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Leprosy case series in the emergency room: A warning sign for a challenging dia...
Bernardes-Filho,Fred; Lima,Filipe Rocha; Voltan,Glauber; Paula,Natália Aparecida de; Frade,Marco Andrey CiprianiABSTRACT Leprosy can be considered a dissimulated disease, mainly when presented as atypical cases leading to mistaken diagnosis at the emergency setting. Herein we report six patients referred to the emergence room with hypotheses of acute myocardial infarction and arterial and venous thrombosis, although with chronic neurological symptoms; the seventh patient was referred with a wrong suspicion of infected sk...
Update on therapy for superficial mycoses: review article part I
Dias,Maria Fernanda Reis Gavazzoni; Quaresma-Santos,Maria Victoria Pinto; Bernardes-Filho,Fred; Amorim,Adriana Gutstein da FonsecaSuperficial fungal infections of the hair, skin and nails are a major cause of morbidity in the world. Choosing the right treatment is not always simple because of the possibility of drug interactions and side effects. The first part of the article discusses the main treatments for superficial mycoses - keratophytoses, dermatophytosis, candidiasis, with a practical approach to the most commonly-used topical and...
Treatment of superficial mycoses: review - part II
Dias,Maria Fernanda Reis Gavazzoni; Bernardes-Filho,Fred; Quaresma-Santos,Maria Victória Pinto; Amorim,Adriana Gutstein da FonsecaSuperficial fungal infections of the hair, skin and nails are a major cause of morbidity in the world. Choosing the right treatment is not always simple because of the possibility of drug interactions and side effects. The first part of the article discusses the main treatments for superficial mycoses - keratophytoses, dermatophytosis, candidiasis, with a practical approach to the most commonly-used topical and...