Chagas disease in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil: analysis of admissions and mortality time series.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to assess the epidemiological characteristics of Trypanosoma cruzi-infected mothers and the live birth conditions of neonates. METHODS:A serological survey with IgG-specific tests was conducted using dried blood samples from newborn infants in the State of Minas Gerais. T. cruzi ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Pinto FS,de Andrade GM,Januario JN,Maia MC,Gontijo ED

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice previously infected with Schistosoma mansoni, and cured by specific treatment (400mg/kg oxamniquine, p.o.) in the chronic phase of the disease, were reinfected 20 days after treatment to assess their capacity for modulation of the granulomatous response. Histopathologic examination of the animals' liver, at 60 da...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Coelho PM,Raso P,de Mello RT,Toppa NH

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rupestrian triatomines were captured in six Quaraí city localities, RS, to verify the level of Trypanosomatidae infection, as well as the animal reservoir. The capture occurred in a wild environment and 453 samples were collected, which were identified and separated by nymphal instar. 421 (92.9%) samples of Triatoma r...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Martins LP,Castanho RE,Casanova C,Caravelas DT,Frias GT,Ruas-Neto AL,Rosa JA

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic response of hepatitis C in patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1). METHODS:A retrospective study of 20 patients coinfected with HIV-1/HCV who were treated in the outpatient liver clinic at the Sacred House of Mercy Foundation Hos...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Amaral Ido S,Móia Lde J,Barbosa MS,Demachki S,Araújo MT,Soares Mdo C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of whole parasite and vesicular fluid antigen extracts from Taenia solium and Taenia crassiceps cysticerci for immunodiagnosis of neurocysticercosis was evaluated using ELISA on cerebrospinal fluid samples. Anticysticercal IgG antibodies were assayed in cerebrospinal fluid samples from 23 patients with ne...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Suzuki LA,Arruda GC,Quagliato EM,Rossi QL

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Renal damage is a consequence of severe malaria, and is generally caused by sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum -infected erythrocytes in the renal microcirculation, which leads to obstruction, hypoxia, and ischemia. This triggers high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) to send a danger signal through toll-li...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Fitri LE,Rosmarwati E,Rizky Y,Budiarti N,Samsu N,Mintaroem K

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study characterized the clinico-epidemiological profile of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) cases in Barbalha, Ceará State, Brazil. METHODS:Medical records of 363 patients visiting Federal University of Cariri between 2009 and 2014 were analyzed. RESULTS:ACL was more prevalent in men with low ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Grangeiro Júnior CRP,Pimentel JVC,Teixeira Júnior AG,Jesus AF,Galvão TCF,Souza LAA,Gadelha MDSV,Damasceno KS,Rolim Neto ML,Lima MAP,Nascimento VBD,Silva CGLD

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chikungunya (CHIK) is caused by the Chikungunya virus, which is an Alphavirus of the Family Togaviridae transmitted to humans through female mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted involving the administration of a questionnaire addressing sociodemographic and health v...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Panato CS,Figueredo ED,Bassi D,Felipe IMA,Firmo WDCA,Rêgo AS,Silva FMAM

更新日期：2019-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:with the objective of evaluating shortened therapeutic outlines effective in vivax malaria treatment, we accomplished an open, prospective study allocating 234 patients with vivax malaria distributed at random into eight therapeutic groups. Six groups used oral arthemisin as blood esquizonticide at different doses for...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： da Silva Rdo S,Pinto AY,Calvosa VS,de Souza JM

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the State of Amazonas, accidents with snakes are a public health problem. For this reasons, the objective of this work was to carry out a descriptive study of the snake accidents attended in the health units of 34 municipalities, one district and two border platoons in the State of Amazonas. The characteristics mos...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Campos Borges C,Sadahiro M,dos Santos MC

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Currently, dengue fever, chikungunya fever, and zika virus represent serious public health issues in Brazil, despite efforts to control the vector, the Aedes aegypti mosquito. METHODS: :This was a descriptive and ecological study of dengue deaths occurring from 2002 to 2013 in São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil. ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Silva MD,Branco MD,Aquino J Junior,Queiroz RC,Bani E,Moreira EP,Medeiros MN,Rodrigues ZM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three cases of children with visceral larva migrans confirmed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), in Goiânia. Pulmonary interstitial infiltrates with dry cough and peripheral eosinophilia characterised the first case. Clinical and laboratorial finding in the second case included dry cough, pulmonar...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Campos DM,Sousa MN,Zacariotti ET,Nardini R,Campos ML,Barbosa AP,Gebrin MC,Lima FM

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION.:This study aimed to evaluate different methods for differentiation of species of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) that caused infections in hospitalized immunocompromised patients. METHODS.:A total of 134 CoNS strains were characterized using four different methods. RESULTS. :The results of matri...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Trevisoli LE,Bail L,Rodrigues LS,Conte D,Palmeiro JK,Dalla-Costa LM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hepatitis C is a public health problem of global dimensions, affecting approximately 200 million people worldwide. The main objective of this study was to estimate the incidence rate of hepatitis C in Brazil during the period between 2001 and 2012. METHODS:An epidemiological, temporal, and descriptive stu...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Hanus JS,Ceretta LB,Simões PW,Tuon L

