[Radiographic study of the oesophagus of chagasic patients in 25 years of the Mambaí Project].

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) are bacterial enzymes capable of hydrolyzing beta-lactams. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of TEM- and SHV-type ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Zahedan, Southeast Iran. METHODS:A total of 170 non-repetitive K. pneumoniae strain...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Shahraki-Zahedani S,Rigi S,Bokaeian M,Ansari-Moghaddam A,Moghadampour M

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a potentially fatal disease, is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). The number of cases has increased rapidly, but information on the clinical characteristics remains limited. METHODS:Cohort study. We collected and analyzed epide...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Schuelter-Trevisol F,Raimundo LJ,Soccas HD,Antunes AF,Mohr RLD,Marcon CEM,Trevisol DJ

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Abdominal palpation and ultrasound findings among patients from an endemic area for schistosomiasis in Brazil who had been followed up for 27 years were compared. METHODS:In 2004, 411 patients from Brejo do Espírito Santo, in the State of Bahia, were selected for the present investigation after giving the...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Prata A,Ruiz-Guevara R,Antunes CM,Marinho CC,Queiroz LC,Voieta I,Lambertucci JR

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Canine brains infected with rabies virus were submitted to decomposition by being left at room temperature of 25 to 29 degrees C for up to 168 h. At 24 h intervals, brain fragments were analyzed by immunofluorescence (IF) and by the mouse intracerebral inoculation (MI) test to confirm the diagnosis of rabies and to me...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Albas A,Ferrari CI,da Silva LH,Bernardi F,Ito FH

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis was launched with the goal of eliminating this disease via the annual mass drug administration (MDA) of a single dose of antifilarial drugs. Adverse drug reactions following MDA are a major factor of poor treatment adherence in several countries. This ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Lima AW,Medeiros Z,Santos ZC,Costa GM,Braga C

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the larvicidal activity of dried leaf extracts from Pinus caribaea Morelet against Aedes aegypti was evaluated for the first time. Pinus caribaea extracts were obtained by macerating dried leaves in alkaline hydroethanol, ethanol and acetone solutions followed by evaporation under reduced pressure. The ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Kanis LA,Antonio RD,Antunes EP,Prophiro JS,da Silva OS

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a retrospective study with ecological features that describes the epidemiological pattern and geographical distribution of American tegumentary leishmaniasis cases in Campinas, São Paulo, between 1992 and 2003. The probable infection locations were georeferenced by means of Global Position System and spatially...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Nasser JT,Donalisio MR,Vasconcelos CH

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first case of cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus decagattii in an immunocompetent pediatric patient from an indigenous community in Argentina with a successful outcome. Two isolates (blood, cerebrospinal fluid) were genotyped by restriction fragment length polymorphism of the orotidine monophosphate pyro...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Berejnoi A,Taverna CG,Mazza M,Vivot M,Isla G,Córdoba S,Davel G

更新日期：2019-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Saprophytic fungi are being increasingly recognized as etiologic agents of mycoses in immunosuppressed patients. We report a case of subcutaneous infiltration by Aureobasidium pullulans, likely due to traumatic inoculation, in a neutropenic patient during chemotherapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The patient was ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Oliveira LR,Moraes-Souza H,Maltos AL,Santos KC,Molina RJ,Barata CH

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and serological follow-up of 7 patients submitted to renal transplantation and presenting positive serological reactions to Chagas' disease before immunosuppression did not show significant changes in indirect immunofluorescence and complement fixation titres for Chagas' disease, or signs and symptoms indicat...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Figueiredo JF,Fiorillo AM,Ferraz AS

更新日期：1993-10-01 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：: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：:Congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Argentina has being increasing its relative importance with control of vectorial and transfusional transmission growth. It is for this reason that vertical transmission is seen, in the future, as a continuous source of infected newborns, even with vectorial and...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Sosa-Estani S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclospora cayetanensis causes watery diarrhea in tropical countries, among travelers and after ingestion of contaminated water and food. Very little is known about its epidemiology, pathogenic aspects and reservoirs. In Brazil, its prevalence is unknown and to date there have been reports of three outbreaks. We repor...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Gonçalves EM,Uemura IH,Castilho VL,Corbett CE

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male Indian buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) calves were submitted to Schistosoma mansoni infection by percutaneous, oral and subcutaneous routes. No worms or eggs were found in four of the animals tested. Bubalus bubalis appears to be refractory for S. mansoni. ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Coelho PM,Lima WS,Nogueira RH

