[Hidrobioid (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda) in Pedro Leopoldo and Lagoa Santa municipalities, MG, Brazil].

abstract：:The formalin-Tween sedimentation method was compared with the formalin-ether sedimentation for parasitic detection. Of a total 297 fecal specimens examined, 72.1% were positive. The formalin-tween technique was effective for ascertaining helminths, particularly Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworm eg...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Methanitikorn R,Sukontason K,Sukontason KL,Piangjai S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

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：:The Authors report a case of paracoccidioidomycosis in a Surui Indian patient from the state of Rondonia, Brazilian Amazon. The subject is an adult male, having been diagnosed on the basis of mycologic, serologic, and radiographic exams. The prescribed therapy was sulphamethoxazole 800 mg associated with trimethoprim ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： do Valle AC,Coimbra Júnior CE,Llinares FI,Monteiro PC,Guimarães MR

更新日期：1991-09-01 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：:Cryptosporidium spp. and Cystoisospora belli are monoxenic protozoa that have been recognized as the causative agents of chronic diarrhea in immunocompromised individuals, especially HIV-infected subjects. The objective of this study was to evaluate the frequency of these intestinal protozoa in HIV-positive patients i...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Assis DC,Resende DV,Cabrine-Santos M,Correia D,Oliveira-Silva MB

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant number of Brazilian gestational-age women are still not tested for HIV, representing a high risk of transmission to their newborns. The current study sought to identify the number of pregnant women with no previous testing or undocumented for HIV referred to the Gynecology and Obstetrics Department of a ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Prestes-Carneiro LE,Miguel NA,Ascêncio EL,Amâncio M,Alcântara VL,Portelinha-Filho JA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis is a reemerging zoonosis caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira sp. with global importance in the medical and veterinary fields, being responsible for about 59 thousand deaths each year in the world. The use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the health sector is propitious and has been adopt...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Souza IPO,Uberti MS,Tassinari WS

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracoccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis are systemic fungal infections endemic in Brazil. Disseminated clinical forms are uncommon in immunocompetent individuals. We describe two HIV-negative patients with disseminated fungal infections, paracoccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis, who were diagnosed by biopsies of su...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Pereira GH,Lanzoni VP,Beirão EM,Timerman A,Melhem Mde S

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:Tuberculous brain abscesses in AIDS patients are considered rare with only eight cases reported in the literature. We describe the case of a 34-year-old woman with AIDS and previous toxoplasmic encephalitis who was admitted due to headache and seizures. A brain computed tomography scan disclosed a frontal hypodense le...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Vidal JE,Cimerman S,da Silva PR,Sztajnbok J,Coelho JF,Lins DL

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of already published and unpublished seroepidemiological surveys for toxoplasmosis, carried out in Chile in 1982-1994, is reviewed, expanded and analyzed. The surveys included 76,317 apparently healthy individuals of different ages (0.57% of the country's total population), from 309 urban and rural-periurban ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Contreras M,Schenone H,Salinas P,Sandoval L,Rojas A,Villarroel F,Solis F

更新日期：1996-11-01 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：:The aim of this review is to show the significant role of HIF-1alpha in inflammatory and infectious diseases. Hypoxia is a physiological characteristic of a wide range of diseases from cancer to infection. Cellular hypoxia is sensed by oxygen-sensitive hydrolase enzymes, which control the protein stability of hypoxia-...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Santos SAD,Andrade DR Júnior

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was carried out on the occurrence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in 1,100 diarrheal feces, routinely sent to a private clinical laboratory for microbiologic diagnosis, in Recife. V. parahaemolyticus was isolated from 14 (1.3%) fecal samples. However, if we considered only the specimens from adult patients, the iso...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Magalhães V,Lima RA,Tateno S,Magalhães M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response to interferon treatment in chronic hepatitis NANB/C has usually been classified as complete, partial or absent, according to the behavior of serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT). However, a more detailed observation of the enzymatic activity has shown that the patterns may be more complex. The aim of this...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： da Silva LC,Ono SK,Fonseca LE,Carrilho FJ,Mendes LC,França AV,Madruga CL,Laudanna AA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report describes the findings of a 18 year-old black male from Bahia, a Northeastern state in Brazil, with the sickle cell trait, who developed bilateral hyphema and vitreous hemorrhage with blindness in the course of leptospirosis. The patient started to complain of blurred vision four days after the start ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Costa E,Lopes AA,Sacramento E,Santos PA

