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Detection of Lsr2 gene of Mycobacterium leprae in nasal mucus
Custodio,Luiz Antonio; Saito,Alexandre; Amarante,Marla Karine; Fujita,Thiago Cezar; Perim,Aparecida de Lourdes; Costa,Ivete Conchon; Felipe,IoniceIn the present study, nasal mucus from patients with leprosy were analyzed by PCR using specific primers for Lsr2 gene of Mycobacterium leprae. The presence of Lsr2 gene in the nasal mucus was detected in 25.80% of patients with paucibacillari leprosy, and 23.07% of contacts. Despite the absence of clinical features in the contact individuals, it was possible to detect the presence of Lsr2 gene in the nasal muc...
Treatment of serum with supernatants from cultures of Candida albicans reduces ...
Santos,Aderbal Antonio dos; Sá,Eglius Alexandre Colignese de; Gaziri,Luis Carlos Jabur; Felipe,IoniceCandida albicans is a potent activator of the complement system, and heat labile opsonins produced by activation of C3 (C3b and iC3b) enhance phagocytosis of C. albicans mediated by complement receptors. In this study we treated mouse serum with supernatants from cultures of a protease producer strain of C. albicans and evaluated the ability of this serum to enhance phagocytosis of C. albicans. Cell-free supern...