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:During the period from 2000 to 2002, 79 rotavirus-positive stool samples were collected from children presenting diarrhea in the Western Brazilian Amazon. METHODS:Molecular characterization of the G and P genotypes was performed using RT-PCR and electropherotyping analysis by polyacrylamide gel electropho...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Costa MS,Nogueira PA,Magalhães GF,Taquita P,Mariúba LA,Penatti M,Orlandi PP

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagasic patients with megaesophagus were submitted to an endoscopy of the upper digestive tract and the samples were collected with special instruments under sterilized conditions. One of the four samples collected was from the stase liquid and the other three samples were collected from fragments of the esophageal m...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Eduardo C,Madureira AB,Lima VG,Castro AM,Silva AA,Junqueira IS

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) constitutes an important risk factor for cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The link between circulating microRNAs and HBV has been previously reported, although not as a marker of liver disease progression in chronic hepatitis B (CHB). The aim of this study was to charac...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Riazalhosseini B,Mohamed R,Apalasamy YD,Langmia IM,Mohamed Z

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiostrongylus costaricensisis is an intra-arterial nematode of rodents. Man may become accidentally infected through ingestion of contaminated food or water. Our objective was to describe the parasite structures recognized by human antibodies in serum samples from acute and convalescent phases of abdominal angiostro...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Bender AL,Maurer RL,da Silva MC,Ben R,Terraciano PB,da Silva AC,Graeff-Teixeira C

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Appropriate preservation of specimens is important for taxonomic identification. In sandfly research, various methods have been used for slide preparation; however, high cost, low commercial availability, and associated hazards make their use impossible in some studies. Therefore, the efficacy of Kisser gl...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Holanda VG,Barbosa DBES,Pereira LA,Soares MRA

更新日期：2019-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast agent of human and animal cryptococcosis. The variety neoformans is an important cause of mortality in AIDS-patients throughout the world. It has already been isolated worldwide from different environmental sources, including avian habitats. However, in spite of the occ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Filiú WF,Wanke B,Agüena SM,Vilela VO,Macedo RC,Lazéra M

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:With the globalization of Chagas disease, unexperienced health care providers may have difficulties in identifying which patients should be examined for this condition. This study aimed to develop and validate a diagnostic clinical prediction model for chronic Chagas disease. METHODS:This diagnostic cohor...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Brasil PE,Xavier SS,Holanda MT,Hasslocher-Moreno AM,Braga JU

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multiplicity of factors involved in the transmission of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) make it difficult to formulate an efficient strategy for the control of the disease. On the basis of the number of notified cases per location, the State of São Paulo determines the application of DDT in houses in those ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Gomes Ade C,Neves VL

更新日期：1998-11-01 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：:This study evaluated the performance of single and combined laboratory parameters, B-lymphocyte percentages (%LB), T/B cell ratio and %CD8+HLA-DR+/CD8+, to differentiate asymptomatic cases (AS) from HAM/TSP patients (HT) within a population of HTLV-1 seropositive cases. Percentage indices demonstrated that each parame...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Coelho-dos-Reis JG,Rocha RD,Brito-Melo GE,Ribas JG,Carneiro-Proietti AB,Catalan-Soares B,Barbosa-Stancioli EF,Grupo Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas em HTLV.,Martins-Filho OA

更新日期：2007-01-01 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:A radiological study on the colon of patients from an endemic Chagas disease zone was conducted using the simplified opaque enema technique of Ximenes et al. METHODS:The study involved 291 individuals with a mean age of 48.8 ± 12.5 years-old, of whom 222 were seropositive for Chagas disease. Anteroposteri...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Castro C,Hernandez EB,Rezende J,Prata A

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hepatitis B is common in Brazil, although there are regional differences regarding the degree of endemicity, the most frequent forms of transmission and the presence of different evolutive stages of chronic disease. The present study aimed to determine the clinical, demographic and epidemiological characte...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Chachá SG,Ferreira Sda C,Costa TV,Almeida Filho LC,Villanova MG,Souza FF,Teixeira AC,Figueiredo JF,Zucoloto S,Ramalho LN,Passos AD,Martinelli Ade L

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections due to multidrug-resistant organisms continue to increase, and therapeutic options remain scarce. Given this challenge, it has become necessary to use older antimicrobials for treatment of these pathogens. We report three patients with lower urinary tract infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapene...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： da Silva JO,Yu MC,Doi A,de Araujo MR,Neto PA,Furtado GH

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1992, a dog naturally infected with Leishmania was found in a periurban area of Sabará, state of Minas Gerais, where human cutaneous leishmaniasis had been previously described. The parasite was classified as Leishmania, subgenus Viannia, which L. braziliensis, the main species of parasite present in the southeast ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Passos VM,Andrade AC,Silva ES,Figueiredo EM,Falcão AL

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00