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to better understand the biology of Centrocestus formosanus in a definitive host model, mice of Swiss and AKR/J strains were experimentally infected with 100 metacercariae of the parasite. Fourteen days post-infection, the rodents were killed and adult trematodes were recovered from the small intestine. The p...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Mati VL,Pinto HA,Melo AL

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of TNF-alpha in patients with Kala-azar has drawn increasing interest due to its regulatory role on the immune system, in addition to its cachetizing activity. The objective of this study was to examine the association between plasma levels of TNF-alpha, measured by immunoreactivity (ELISA) and bioactivity ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Salomão R,Castelo Filho A,de Medeiros IM,Sicolo MA

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional study on the prevalence of schistosomiasis mansoni in three sites of the "Baixada Ocidental Maranhense" was carried out in 1993 in: Alegre (in the municipality of São Bento), Aliança (in Cururupu) and Coroatá II (in the municipality of São João Batista). Results were compared to those of another stud...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Cutrim RN,Chieffi PP,de Moraes JC

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis ("chromoblastomycosis") is a rare intracranial lesion. We report the first human culture-proven case of brain abscesses due to Fonsecaea pedrosoi in Brazil. The patient, a 28 year-old immunocompetent white male, had ocular manifestations and a hypertensive intracranial syndrome. Magnetic res...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Nóbrega JP,Rosemberg S,Adami AM,Heins-Vaccari EM,Lacaz Cda S,de Brito T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article doi: 10.1590/s1678-9946201961041]. ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors：

更新日期：2019-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL) is endemic in the municipality of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais State. The use of geotechnology such as spatial statistics and remote sensing has contributed to a better understanding of the eco-epidemiology of diseases, and consequently a better definition of control strategies....

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Ursine RL,Rocha MF,Sousa JF,Santos RCD,Soares MD,Gusmão MSF,Leite ME,Vieira TM

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcal Coagglutination was used as method for a rapid identification of mycoplasmas that could be performed by non specialized laboratories. Suspensions of Staphylococcus aureus (Cowan I) sensitized with rabbit antibodies against NCTC mycoplasma strains have identified these microorganisms and the strains isol...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Timenetsky J,Curcio M

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surfacen® is an exogenous natural lung surfactant, composed by phospholipids and hydrophobic proteins, which is applied successfully in Newborn Respiratory Distress Syndrome. In this paper, in vitro activity of Surfacen® against Leishmania amazonensis is described. The product showed activity against the amastigote fo...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Blanco O,Lugones Y,Díaz E,Monzote L

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with the diagnosis of subacute juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis who, at the time of their first visit, had no signs or symptoms of lung involvement were studied. Initially the diagnosis was confirmed by the observation of P. brasiliensis in biopsy material obtained from clinically involved lymphadenopath...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Restrepo A,Trujillo M,Gomez I

更新日期：1989-01-01 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

authors： Mendes-Marques CL,Nascimento LM,Theophilo GN,Hofer E,Melo Neto OP,Leal NC

更新日期：2012-12-01 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 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

authors： Weinberg A,Canto CL,Pannuti CS,Kwang WN,Garcia SA,Zugaib M

更新日期：1993-05-01 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 aim of this study was to validate the rapid lateral flow Helicobacter pylori stool antigen test (One step H. pylori antigen test, ACON laboratories, San Diego, USA; Prime diagnostics, São Paulo), using 13C-Urea Breath Test as the gold standard for H. pylori infection diagnosis. A total of 98 consecutive patients, ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Silva JM,Villares CA,Monteiro Mdo S,Colaúto C,dos Santos AF,Mattar R

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00