Identification of risk factors for death from tetanus in Pernambuco, Brazil: a case-control study.

abstract：:An epidemiological survey with histoplasmin skin test was performed in 392 poultry farmers and 265 workers considered without occupational risk of exposition to Histoplasma capsulatum, etiologic agent of histoplasmosis. The results were positive in 28.8% and 13.2% in both groups respectively. Statistically, there was ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Suárez Hernández M,Fernández Andreu CM,Estrada Ortiz A,Cisneros Despaigne E

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenal involvement by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis was described at necropsies and in many clinical studies, but only in adults. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate adrenal function in children with paracoccidioidomycosis. Twenty-three children with the systemic form of paracoccidioidomycosis were evalu...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Pereira RM,Guerra-Júnior G,Tresoldi AT

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal parasitic infections are prevalent throughout many countries. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasite carriers among 21,347 expatriate workers, including food handlers and housemaids attending the public health center laboratory in Sharjah, UAE. Stool sample collection was perfor...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Dafalla AIA,Almuhairi SASO,AlHosani MHJ,Mohamed MY,Alkous MIA,AlAzzawi MA,Abakar AD,Nour BYM,Hasan H,AbuOdeh RO,ElBakri A

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25-year-old male without prior co-morbidities was admitted to hospital with Fusobacterium necrophorum bacteremia, where he was found to have liver and splenic abscesses. Further evaluation with echocardiography revealed a bicuspid aortic valve with severe insufficiency and a 1.68 x 0.86 cm vegetation. The patient re...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Handler MZ,Miriovsky B,Gendelman HE,Sandkovsky U

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic fungal infections are responsible for high mortality rates. Several species of fungi may be involved, but Candida spp. is the most prevalent. Simvastatin is used to lower cholesterol and also exhibits antifungal action. The aim of this study was to evaluate the synergistic action of simvastatin with fluconazo...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Menezes EA,Vasconcelos Júnior AA,Silva CL,Plutarco FX,Cunha Mda C,Cunha FA

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：:Pleural effusions are rare events accompanying histoplasmosis, and in general they are associated with acute forms of the disease. It is described here a case of histoplasmoma associated with pleuritic pain and pleural effusion. ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： de Almeida MC,Vianna LG,Moraes MA

更新日期：1990-09-01 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：:In an attempt to find a better T. cruzi antigen and possible immunological markers for the diagnosis of different clinical forms of Chagas'disease, amastigote and trypomastigote antigens obtained from immunosuppressed mice infected with T. cruzi (Y strain) were assessed in comparison with conventional epimastigote ant...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Primavera KS,Umezawa ES,Peres BA,Camargo ME,Hoshino-Shimizu S

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the chemoresistance of Plasmodium falciparum to commonly used antimalarial drugs in Brazil the authors have studied ten patients with falciparum malaria, acquired in the Brazilian Amazon region. Patients were submitted to in vivo study of drug sensitivity, after chemotherapy with either 4-aminoquinol...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Segurado AA,di Santi SM,Shiroma M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in quilombo remnant communities in Central Brazil, 1,007 subjects were interviewed in all 12 communities existing in Mato Grosso do Sul State, Central Brazil. Blood samples were collected and sera were tested for anti-HCV by enzyme-linked immuno...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Reis NR,Motta-Castro AR,Silva AM,Teles SA,Yoshida CF,Martins RM

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty patients with epilepsy seen in three Londrina Neurological Services, in Paraná, were studied. The positivity prevalence of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for cysticercosis in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and in the serum of these patients was 34.0% and 20.0%, respectively. There was statistically...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Bonametti AM,Basile MA,Vaz AJ,Baldy JL,Takiguti CK

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first case of human ocular sparganosis in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. A young female patient presented with three periocular moveable inflammatory masses in her right eye, during two years. By surgical excisional biopsy, a helminth larval stage was removed and identified as sparganum. C...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Mentz MB,Procianoy F,Maestri MK,Rott MB

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:[This corrects the article doi: 10.1590/s1678-9946201961041]. ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

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更新日期：2019-09-12 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：:Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a parasitic disease caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis, a metastrongylid nematode with wide geographic distribution, occurring from the United States to Argentina. In Brazil, the disease has been reported from the States of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo, Fede...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Pena GP,Andrade Filho J,de Assis SC

