesteads in Molas and Yucatan, Mexico, between November 2009 (rainy season) and May 2010 (dry season). Logistic regres...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Koyoc-Cardeña E,Medina-Barreiro A,Escobedo-Ortegón FJ,Rodríguez-Buenfil JC,Barrera-Pérez M,Reyes-Novelo E,Chablé-Santos J,Selem-Salas C,Vazquez-Prokopec G,Manrique-Saide P

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of thermotolerant Campylobacter in diarrhoeic and healthy children as well as in dogs, hens, ducks and pigeons was determined in Southern Chile. Campylobacter were found in 34.5% of the faecal samples examined. The isolation rate of Campylobacter in diarrhoeic and healthy children was 16.3% and 6.4% res...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Fernández H,Kahler K,Salazar R,Ríos MA

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the larvicidal activity of diterpenoids obtained from the oil-resin of Copaifera reticulata against Aedes aegypti larvae, the principal vector of dengue and urban yellow fever. Four diterpenes were obtained from oil-resin extraction with organic solvents and subsequent chrom...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Geris R,Silva IG,Silva HH,Barison A,Rodrigues-Filho E,Ferreira AG

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) is one of the most important but neglected infectious diseases, and can cause severe deformities. ATL incidence remains high in forest regions, such as in the Amazonas State, Brazil. However, differences within the State and over time have been observed, since infection pattern...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Teles GDC,Fonseca FR,Gonçalves MJF

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candidemia remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the health care environment. The epidemiology of Candida infection is changing, mainly in relation to the number of episodes caused by species C. non-albicans. The overall objective of this study was to evaluate the frequency of yeasts of the genus Candida...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Oliveira VK,Ruiz Lda S,Oliveira NA,Moreira D,Hahn RC,Melo AS,Nishikaku AS,Paula CR

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the 424 serum samples examined, the prevalence of hepatitis virus infection turned out to be 89.6%, with 15.6% of HBsAg positivity. Some of the samples belonged to an afferent population and some other to workers of a West Africa rural hospital (Pop. Rep. of Benin). 27.3% of the positive subjects presented activ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Zanchetta N,Vigano P,Ferrario MP,Priuli GB,Djigbenoude O,Nardi GP,Pagano A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of small ultrasonographic equipment has permitted to incorporate this technique to the methods of early detection of Human Hydatidosis. 689 echographies were carried out in this experience, and 5.51% of compatible images in the whole population, and 12.24% in groups of risk (those living together with ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Larrieu E,Frider B,Andreani G,Andreani G,Aquino A,De La Fuente R

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high mortality rates associated with candidemia episodes and the emergence of resistance to antifungal agents necessitate the monitoring of the susceptibility of fungal isolates to antifungal treatments. The new, recently approved, species-specific clinical breakpoints (SS-CBPs)(M27-S4) for evaluating susceptibili...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Santos ER,Dal Forno CF,Hernandez MG,Kubiça TF,Venturini TP,Chassot F,Santurio JM,Alves SH

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exoantigens (exo) from Leptomonas seymouri and Crithidia fasciculata were used in an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), showing 100% reactivity with sera from visceral leishmaniasis (VL) cases, and no reactivity with American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) ones. Our results have indicated that these exoantige...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Kesper N,Teixeira MM,Lindoso JA,Barbieri CL,Umezawa ES

更新日期：2017-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Two naturally infected dogs (male and female) from Teófilo Otoni (MG-Brazil) were maintained for 18 months in our laboratory. Two other dogs, two months old males were infected with 1 x 10(6) promastigotes of MHO/BR/70/BH46 Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi strain, endovenous route, and autopsied after 10 months and two...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Tafuri WL,Michalick MS,Dias M,Genaro O,Leite VH,Barbosa AJ,Bambirra EA,da Costa CA,Melo MN,Mayrink W

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00