[HTLV-1 associated myelopathy: clinical and epidemiological profile in a 10-year case series study].

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Some human papillomavirus (HPV) types are involved in malignant processes in the cervical epithelium, with 99% of cases attributed to oncogenic HPV infection. This study aimed to detect S100, CD68, and major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) molecules in cervical uterine epithelial samples in pa...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Cassandri F,Tozetti IA,Fernandes CE,Almeida FG,Falcão GR,Scapulatempo ID,Prata TT,Padovani CT,Alves DB,Ferreira AT,Abdo MA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The genera Enterococcus, Staphylococcus and Streptococcus are recognized as important Gram-positive human pathogens. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of Vitek 2 in identifying Gram-positive cocci and their antimicrobial susceptibilities. METHODS:One hundred four isolates were analyzed...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Paim TG,Cantarelli VV,d'Azevedo PA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the effectiveness of the Schistosomiasis Control Program, PCE, in Cachoeira, state of Bahia-Brazil, in Paraguaçu Basin Area. Data comes from PCE-111 cards of SUCAM/FNS, which are routinely registered in the 111 villages identified during the study follow up, 1982-1992. The S. mansoni infection was...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Santana VS,Teixeira Mda G,Santos CC

更新日期：1996-03-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is spread out in hospitals across different regions of the world and is regarded as the major agent of nosocomial infections, causing infections such as skin and soft tissue pneumonia and sepsis. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for methi...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Naves KS,Vaz da Trindade N,Gontijo Filho PP

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasite resistance can be defined as the ability of a parasite strain to survive and/or to multiply despite the administration and absorption of a drug given in doses equal or higher than those usually recommended, but within the limits of tolerance of the patients. Therefore, the ideal study design to be used to mon...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Duarte EC,Pang L,Fontes CJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a matter of concern for blood bank professionals and blood transfusion recipients, especially in cases of transfusions to neonates and immunocompromised patients. Thus, the present study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of CMV IgG and IgM antibodies among blood donor...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Souza MA,Passos AM,Treitinger A,Spada C

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study had the aim of isolating and identifying keratinophilic fungi from soil and correlating them with dermatomycosis agents. According to our results, the predominance of Trichophyton tonsurans as a dermatomycosis agent among children in the city of Recife, PE, is probably due to children's greater contact with...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Leal AF,Macêdo DP,Laranjeira D,de Souza-Motta CM,Fernandes MJ,Magalhães OM,Beltrão EI,Neves RP

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A list of 8 type specimens belonging to the Subfamily Triatominaeis deposited in the Entomological Collection of the Instituto Butantan. This note reports a chronological description of the Collection including 343 specimens represented by 5 species of Panstrongylus, 18 species of Triatoma, 2 species of Psamolestes an...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Marassá AM,Barata JM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review has three objectives: a) To stimulate further research of this prevalent human infection b) to examine the progress of current diagnostic techniques and c) to emphasise the significance of the flagellate parasite Trypanosoma (Herpetosoma) rangeli in Chagas' Disease endemic areas of South and Central Americ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Cuba Cuba A

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have become common in hospitals and the community environment, and this wide resistance has limited patient treatment. Clindamycin (CL) represents an important alternative therapy for infections caused by S. aureus. Antimicrobial susce...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Bottega A,Rodrigues Mde A,Carvalho FA,Wagner TF,Leal IA,Santos SO,Rampelotto RF,Hörner R

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Leishmaniasis is a global public health concern. Currently available treatments are associated with considerable side effects. The use of nanotechnology has shown promise for improving efficacy and bioavailability and minimizing side effects. METHODS:This study investigated available literature, including...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Marques CSF,Machado Júnior JB,Andrade LRM,Andrade LN,Santos ALSD,Cruz MDSPE,Chaud M,Fricks AT,Severino P

更新日期：2019-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Evidence suggests that giardiasis is a zoonotic disease. The present work aimed to evaluate the genetic identity of Giardia duodenalis isolated from human and dog fecal samples from Belo Horizonte. METHODS:Human and dog fecal samples were cultured for isolation of G. duodenalis. To determine the genotype ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Gomes KB,Fernandes AP,Menezes A,Amorim Júnior R,Silva EF,Rocha MO

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to investigate the frequency of pityriasis versicolor occurrence and to identify yeasts of the genus Malassezia in patients at the mycology laboratory of the Federal University of Goiás, in Goiânia, State of Goiás. Ninety-five cases of pityriasis versicolor were diagnosed, and four sp...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Miranda KC,de Araujo CR,Soares AJ,de Aquino Lemos J,Souza LK,do Rosário Rodrigues Silva M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of human intoxication due to a snakebite by the opisthoglyphous dipsadid Thamnodynastes lanei. A 26-year-old man was bitten on the right hand and was not medicated. Bleeding lasted a few seconds, while paresthesia, chills, and headache persisted for up to 10 hours. The pain disappeared after a week, ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Ganança PHS,Fraga R,Vasconcelos Neto LB,Santos Júnior APD

