Abstract:
:Pleural effusions are rare events accompanying histoplasmosis, and in general they are associated with acute forms of the disease. It is described here a case of histoplasmoma associated with pleuritic pain and pleural effusion.
journal_name
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulojournal_title
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Pauloauthors
de Almeida MC,Vianna LG,Moraes MAdoi
10.1590/s0036-46651990000500012subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1990-09-01 00:00:00pages
375-8issue
5eissn
0036-4665issn
1678-9946journal_volume
32pub_type
杂志文章abstract::We determined the relationship between plasma and red blood cell concentrations of quinine in children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria from an endemic area of Amazonian region. Quinine was determined by high performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection. In the steady state the ratio between plasm...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46652009000200009
更新日期:2009-03-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46652008000500002
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The objective of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV 2) antibodies in child bearing women of 2 Brazilian populations with different socioeconomic status and to determine the risk of neonatal HSV exposure by means of maternal cultures at the onset of labor. The study was...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1590/s0036-46651993000300011
更新日期:1993-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of this research was to evaluate the prevalence of Staphylococcus spp. and S. aureus in the odontological clinic environment (air), their production of beta-lactamase and antibacterial susceptibility to the major antibiotics utilized in medical particle. During 12 months of samples collect were isolated 9775 C...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46652005000100004
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The 4-year study (1987-1990) covered the major clinical-epidemiological characteristics of pneumonia in children as diagnosed at the emergency service of the Children's Hospital, as well as etiologies, and factors involved in the most severe cases. Etiology was determined in 47.7% of the 541 pneumonia cases, involving...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46651994000300010
更新日期:1994-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::A case of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladophialophora sp. is reported. The patient, an immunosuppressed host presented a nodule on the dorsum of the right hand which relapsed four months after excision. Dematiaceous septate hyphal and yeast like elements were seen in mycological and histological examinat...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46652007000200008
更新日期:2007-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Zika virus (ZIKV) clinical presentation and frequency/duration of shedding need further clarification. Symptomatic ZIKV-infected individuals identified in two hospitals in Sao Paulo State, Brazil, were investigated regarding clinical characteristics, shedding in body fluids, and serodynamics. Ninety-four of 235 sympto...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1590/S1678-9946201961019
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chromoblastomycosis (CBM) is a chronic subcutaneous infection caused by several dematiaceous fungi. The most commonly etiological agent found in Brazil is Fonsecaea pedrosoi, which appears as thick walled, brownish colored cells with transverse and longitudinal division in the lesions, called "muriform cells". This di...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46652003000600003
更新日期:2003-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::We describe the production of the potential monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) using BALB/c mice immunized with vesicular fluid (VF)-Tcra (T. crassiceps) antigen. Immune sera presented anti-VF-Tcra (<20kD) IgG and IgM antibodies with cross-reactivity with T. solium (Tso) antigen (8-12, 14, and 18 kD). After cell fusion, we...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46652000000300013
更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::It is essential that healthcare providers are familiar with the full spectrum of clinical presentations of syphilis. A rare manifestation of secondary syphilis is the corymbiform (or corymbose) arrangement, in which a central greater papule is surrounded by smaller satellite lesions. Very few reports of corymbiform sy...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type:
doi:10.1590/S1678-9946201860040
更新日期:2018-08-20 00:00:00
abstract::In the study of conjunctivitis outbreaks occurring from September 1994 to September 1996 in the region of Ribeirão Preto, conjunctival exudates of 92 patients were cultivated in Instituto Adolfo Lutz Laboratory I, Ribeirão Preto. Most cases occurred in the age range 2-7 years. The etiological agents which were most fr...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46651998000100002
更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The specificity and sensitivity of the enzyme immunoassay (EIA), presently used in South America areas where hydatidosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus is endemic, was compared to two alternative EIA. One of these uses an hydatid antigen of different preparation and the other vesicular fluid of Taenia crassiceps ci...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46651993000200007
更新日期:1993-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The expression of iron regulated proteins (IRPs) in vitro has been obtained in the past by adding iron chelators to the culture after bacterial growth, in the presence of an organic iron source. We have investigated aspects concerning full expression of the meningococcal IRPs during normal growth, in defined condition...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46651994000400002
