Immunoprecipitation techniques and Elisa in the detection of anti-Fonsecaea pedrosoi antibodies in chromoblastomycosis.

abstract：:The aim of this research was to evaluate the prevalence of Staphylococcus spp. and S. aureus in the odontological clinic environment (air), their production of beta-lactamase and antibacterial susceptibility to the major antibiotics utilized in medical particle. During 12 months of samples collect were isolated 9775 C...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Bernardo WL,Boriollo MF,Gonçalves RB,Höfling JF

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty children with a diagnosis of Visceral Toxocariasis were evaluated prospectively from February 1982 to June 1989. Diagnosis was established by clinical, laboratory and serological (ELISA - ES Toxocara canis antigen) evaluations. A great clinical polymorphism was found in our patients, ranging from unspecific or a...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Jacob CM,Pastorino AC,Peres BA,Mello EO,Okay Y,Oselka GW

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In children, vertical transmission is the main form of HIV infection. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of HIV-1 vertical transmission in mother-infant pairs in a public maternity ward in Presidente Prudente, SP. Additionally; we sought to identify characteristics associated with this form of transmission. The f...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Prestes-Carneiro LE,Spir PR,Ribeiro AA,Gonçalves VL

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:The dot-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (dot-ELISA) was standardized using somatic (S) and excretory-secretory (ES) antigens of Toxocara-canis for the detection of specific antibodies in 22 serum samples from children aged 1 to 15 years, with clinical signs of toxocariasis. Fourteen serum samples from apparently nor...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Camargo ED,Nakamura PM,Vaz AJ,da Silva MV,Chieffi PP,de Melo EO

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of iron regulated proteins (IRPs) in vitro has been obtained in the past by adding iron chelators to the culture after bacterial growth, in the presence of an organic iron source. We have investigated aspects concerning full expression of the meningococcal IRPs during normal growth, in defined condition...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Brandileone MC,Zanella RC,Vieira VS,Sacchi CT,Milagres LG,Frasch CE

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This clinical case presents a patient with a raised and ulcerative lesion with erythematous edges in the mouth, on the lower lip that was unsuccessfully treated as herpes labialis. Clinical data and laboratory tests (Montenegro skin test, indirect immunofluorescence, direct parasite search and polymerase chain reactio...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Oyama J,Ferreira FBP,Conter CC,Lera-Nonose DSSL,Ramos-Milaré ÁCFH,Venazzi EAS,Silveira TGV,Lonardoni MVC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Coccidioidomycosis is an endemic infection with a relatively limited geographic distribution: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and the southwest of the United States. In these countries, the endemic area is restricted to the semiarid desert like regions which are...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Martins Mdos A,de Araújo Eda M,Kuwakino MH,Heins-Vaccari EM,Del Negro GM,Vozza Júnior JA,Lacaz Cda S

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) expression is lower in cardiac chagasic patients and is related to worse cardiac function. The reduction of VIP in patients with Chagas disease may be a result of its enhanced degradation. To test this hypothesis, the tryptase and chymase expression was evaluated. We also relate...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Pereira FB,Dutra WO,Gollob KJ,Reis EA,Oliveira ALG,Rocha MODC,Menezes CADS

更新日期：2018-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) is recognizable by characteristic signs of disease and is highly lethal. The infection, however, may be quite inapparent in some seropositive dogs, and this has raised the polemic question as to whether or not such animals can be a source of infection for Lutzomyia longipalpis, the ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Lima LV,Carneiro LA,Campos MB,Chagas EJ,Laurenti MD,Corbett CE,Lainson R,Silveira FT

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infection was detected in cases of exanthem subitum (ES) involving four children, aged 10 to 24 months, between April and August 1994, in Belém, Brazil. By using the indirect immunofluorescence antibody assay (IFA), significant increases (at least eight times) in antibody concentrati...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： de Freitas RB,Linhares AC,Oliveira CS,Gusmão RH,Linhares MI

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of workers as potential reservoirs and disseminators of pathogenic bacteria has been described as a strategy for the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of Enterobacteriaceae in the oral cavity of workers at an oncology ho...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Leão-Vasconcelos LS,Lima AB,Costa Dde M,Rocha-Vilefort LO,Oliveira AC,Gonçalves NF,Vieira JD,Prado-Palos MA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946201860051]. ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors：

更新日期：2018-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the findings of a survey for intestinal parasites among the Xavánte Indians from Central Brazil. A. lumbricoides (25.0%) and hookworms (33.6%) were the two most common helminths; E. histolytica complex (7.8%) and G. lamblia (8.6%) the most common protozoans. The majority (58.5%) of positive individu...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Santos RV,Coimbra Júnior CE,Flowers NM,Silva JP

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fasciolosis is a widespread parasitosis of farm live-stock in many developing countries. For this reason, it is necessary to search for new substances against parasitic diseases caused by flukes. Indeed, a wide variety of terrestrial plants have been subjected to chemical and pharmacological screening in order to disc...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Hamed N,Njeh F,Damak M,Ayadi A,Mezghani-Jarraya R,Hammami H

