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Update on the treatment of musculoskeletal manifestations in chikungunya fever:...
Brito,Carlos Alexandre Antunes de; Marques,Cláudia Diniz Lopes; Falcão,Melissa Barreto; Cunha,Rivaldo Venâncio da; Simon,FabriceAbstract Since the emergence of the chikungunya virus in Brazil in 2014, more than 700,000 cases have been reported throughout the country, corresponding to one-third of all cases reported in the Americas. In addition to its high attack rates, resulting in hundreds of thousands of cases, the disease has high chronicity rates with persistent joint manifestations for more than 3 months, which can spread to more t...
Puerperal brain cryptococcoma in an HIV-negative woman successfully treated wit...
Hagan,José Edward; Dias,Jesângeli Sousa; Villasboas-Bisneto,José Caetano; Falcão,Melissa Barreto; Ko,Albert Icksang; Ribeiro,Guilherme SousaCryptococcus spp. cerebral abscesses are uncommon in immunocompetent subjects. The recommended induction treatment is the administration of amphotericin B plus flucytosine combined with resection for lesions ≥3cm. In this paper, we describe an HIV-negative woman diagnosed with a large cryptococcoma in the immediate postpartum period. The lesion was not resected, and due to amphotericin B intolerance, she receiv...