更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::In the São Paulo State, Brazil, where the Biomphalaria tenagophila is the intermediate host, the Ribeira Valley is an important endemic schistosomiasis mansoni area. During last eleven years there has been intense control measures focusing on schistosomiasis. The efforts have been concentrated in the municipalities of...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46651992000300003
更新日期:1992-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::In order to contribute to a better understanding of the forms of acquisition of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Brazil, with special emphasis on sexual transmission, we determined the presence of HCV infection in regular partners and in non-sexual home communicants of blood donors seen at Fundação Pró-Sangue Hemocentro de ...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46652001000300003
更新日期:2001-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a globally parasitic zoonosis caused by larval stages of Echinococcus granulosus. This study investigated E. granulosus genotypes isolated from livestock and humans in the Golestan province, northern Iran, southeast of the Caspian sea, using partial sequencing data of the cytochrome c oxi...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/S1678-9946201658038
更新日期:2016-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46652006000300003
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Supernatant of boiled spleen saline-suspensions of Yersinia pestis experimentally infected animals were used as template for PCR amplification without DNA extraction. PCR sensitivity was enhanced by a second round of amplification (Nested). No amplification was observed from non-infected animals. ...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46651996000500009
更新日期:1996-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report a case of a 42 year-old female, who came to a leishmaniasis reference center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, presenting a cutaneous leishmaniasis lesion in the right forearm. Treatment with low-dose intramuscular meglumine antimoniate (MA) (5 mg Sb5+/kg/day) was initiated, with improvement after 28 days, although...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46652014000400016
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Postsurgical acute suppurative parotitis is a bacterial gland infection that occurs from a few days up to some weeks after abdominal surgical procedures. In this study, the authors analyze the prevalence of this complication in Hospital das Clínicas/São Paulo University Medical School by prospectively reviewing the ch...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46652008000500010
更新日期:2008-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/S0036-46652014000100009
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chromoblastomycosis (CR) is a subcutaneous chronic mycosis characterized by a granulomatous inflammatory response. However, little is known regarding the pattern of leukocyte subsets in CR and the pathways involved in their recruitment. The objective of this study was to assess the cellular subsets, chemokine, chemoki...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46652007000100009
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Leptospirosis is a globally distributed zoonosis with a broad clinical spectrum. This disease mostly affects liver and kidney tissues. Other organs such as the pancreas, can be affected by leptospirosis-induced vasculitis. In addition, cardiac manifestations are common, and the presence of transient ECG abnormalities ...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type:
doi:10.1590/S1678-9946201961063
更新日期:2019-12-20 00:00:00
abstract::This work aimed to assess pathogenic potential and clonal relatedness of Aeromonas sp. and Vibrio cholerae isolates recovered during a diarrhea outbreak in Brazil. Clinical and environmental isolates were investigated for the presence of known pathogenic genes and clonal relatedness was assessed by intergenic spacer r...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46652012000600001
更新日期:2012-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The humoral and cellular immune responses as well as the resistance to infection with bloodstream forms of T. cruzi were studied in mice immunized with acidic antigenic fractions from parasite cytosol, F III and F IV, plus Bordetella pertussis as adjuvant. The immunization with F III induced positive ITH and DTH respo...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46651992000500003
更新日期:1992-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::A comparative study of the "in vitro" susceptibility of 24 Cryptococcus strains to 5 antifungal drugs (amphotericin B, 5 fluorocytosine, miconazole, itraconazole and ketoconazole), was carried out. These strains were grouped according to species, varieties and isolation's origins. The minimum inhibitory concentration ...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46651989000500009
更新日期:1989-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Patients infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) often have opportunistic infections, among which strongyloidiasis and coccidiosis are the most common parasitic infections that aggravate their health status. This study examined the prevalence of intestinal parasites, particularly of Strongyloides stercora...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/S1678-9946201860013
更新日期:2018-03-08 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/S0036-46652015000300015
更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Forty children with a diagnosis of Visceral Toxocariasis were evaluated prospectively from February 1982 to June 1989. Diagnosis was established by clinical, laboratory and serological (ELISA - ES Toxocara canis antigen) evaluations. A great clinical polymorphism was found in our patients, ranging from unspecific or a...
journal_title:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46651994000100004
更新日期:1994-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-46651990000100006
更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00