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haptoglobin assay, a highly sensitive method to detect intravascular hemolysis was carried out in the sera of 19 patients referred to Hospital Vital Brazil with the cutaneous form of loxoscelism in order to investigate the occurrence of mild intravascular hemolysis. Data from this series did not show decreased levels ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Morena P,Nonoyama K,Cardoso JL,Barretto OC

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty seven cases of neurocysticercosis, with clinical picture of acute meningitis, are described. Twenty (74.1%) patients are male; the age was 4 to 42 years (23.6 +/- 11.7 years). The etiologic diagnosis was defined by the complement fixation test (Weinberg) and/or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for cyst...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Bonametti AM,Baldy JL,Bortoliero AL,de Maio CM,Passos Jdo N,Takata PK,de Pauli DS,Guimarães JC,Anzai ET,Elisbão Mdo C

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapy of coccidioidomycosis continues to evolve. For primary pulmonary disease, antifungal therapy is frequently not required while prolonged courses of antifungals are generally needed for those in whom extrathoracic disseminated has occurred. Intravenous amphotericin B should be reserved for those with severe dise...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Ampel NM

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen patients with endemic pemphigus foliaceus were submitted to nutritional evaluation. Ten had the localized form of the disease (Group G1) and six the disseminated form (Group G2). The patients were submitted to anthropometric measurements (weight, height, Quetelét index, tricipital skin fold, subscapular skin f...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Barraviera SR,Dillon NL,Curi PR,Pereira PC,de Almeida DB

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 42 year-old female, who came to a leishmaniasis reference center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, presenting a cutaneous leishmaniasis lesion in the right forearm. Treatment with low-dose intramuscular meglumine antimoniate (MA) (5 mg Sb5+/kg/day) was initiated, with improvement after 28 days, although...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Ferreira e Vasconcellos Ede C,Pimentel MI,Valete-Rosalino CM,Madeira Mde F,Schubach Ade O

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia has emerged as an important opportunistic pathogen in the last decade. Increased resistance to sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (SMX/TMP) has been reported in S. maltophilia strains in the past few years, leading to few therapeutic options. We conducted a prospective multicenter study at two ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Mendes ET,Paez JIG,Ferraz JR,Marchi AP,Silva ILAFE,Batista MV,Lima ALM,Rossi F,Levin AS,Costa SF

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report two cases of adrenal insufficiency secondary to infiltration of the adrenal glands by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. The first patient had been treated for a chronic multifocal form of paracoccidiodomycosis 11 years ago. The diagnosis of the mycosis was done simultaneous with that of the adrenal ins...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Agudelo CA,Muñoz C,Ramírez A,Gutierrez J,Velez S,Perez JC,Velez A,Tobon AM,Restrepo A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction::According to the guidelines, the viral load of 2,000 IU/mL is considered the level to differentiate between inactive carriers and HBeAg(-) chronic hepatitis B patients. Even so, liver damage may be present in patients with lower viral load levels, mainly related to regional variations. This study aims to ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Oliveira VO,Oliveira JP,França EV,Brito HL,Nascimento TV,França A

更新日期：2016-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A proven case of human infection caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis is reported for the first time in Venezuela. The patient was a 57-year-old female surgically operated because of signs of peritonitis with a palpable mass at the lower right quadrant of the abdomen. WBC count reported 16,600 cells/mm3, with 46% e...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Incani RN,Caleiras E,Martín M,González C

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cranial CT scans of eleven immunocompetent children with central nervous system (CNS) infection due to Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii were retrospectively reviewed. These children had an average age of 8.8 years and positive culture for C. n. var. gattii in cerebrospinal fluid. The most common signs and symptoms ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Correa Mdo P,Severo LC,Oliveira Fde M,Irion K,Londero AT

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infrapopliteal mycotic aneurysm resulting from endocarditis is rare, with only a few reported cases. We describe the case of a 28-year-old male patient who was suffering with pain and edema in the right leg. The ultrasound revealed an aneurysm of the right tibioperoneal trunk and a deep vein thrombosis (DVT). The pati...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Belczak SQ,Sincos IR,Teivelis MP,de Oliveira CA,Fragoso H,Aun R

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis is a globally distributed zoonosis with a broad clinical spectrum. This disease mostly affects liver and kidney tissues. Other organs such as the pancreas, can be affected by leptospirosis-induced vasculitis. In addition, cardiac manifestations are common, and the presence of transient ECG abnormalities ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Gomes PEAC,Brilhante SO,Carvalho RB,Sousa DR,Daher EF

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

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