更新日期：2020-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There was a follow-up of pregnant women treated for multidrug-resistance tuberculosis (MDR-TB) during pregnancy in Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil, from 1995 to 2007. METHODS:In a retrospective study, patients with tuberculosis who were resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampicin and had pregnancy...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Oliveira HB,Mateus SH

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1987 the University of Guadalajara performed a seroepidemiological survey in order to know the prevalence of infection for Trypanosoma cruzi in the 124 counties of the state of Jalisco, Mexico in which appraisals of 21.6 for 100 inhabitants were gotten. From December of 1993 to June of 1994 was carried out a pursui...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Contreras FT,Yerenas M,Gutiérrez MS,Anaya MR,Corder AJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue infection has not been routinely investigated among pregnant women and parturients with acute febrile syndrome in endemic settings. Here, we report two cases of dengue fever detected at the time of delivery in parturients enrolled in a cohort prospective study conducted in a hospital in Recife, Brazil. The part...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Souza AI,Ferreira AL,Arraes MA,Moura BM,Braga MC

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A time series study of admissions, deaths and acute cases was conducted in order to evaluate the context of Chagas disease in Pernambuco. METHODS:Data reported to the Information Technology Department of the Brazilian National Health Service between 1980 and 2008 was collected for regions and Federal Unit...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Braz SC,Melo Mde F,Lorena VM,Souza WV,Gomes Yde M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study certain epidemiological features of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) carriers and their influence on the control and treatment, a group of patients was evaluated over a four-year period, selected by: Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolation from sputum; resistance to Rifampin, Isoniazid and one ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： de Melo FA,Afiune JB,Ide Neto J,de Almeida EA,Spada DT,Antelmo AN,Cruz ML

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population aging in Brazil was associated with the alterations in the morbimortality of the population. The aim of this study was to verify the causes of death and other pathological processes in autopsied elderly. The elderly with 60 years or more in the period from 1976 to 1998 represented 394 cases (24.4%). The...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： de Oliveira FA,dos Reis MA,Castro EC,da Cunha SF,Teixeira Vd Vde P

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:780 patients with recurrent conjunctival infections or persistent complaints of itching, burning pain, lacrimation and conjunctival hyperemia were subject to conjunctival smear examination for cytology and the presence of inclusion bodies. Two hundred and forty seven (31.7%) showed cytoplamic inclusions; 235 of them w...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Couto-Júnior A,Corrêa SM,Campos Filho W,Bottari CO,Sawan FM,Tavares-Neto J,Angotti HS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0098-2017]. ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors：

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested deltamethrin (K-Othrine 50 FW) in the control of triatomine bugs, in an semi arid area with about 56.6% of houses bug infested. We used in 402 Domiciliary Units, 125, 75, 60 or 50 ml per pump of 10 liters, equivalent, if applied on 250 m2, to 25, 15, 12 and 10 mg/m2. The invasion, colonization and cumulative...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Marcondes CB,Pinto CT

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Considering that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been detected in feces, this study aimed to verify a possible relationship between basic sanitation indices and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) numbers/rates. METHODS:Data of COVID-19 cases registered in Brazil until May 28, ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Silva RRD,Santos MBD,Santos ADD,Tavares DDS,Santos PLD

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Leptospirosis is caused by a bacterium of the genus Leptospira. This study aimed at investigating the seroprevalence of and risk factors for leptospirosis in humans in Manaus, State of Amazonas. METHODS:Interviews were performed, and 1,000 blood serum samples were examined using a microscopic agglutinatio...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Silva LA,Lima KM,Fernandes OC,Balassiano IT,Avelar KE,Jesus MS

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 30 patients with foliaceus pemphigus the frequency of strongyloidiasis was 40%, by three Baermann-Moraes examination. In the "Hospital do Pênfigo", for patients with pemphigus of Uberaba, the frequencies of strongyloidiasis in the employees (n = 14) and students (n = 47), of the annexed nursery, also were high, res...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Tavares-Neto J,Alves DB,Franciscon e Carlos JU,Serrano RS

更新日期：1991-07-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Bacterial meningitis has great social relevance due to its ability to produce sequelae and cause death. It is most frequently found in developing countries, especially among children. Meningococcal meningitis occurs at a high frequency in populations with poor living conditions. This study describes the te...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Souza SF,Costa Mda C,Paim JS,Natividade MS,Pereira SM,Andrade AM,Teixeira MG

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillosis is an infection caused by saprophytic fungi of the genus Aspergillus, which typically occurs in immunosuppressed individuals, but has also been reported in immunocompetent patients. The main routes of entry are the respiratory tract, skin, cornea, and ear, and the infection may be localized or disseminat...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Azulay-Abulafia L,Sousa MA,Pussanti A,Coimbra DD,Vega H,Bernardes Filho F

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00