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Avaliação do risco de reativação de tuberculose em pacientes em uso de imunobio...
Evangelista, Priscila DouradoRheumatic diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, and spondyloarthritis are autoimmune, chronic and marginal pathologies. These diseases may be peripheral or axial joints (spinal column). When untreated, individual carriers may develop musculoskeletal sequences and, in some cases, extra-articular manifestations. Pharmacological treatment can be done with NSAIDs, synthetic and biological DMARDs, depending on the disease...
Renal dysfunction in Leishmaniasis and Chagas disease coinfection: a case report
Alcântara, Cid Carlos Soares de; Santana, Laís Regina Lacerda; Evangelista, Priscila Dourado; Teixeira, André Costa; Silva Junior, Geraldo Bezerra daVisceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an endemic parasitic disease frequently found in Northeast Brazil and may cause acute kidney injury (AKI) and glomerulonephritis. After appropriate treatment, renal function recovery may occur. We describe the rare case of a patient with VL, who developed severe AKI requiring dialysis and was subsequently diagnosed with Chagas disease coinfection. After specific treatment for VL, ...
Thrombotic microangiopathy mediated by complement in postpartum sequentially tr...
Barbosa, Orivaldo Alves; Macedo, Andre Luis Coutinho de Araujo; Guimarães, Manoel Pedro Guedes; Teixeira, Andre Costa; Cavalcante, Raissa MarquesThe complement-mediated thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA), also known as atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), is rare and potentially fatal, presenting as TMA and dysfunction/endothe - lial edema secondary to diffuse disruption of a fluid phase alternat - ing complementary pathways. We report a case of a young woman with postpartum anuric renal failure, TMA and normal levels of AD- AMTS13 with partial clin...