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dissemination of the giant African snail Achatina fulica in several countries has triggered a great number of studies on the mollusk, including those on zoonoses related to health in humans. The current research is a scientific survey on articles published in four databases, namely, PubMed, Bireme, Scielo and Lila...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Pavanelli GC,Yamaguchi MU,Calaça EA,Oda FH

更新日期：2017-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils, eosinophils and macrophages are cells that interact with invading parasites and naive hosts have been shown to have anti-parasitic activity. The initial reaction of these leukocytes is the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) to play in parasite expulsion. The present work was carried out to study ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Pugine SM,Faria MF,Maia AA,Valle CR,Boschini C,Poleti MD,Silva MR,De Melo MP

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The currently known distribution range of Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, is presented. The record of A. fulica naturally infested with Aelurostrongylus abstrusus larvae (Railliet, 1898) (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae) can be found in the city of Guaratinguetá. It was found A. fulica wit...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Ohlweiler FP,Guimarães MC,Takahashi FY,Eduardo JM

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：:Formalin-killed promastigotes (FKP) of Leishmania major, in combination with Montanide ISA 720 (MISA), BCG or alum were used in vaccination of an inbred murine model against cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). Significant and specific increases in anti-FKP IgG responses were detected for both alum-FKP and BCG-FKP compared t...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Mutiso JM,Macharia JC,Mutisya RM,Taracha E

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus binds Immunoglobulin G (IgG) on its external surface due to the presence of specific receptors for the Fc domain of this immunoglobulin. This mechanism represents a kind of camouflage against phagocytic cells. In order to confirm that possibility an in vitro evaluation of the phagocytic activity ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Vega B,Garcia JD,Hernandez F

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromoblastomycosis (CR) is a subcutaneous chronic mycosis characterized by a granulomatous inflammatory response. However, little is known regarding the pattern of leukocyte subsets in CR and the pathways involved in their recruitment. The objective of this study was to assess the cellular subsets, chemokine, chemoki...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Sá VC,Silva TA,Reis CM,Cunha FQ,Figueiredo F,Bocca AL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between April and October 2002, thirty fortnightly collections of oysters (Crassostrea rhizophorea) from a natural oyster bed at the Cocó River estuary in the Sabiaguaba region (Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil) were carried out, aiming to isolate Aeromonas spp. strains. Oyster samples were submitted to the direct plating (DP...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Evangelista-Barreto NS,Vieira RH,Carvalho FC,Torres RC,Sant'Anna ES,Rodrigues DP,Reis CM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Candida albicans is the main cause of fungal esophagitis, other species such as C. tropicalis, C. krusei and C. stellatoidea have also been implicated. Several studies have identified risk factors for C. albicans esophagitis. However, data for non-C. albicans species is still sparse. The aim of this study was...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Kliemann DA,Pasqualotto AC,Falavigna M,Giaretta T,Severo LC

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though there are data published on HPV epidemiology in Ecuador, the distribution of genotypes in Guayaquil, the largest city in the country, has not been previously determined in a study including including both, men and women. The present study aimed to determine the distribution of 37 HPV genotypes in genital s...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Muentes GDG,García MAM,Galárraga RIB,Ollague K,Wachter CV,Cabezas JCR

更新日期：2019-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic Yersinia pestis isolates were collected during a plague outbreak at the Paraiba State in 1986. The Y. pestis isolates were investigated for the presence of virulence-associated factors and plasmid content. All strains analysed were proficient in the expression of the VW and fraction 1 antigens, pigment adso...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Leal NC,de Almeida AM,Ferreira LC

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection by Candida spp. is associated with high mortality rates, especially when treatment is not appropriate and/or not immediate. Therefore, it is necessary to correctly identify the genus and species of Candida. The aim of this study was to compare the identification of 89 samples of Candida spp. by the manual me...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Souza MN,Ortiz SO,Mello MM,Oliveira Fde M,Severo LC,Goebel CS

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the production of the potential monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) using BALB/c mice immunized with vesicular fluid (VF)-Tcra (T. crassiceps) antigen. Immune sera presented anti-VF-Tcra (<20kD) IgG and IgM antibodies with cross-reactivity with T. solium (Tso) antigen (8-12, 14, and 18 kD). After cell fusion, we...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Espíndola NM,De Gaspari EN,Nakamura PM,Vaz AJ

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty Candida albicans isolated from oral candidosis patients and 30 C. albicans isolated from control individuals were studied. In vitro susceptibility tests were performed for amphotericin B, fluconazole, 5-flucytosine and itraconazole through the Clinical and Laboratorial Standards Institute (CLSI) reference metho...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Koga-Ito CY,Lyon JP,Resende MA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment with dexamethasone (DMS) in the early phases of the experimental Schistosoma mansoni infection causes an indirect effect on the cercaria-schistosomulum transformation process. This is observed when naive albino mice are treated with that drug (50 mg/Kg, subcutaneously) and infected intraperitoneally 01 hour ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： de Melo AL,Hermeto MV,Bicalho RS,Vargas AP,Favaretto FJ,Pereira LH

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00