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in a 45-year-old patient who was unsuccessfully treated with pentavalent antimonial for 30 days. After 10 days from the initial treatment and before starting a new therapeutic regimen with the same drug the patient died due to sudden cardiac arrest. ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Oliveira MC,Amorim RF,Freitas Rde A,Costa Ade L

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present schistosomiasis mortality data in the country, in macrozones and in the federal units during the period of 1977-86. They relate mortality average to the control program. Its impact seems to be evident, especially concerning the population that underwent treatment. Here the reinfection risk has been...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Silveira AC,Vasconcelos MF,Melo JE

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo antimalarial drug efficacy studies of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria at an isolated site in the Amazon basin of Peru bordering Brazil and Colombia showed >50% RII/RIII resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine but no evidence of resistance to mefloquine. ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Magill AJ,Zegarra J,Garcia C,Marquiño W,Ruebush TK 2nd

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to evaluate some virulence factors in Candida albicans isolates from patients with onychomycosis and determine the correlation between these factors and the antifungal resistance profile. METHODS:Seventy species of C. albicans were confirmed using polymerase chain reaction amplif...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Mohammadi F,Ghasemi Z,Familsatarian B,Salehi E,Sharifynia S,Barikani A,Mirzadeh M,Hosseini MA

更新日期：2020-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy remains a major cause of death due to heart failure in Latin American countries and for which there is currently no effective treatment. While chagasic patients wait for the development of more efficient and less toxic chemotherapeutics for the elimination of Trypanosoma cruzi, a new st...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： dos Santos RR,Soares MB,de Carvalho AC

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rodent-borne hantaviruses cause severe human diseases. We completed a serological survey of hantavirus infection in rural inhabitants of Turvo County, in the southern State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, in which seropositivity for hantavirus was correlated to previous disease in the participants. METHODS:The...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Pereira GW,Teixeira AM,Souza MS,Braga AD,Santos Junior GS Jr,Figueiredo GG,Figueiredo LT,Borges AA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of intestinal involvement of Paracoccidioidomycosis, in a patient considered to have colonic cancer. The diagnosis of this mycosis should be considered when an abdominal mass associated with intra-lesional calcifications on X-ray is observed. CT scans increase the findings. ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Chojniak R,Vieira RA,Lopes A,Silva JC,Godoy CE

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Aedes albopictus was first detected in Brazil in 1986. This mosquito species presents a major threat to public health because Brazilian populations have shown substantial vector competence for arboviruses such as dengue and chikungunya. METHODS:We updated the records of Ae. albopictus in several States of...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Pancetti FG,Honório NA,Urbinatti PR,Lima-Camara TN

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study had the aim of ascertaining epidemiological and clinical differences in envenoming caused by Bothrops spp between elderly adults (>60 years) and non-elderly adults (20 to 59 years). The data were obtained from 1,930 medical records of patients attended at the Butantan Institute between 1981 and 1992. The gr...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Ribeiro LA,Gadia R,Jorge MT

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To evaluate physical capacity as determined by the six-minute walk test (6MWT) in patients with chronic heart failure due to Chagas' disease associated with systemic arterial hypertension (Chagas-SAH). METHODS:A total of 98 patients routinely followed at the Cardiomyopathy Outpatient Service were recruite...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Dourado KC,Bestetti RB,Cardinalli-Neto A,Cordeiro JA

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study had the aim of evaluating the effects of intra and interspecies larval competition between Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, survival of larvae time taken to develop and wing length. The experiment was carried out with three densities and five proportions of the species. Aedes aegypti survival was greater...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Serpa LL,Kakitani I,Voltolini JC

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exceptional case of a 15-year-old puerpera with septic shock caused by Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus and Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome is reported. The findings were observed at the necropsy. The characteristics of the diagnosis, pathogenesis and evolution of this puerperal infection (sepsis), associated ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Araújo Sde A,Lana AM,Garcia PP,Godoy P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Several cases of acute Chagas disease (ACD) have been reported in the Peruvian Amazon basin. METHODS:The objective was to describe and investigate 6 ACD cases in children from indigenous Amazon communities in the province of Datem del Marañón in Loreto department (2006-2010). RESULTS:The mean age was 3.6...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Cabrera R,Vega S,Valderrama Y,Cabanillas K,Fernández C,Rodríguez O,Del Aguila C,Hernández J,Mendoza L,Ramón Meza J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of larva migrans or serpiginous linear dermatitis on the scalp of a teenager is reported. An ancylostomid larva was found within a sebaceous gland acinus. The unusual skin site for larva migrans as well as the penetration through the sebaceous gland are highlighted. The probable mechanism by which the parasite ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Guimarães LC,Silva JH,Saad K,Lopes ER,Meneses AC

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study aimed to detect anti-Leptospira spp antibodies and Leptospira DNA in domestic dogs. METHODS:Blood and urine from 106 dogs were evaluated by microscopic agglutination test (MAT) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR), respectively. RESULTS:Six (5.7%) and one (1%) animals were positive by MAT and P...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Latosinski GS,Fornazari F,Babboni SD,Caffaro K,Paes AC,Langoni H

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The increasing practice of ecotourism and rural tourism in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, highlights the importance of studies concerning the occurrence of potential intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni. This study aimed to identify species of Biomphalaria snails in municipalities along the Estrad...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Tibiriçá SH,Mitterofhe A,Castro MF,Lima Ada C,Gonçalves M,Pinheiro Ide O,Freitas Cda C,Guimarães RJ,Carvalho Odos S,Coimbra ES

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00