Liver cirrhosis is a clinical condition that represents the cast stage common to many chronic liver diseases. In some cases, even after detailed clinical, serological and pathological study, it is not possible to clarify the underlying chronic liver disease, in these cases cirrhosis. It is said to be cryptogenic or idiopathic. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical, laboratory, histological and immu...
Renal involvement in schistosomiasis is rarely reported and can be characterized mainly by glomerular and may remain asymptomatic, hence the importance of biomarkers that can detect early changes in renal function. The objective was to characterize renal changes in patients with schistosomiasis mansoni before and after treatment in the intestinal phase, coming from an area of low endemicity in the state of Cear...
Introduction: The laboratory diagnosis of schistosomiasis is based mainly on the detection of parasite eggs in stool samples through the Kato-Katz (KK) technique, reading one slide by test. However, a widely known limitation of parasitological methods is reduced sensitivity, particularly in low endemic areas. Methods: To increase sensitivity, we conducted further slide readings from the same stool sample using ...