Fulminant hepatic failure in children and adolescents in Northern Brazil.

abstract：:This study aimed to describe the epidemiology and spread of visceral leishmaniasis in the municipality of Várzea Grande, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil, between 1998 and 2007. Forty-eight human cases were reported, with an incidence rate of up to 11.7 per 100,000 inhabitants, particularly among children and adolescents ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Missawa NA,Borba JF

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to estimate the incidence of and risk factors for developing tuberculosis, the clinical charts of a retrospective cohort of 281 HIV-positive adults, who were notified to the AIDS Program of the Health Department of Brasilia in 1998, were reviewed in 2003. All the patients were treatment-naive regarding antire...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Lannoy LH,Cortez-Escalante JJ,Evangelista Mdo S,Romero GA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:As highly specific molecular biology-based techniques may not be sensitive enough for the diagnosis of American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL), clinicians frequently rely on immunological tests before treatment initiation. Hence, the correct combination of diagnostic tests is imperative for ATL diagnosis....

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Pinheiro ABS,Kurizky PS,Ferreira MF,Mota MAS,Ribeiro JS,Oliveira Filho EZ,Souza CA,Barroso DH,Sampaio RNR,Gomes CM

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:The authors studied the killer effect of nine standard strains of yeasts on 146 samples of Candida albicans isolated from the following clinical specimens: oral mucosa, feces, bronchial wash, sputum, vaginal secretion, urine, skin lesion, nail lesion and blood. Using this system it was possible to differentiate 23 bio...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Candido RC,Fischman O,Zaror L,Ito IY

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A seven-year-old boy treated with ceftriaxone for meningitis who presented a right upper quadrant abdominal pain associated with cholelithiasis. After three months he was symptom-free and abdominal ultrasonography was normal. Awareness of this phenomenon is highly important and can save many unnecessary cholecystectom...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Costa DL,Barbosa MD,Barbosa MT

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION: :Bottlenecks still exist during human immunodeficiency virus care that may delay the achievement of better outcomes. METHODS: :We established a monitoring system to trace patients throughout the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome care process in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, to ident...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Almeida MC,Araújo FF,Ortega-Jacome GP,Tuboi SH,Fernandes GC

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Amphotericin B, azole or sulfamide drugs are used for treatment of patients with paracoccidioidomycosis. Among the azole drugs, voriconazole was active in vitro against Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and showed efficacy in the treatment of patients infected with this fungus.In the present study the antifung...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Granzoto DS,Vitali LH,Martinez R

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:A case of thoracoscopic lung biopsy proven diffuse human adiaspiromycosis is reported. The patient, a 26-year-old male farm worker presented with a three-week history of fever, sweating, dyspnea and unproductive cough. Radiographic findings were those of granulomatous pulmonary interstitial disease. Treated with ketoc...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： dos Santos VM,Santana JH,Adad SJ,Lopes GP,Fatureto Mda C

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:IgG subclasses involved in the immune response to hepatitis C virus (HCV) antigens have been rarely studied. We investigated the immune response mediated by IgG1 and IgG4 antibodies against the recombinant core and NS3 antigens in patients with chronic hepatitis C. METHODS:Sixty patients infected with HCV...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Santos VCD,Schinoni MI,Oliveira IS,Atta MLS,Atta AM

更新日期：2019-03-07 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：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 authors report a case of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in a 45-year-old patient who was unsuccessfully treated with pentavalent antimonial for 30 days. After 10 days from the initial treatment and before starting a new therapeutic regimen with the same drug the patient died due to sudden cardiac arrest. ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Oliveira MC,Amorim RF,Freitas Rde A,Costa Ade L

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-I) myelopathy (HAM/TSP) is a progressive disabling disorder. This work aimed to analyze clinical features and epidemiology in a sample of HAM/TSP. METHODS:All HTLV-1 infected patients with diagnostic criteria for HAM/TSP, consecutively admitted to the Sarah Hos...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Champs AP,Passos VM,Barreto SM,Vaz LS,Ribas JG

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION: :This study analyzed blackfly awareness and perceptions of health education practices for blackfly control among vulnerable populations in Brazil. METHODS: :An exploratory descriptive quantitative research analysis was performed to investigate and analyze the awareness of and potential participation in b...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Nascimento-Carvalho ÉSD,Maia-Herzog M

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Coccidioidomycosis, a disease caused by Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadasii, is endemic in arid climatic regions in Northeast Brazil. Its prevalence is higher among young adult males living in rural areas. Existing literature about this disease in Ceará, a Northeast Brazilian state, are scarce. ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Morais JLDS,Borges MCM,Cavalcante LMMB,Motoyama PVP,Libório MP,Távora LGF

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Since women are frequently the minority among blood donors worldwide, studies evaluating this population usually reflect male features. We assessed the features of female blood donors with positive serology for HBV and compared them with those of men.METHODS The study comprised consecutive blood donors ref...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Narciso-Schiavon JL,Schiavon Lde L,Carvalho-Filho RJ,Emori CT,Maryia FA,Bordin JO,Silva AE,Ferraz ML

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, four compounds were utilized at the dose of 12.5 mg/kg body weight, p.o., to treat Cebus monkeys experimentally infected with about 200 cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni (SJ strain), via transcutaneous route. The oograms performed with rectal snips, as well as stool examinations carried out periodically,...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Coelho PM,Pereira LH,de Mello RT

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：: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:The aim of this study was to evaluate some virulence factors in Candida albicans isolates from patients with onychomycosis and determine the correlation between these factors and the antifungal resistance profile. METHODS:Seventy species of C. albicans were confirmed using polymerase chain reaction amplif...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Mohammadi F,Ghasemi Z,Familsatarian B,Salehi E,Sharifynia S,Barikani A,Mirzadeh M,Hosseini MA

更新日期：2020-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Goats are considered very susceptible to infection by Toxoplasma gondii and when this occurs during pregnancy, it may cause fetal death with subsequent fetal resorption, abortion, mummification, stillborn or the birth of weak goats. The objective of this work was to determine the occurrence of and identify...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Anderlini GA,Mota RA,Faria EB,Cavalcanti EF,Valença RM,Pinheiro Júnior JW,de Albuquerque PP,de Souza Neto OL

更新日期：2011-03-01 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:Favorable responses in American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) patients to treatment with 5 mg Sbv/kg/day meglumine antimoniate (MA) has been reported in Rio de Janeiro, but little is known regarding the therapeutic response to low doses in patients from other locations. METHODS:A retrospective review of...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Cataldo JI,Conceição-Silva F,Antônio LF,Schubach AO,Marzochi MCA,Valete-Rosalino CM,Pimentel MIF,Lyra MR,Oliveira RVC,Barros JHDS,Pacheco RDS,Madeira MF

更新日期：2018-11-01 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: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:Besides mosquito species adapted to urban environments (Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus), only 15 species of Anopheles had been recorded in the State of Pernambuco. METHODS:Human-landing mosquitoes were collected in Dois Irmãos Park, in Recife. RESULTS:The first report for the ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Aragão NC,Müller GA,Balbino VQ,Costa Junior CR,Figueirêdo Júnior CS,Alencar J,Marcondes CB

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Low handgrip strength (HS) is associated with cardiometabolic alterations that have affected people with HIV/AIDS. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional study performed in adults receiving antiretroviral treatment. HS was evaluated using a dynamometer and divided by body weight to obtain the relative strengt...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Santos FB,Conceição-Machado MEPD,Sampaio EJ,Ramos LB,Barreto-Medeiros JM

更新日期：2019-05-16 00:00:00