Comparison of in vitro activity of five antifungal agents against dermatophytes, using the agar dilution and broth microdilution methods.

abstract：:Previous evaluation of the genetic variability of four biogeographical populations of Lutzomyia whitmani from known foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil demonstrated two main spatial clusters: Corte de Pedra-BA, Ilhéus-BA and Serra de Baturité-CE in the first cluster, and Martinho Campos-MG in the second. Further...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： de Souza CM,Fortes-Dias CL,Linardi PM,Dias ES

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Strongyloides venezuelensis has been used as a model for studying human strongyloidosis. METHODS:This study aimed to compare the ability of predatory nematophagous fungi Duddingtonia flagrans (AC001), Arthrobotrys robusta (I-31) and Monacrosporium sinense (SF53) and on infective larvae (L3) of Strongyloid...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Braga FR,Araujo JM,Silva AR,Araújo JV,Carvalho RO,Tavela Ade O,Silva ME,Fernandes FM,Melo AL

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nervous system is frequently involved in patients with AIDS. The lesions can be due to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), to opportunistic agents, to the development of tumours, and to occasional nonspecific factors, such as circulatory, metabolic and degenerative changes. The changes directly related to the ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Chimelli L,Rosemberg S

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to establish the incidence rates of congenital syphilis in the South Region of Brazil from 2001 to 2009. METHODS:Temporal ecological and descriptive study based on the cases recorded by the System of Information of Notifiable Diseases. RESULTS:The incidence of congenital syphili...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Serafim AS,Moretti GP,Serafim GS,Niero CV,da Rosa MI,Pires MM,Simões PW

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An occurrence of pruritic papular dermatitis among the whole crew of a Filipino commercial ship in Salvador, State of Bahia, was associated with contact with Hylesia moths. This unusual type of dermatitis is caused by the bristles (flechettes) on the moths' bodies. Reporting on such cases serves to warn about possible...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Moreira SC,de Lima JC,Silva L,Haddad V Jr

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the initial descriptions of Chagas cardiomyopathy (ChCM), the electrocardiography has played a key role in patient evaluations. The diagnostic criterion of chronic ChCM is the presence of characteristic electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities in seropositive individuals, regardless of the presence of symptoms. ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Brito BOF,Ribeiro ALP

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Brazil, a high prevalence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection has been documented. In immunocompetent adults CMV infection is usually asymptomatic and therefore morphologic and immunophenotypic bone marrow changes have rarely been described. The authors report the case of a previously healthy patient who developed f...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Magalhães SM,Duarte FB,Vassallo J,Costa SC,Lorand-Metze I

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This communication reports the first occurrence of Panstrongylus lignarius in the State of Acre, Brazil. METHODS:A specimen of P. lignarius was collected from a residence in a rural area of the municipality of Rio Branco, Acre, Western Amazon. RESULTS:This new report of P. lignarius extends the distribut...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Ribeiro MAL,Castro GVS,Souza JL,Cardoso ADS,Madeira FP,Camargo LMA,Meneguetti DUO

更新日期：2019-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Aeromonas spp is recognized as pathogenic to humans after consumption of contaminated water and food. In the present investigation, 2,323 rectal swab samples from newborns hospitalized in Rio de Janeiro were evaluated with a view to isolating Aeromonas. The samples were collected and sent to the national reference lab...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Pereira CS,Amorim SD,Santos AF,Reis CM,Theophilo GN,Rodrigues Ddos P

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Uric acid is one of the compounds associated with the inflammatory process in malaria. It acts as an indicator of cellular damage by activating the immune response and inflammatory process. METHODS:We measured serum concentrations of uric acid in 60 symptomatic patients before and after treatment for mala...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Gomes LT,Bellei AK,Andrade DI,Gotardo PZ,Nery AF,Fontes CJF

更新日期：2019-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:During previous research on phlebotomine fauna in a settlement of the Brazilian National Agrarian Reform Institute (INCRA) on the Bodoquena Range, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil, dogs were observed with clinical aspects suggestive of visceral leishmaniasis. A serological survey to leishmaniasis in 97 dogs, by indire...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Nunes VL,Galati EA,Nunes DB,Zinezzi RO,Savani ES,Ishikawa E,Camargo MC,D'Auria SR,Cristaldo G,Rocha HC

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosing cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with only non-respiratory symptoms has been challenging. We reported the diagnosis of a child who tested positive for COVID-19 with abdominal pain/diarrhea and tracked his family cluster. One member of the family tested positive for COVID-19 on real-time reverse-trans...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Jesus MCS,Lima AGA,Santos VS,Storti-Melo LM,Moura TR,Santos RWFD,Santos CAD,Martins-Filho PR,Cuevas LE,Gurgel RQ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigenic extracts from five Leishmania stocks were used to vaccinate C57BL/10 mice. The Leishvacin(R) and PH8 monovalent vaccine yielded the highest IFN-gamma levels in the supernatants of spleen cell culture from vaccinated animals. Each single strain immunized group showed evidence of protective immunity six months...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Mayrink W,Santos GC,Toledo Vde P,Guimaraes TM,Machado-Coelho GL,Genaro O,da Costa CA

