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Resistance of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis and Leishmania (Viannia) braz...
Giudice, Ângela; Camada, Ilza; Leopoldo, Paulo de Tarso Gonçalves; Pereira, Júlia M. B.; Rilley, Lee; Wilson, Mary; Ho, JohnBACKGROUND: Nitric oxide (NO•) plays a pivotal role as a leishmanicidal agent in mouse macrophages. NO• resistant Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium tuberculosis have been associated with a severe outcome of these diseases. METHODS: In this study we evaluated the in vitro toxicity of nitric oxide for the promastigote stages of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis parasites, ...
Differential effects of antigens from L. braziliensis isolates from disseminate...
Leopoldo, Paulo de Tarso Gonçalves; Almeida, Roque Pacheco de; Schriefer, Albert; Giudice, Ângela; Jesus, Amélia Maria Ribeiro de; Ho, JohnBACKGROUND: Disseminated leishmaniasis is an emerging infectious disease, mostly due to L. braziliensis, which has clinical and histopathological features distinct from cutaneous leishmaniasis. METHODS: In the current study we evaluated the in vitro production of the cytokines IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-5 and IL-10 by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from 15 disseminated leishmaniasis and 24 cutaneous leishmania...
Correlations of mutations in katG, oxyR-ahpC and inhA genes and in vitro suscep...
Costa, Elis Regina Dalla; Ribeiro, Marta Osório; Silva, Márcia Susana Nunes; Arnold, Liane Silveira; Rostirolla, Diana; Cafrune, Patricia IzquierdoSubmitted by Michele Fernanda (michele_fernandas@hotmail.com) on 2012-10-25T19:46:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Correlations of mutations in katG, oxyR-ahpC and inhA genes and in vitro susceptibility in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical strains segregated by spoligotype families from tuberculosis.pdf: 342181 bytes, checksum: e3c3dcd06ba0220d6a2d4082bce4523d (MD5); Approved for entry into archive by Gabriela Silva ...