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Bone metabolism dysfunction mediated by the increase of proinflammatory cytokin...

Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:02:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2017-03-01; Despite the efficacy of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on the control of viral replication, the current challenge is to decrease the chronic inflammatory status and toxicity of the antiretroviral drugs that contribute to increase the risk of metabolic complications. To verify the influence of proinflammat...

Oral Candida spp carriage and periodontal diseases in HIV-infected patients in ...

The majority of HIV-infected patients develop Candida spp-associated clinical oral lesions. Studies have shown that asymptomatic oral colonization of Candida spp may lead to oral lesions or become a source of disseminated infections. The aim of this study was to verify the effects of periodontal conditions on Candida spp prevalence and Candida spp carriage in the oral cavity of HIV-infected patients compared to...

Adherence of nursing professionals to clinical follow-up after occupational exp...

This study aimed to evaluate the adherence of nursing professionals to clinical follow-up after occupational exposure to biological material, in a special outpatient clinic for Occupational Accidents among Health Care Workers (AOPS). Data refer to accidents occurred to nursing professionals between July and December of 2006, and were obtained by consulting patient files. The study was developed in two outpatien...

Hematological particularities and co-infections in injected drug user with AIDS

Alterações corporais: terapia antirretroviral e síndrome da lipodistrofia em pe...

OBJETIVO: identificar os diferentes tipos de alterações morfológicas da síndrome da lipodistrofia (SL) em pacientes dos atendimentos ambulatoriais e relacioná-las ao esquema terapêutico utilizado. MÉTODO: estudo transversal, para o qual foram recrutados 60 pacientes com HIV e SL e 79 sem a SL, que consentiram entrevista e coleta de dados em prontuário. RESULTADOS: a região mais acometida pela lipoatrofia foi a ...

Hematological abnormalities in HIV-infected patients

Nutritional and metabolic status of HIV-positive patients with lipodystrophy du...

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this prospective study was to compare changes in lipid metabolism and nutritional status after either 6 and 12 months of follow-up in subjects with lipodystrophy syndrome after traditional lifestyle therapy with or without fibric acid analogue intervention (bezafibrate and clofibrate). METHODS: Food intake, alterations in body composition and metabolic abnormalities were assessed in subje...

Infecção pelo vírus Influenza A (H1N1) de origem suína: como reconhecer, diagno...

Accidents with biological material and immunization against hepatitis B among s...

L. (L.) chagasi in aids and visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) co-infection

Concomitant skin lesions in visceral leishmaniasis (VL) or kala-azar are rare, being more common the description of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis occurring post treatment of kala-azar. Skin lesions caused by Leishmania donovani are frequently seen in the aids-VL co-infection. In Brazil cutaneous or mucosal forms of tegumentary leishmaniasis concomitant with aids are more commonly registered. Here we prese...