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human accidental infection with Angiostrongylus costaricensis may result in abdominal disease of varied severity. Slugs from the Veronicellidae family are the main intermediate hosts for this parasitic nematode of rodents. Phyllocaulis variegatus, Phyllocaulis soleiformis and Phyllocaulis boraceiensis were experimenta...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Bonetti VC,Graeff-Teixeira C

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with concomitant leptospirosis and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are reported. In these cases different clinical aspects that can be attributed to simultaneity of these pathologies was not observed. ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： da Silva MV,Batista L,Camargo ED,Leitão PA,Szalkay VG,Rosenthal C,Vaz AJ,de Souza AM

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Leprosy in Brazil is a public health issue, and there are many regions in the State of Espírito Santo with high endemic incidence levels of leprosy, characterizing this state as a priority for leprosy programs. The aim of this study was to determine the spatial distribution of coefficients of new cases of ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Sampaio PB,Rossi TL,Cerutti Junior C,Zandonade E

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 2000 and 2004, a survey of Triatominae fauna (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) and examination of natural infection caused by Trypanosomatidae in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, was conducted. A total of 13,671 specimens were collected. Through fauna analysis on the insects that were caught, Triatoma sordida wa...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Almeida PS,Ceretti Júnior W,Obara MT,Santos HR,Barata JM,Faccenda O

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cryptococcosis is the second most frequent cause of opportunistic infections in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients in Colombia. We aimed to determine the prevalence of cryptococcosis in the Colombian department of Atlántico. METHODS:An active search for cryptococcosis cases was conducted between ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Noguera MC,Escandón P,Arévalo M,García Y,Suárez LE,Castañeda E

更新日期：2019-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought for evidence of previous CMV infection in patients of a general hospital serving the low income population of Rio de Janeiro. An enzyme immunoassay was used to detect anti-CMV antibodies in 713 typical hospital patients classified into eight different groups. Positive tests were found in 87% of pregn...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Suassuna JH,Leite LL,Villela LH

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) remains a major public health issue in Brazil. This ecological study aimed to evaluate the spatiotemporal distribution of notified new AIDS cases in Brazil between 2012 and 2016. METHODS:A Bayesian spatiotemporal model based on the Poisson distribution was used to...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Martinez EZ,Zucoloto ML,Galdino G,Nunes AA,Lizzi EADS

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The responses of Plasmodium falciparum to antimalarial drugs were evaluated through the in vitro test using blood sample collected from patients of 7 municipalities of the south of Pará State. Sixty nine microtests for chloroquine and mefloquine, 62 for amodiaquine and 61 for quinine were performed. The results showed...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Couto AA,Calvosa VS,Santos MA,Souza JM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The presence of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) in the communities of the Campus FIOCRUZ Mata Atlântica (CFMA) in the City of Rio de Janeiro initiated the investigation of the Phlebotominae fauna in the Atlantic Forest to determine the occurrence of putative ACL vectors associated with the enzootic ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Souza NA,Silva JB,Godoy RE,Souza FJ,Andrade-Coelho CA,Silva VC,Azevedo AC,Rangel EF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the second-generation OptiMal test for malaria diagnosis under various storage conditions. It detected all the positive samples, except for two Plasmodium malariae samples. Further research evaluating diverse environmental conditions are important for ICT test applicability in Brazilian ma...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Penhalbel Rde S,Fugikaha E,Lorenzetti A,Alves RT,Cavasini CE,Rossit AR,Calvosa VS,Couto AA,Machado RL

更新日期：2005-03-01 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: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 aimed to analyze social factors involved in the spatial distribution and under-reporting of tuberculosis (TB) in the city of Vitória, Espírito Santo State, Brazil. METHODS:This was an ecological study of the reported cases of TB between 2009 and 2011, according to census tracts. The outcome was...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Sales CMM,Sanchez MN,Ramalho W,Bertolde AI,Maciel ELN

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice were infected with only one sex cercaria derived from sympatric strains of Schistosoma mansoni. Adult worms presented significative differences (p < 0.05) regarding suckers, testicular lobes, ovary and thickness of the tegument. Data show that morphometric study of unisexual infection worms can be also used for c...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Machado-Silva JR,Neves RH,Ormond L,Hulstijn M,Gomes DC

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Present report demonstrates that repeated radiation of Schistosoma mansoni-infected Biomphalaria glabrata, totaling 15,000 rads, caused a sudden, albeit transient, suppression of cercarial shedding. Initially, sporocysts practically disappeared from the snail tissues. The more resistant developing cercariae presented ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Azevedo CM,Borges CC,Andrade ZA

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the period from 1994 to 1999 cutaneous leishmaniasis was reported in 32 (89%) out of 36 municipalities in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, of which one (2,8%) municipality was classified as a very high risk area, 16 (44,5%) as high risk, seven (19,4%) as moderate risk areas and 12 (33,3%) as l...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Profeta da Luz ZM,Pimenta DN,Cabral AL,Fiúza VO,Rabello A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study aimed to evaluate the response to hepatitis B (HB) revaccination of healthcare workers (HCW) who are negative for antibodies to HB surface antigen (anti-HBs) after a complete vaccination series. METHODS:HCW whose anti-HBs test was performed > 90 days after a HB vaccination course were given a 4...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Lopes MH,Sartori AM,Souza TV,Mascheretti M,Chaves Tdo S

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00