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Streptococcus canis are a single population infecting multiple animal hosts des...
Pinho, MD; Foster, G; Pomba, C.; Machado, MP; Baily, JL; Kuiken, T; Melo-Cristino, J; Ramirez, M; Vaz, T; Giao, MABSTRACT - Streptococcus canis is an animal pathogen which occasionally causes infections in humans. The S. canis M-like protein (SCM) encoded by the scm gene, is its best characterized virulence factor but previous studies suggested it could be absent in a substantial fraction of isolates. We studied the distribution and variability of the scm gene in 188 S. canis isolates recovered from companion animals (n =...
Death by chumbinho: aldicarb intoxication—regarding a corpse in decomposition
Durão, C; Machado, MPChumbinho is the popular name given to carbamate aldicarb (Temik), an insecticide commonly used in agriculture and highly toxic (LD50 = 0.9 mg/kg oral in rats) that has been sold clandestinely in several regions of Brazil. Chumbinho is sold illegally as raticide and is available in a formulation of small black granules which are easily mixed with food for criminal purposes, its use often being attributed to acc...
A Wormian Bone, Mimicking an Entry Gunshot Wound of the Skull, in an Anthropolo...
Machado, MP; Simões, MP; Gamba, TO; Flores, IL; Haiter Neto, F; Durão, C; Daruge Júnior, E; Cunha, EWormian bones (WB) are irregular small cranial ossicles found along suture lines and fontanels. In Brazil, gunshot wounds to the skull are quite common in young individuals. Nevertheless, as far as we know, this is the first report of a WB giving an erroneous aspect of gunshot entrance due to its displacement position. The present manuscript describes the case of a Brazilian young man who died due to ballistic ...
Death in the ‘‘microwave oven’’: A form of execution by carbonization
Durão, C; Machado, MP; Daruge Júnior, E
Enlarged parietal foramina: a rare forensic autopsy finding
Durão, C; Carpinteiro, D; Pedrosa, F; Machado, MP; Cunha, EEnlarged parietal foramina (EPF) are a quite rare developmental defect of the parietal bone which has to be distinguished from the normal small parietal foramina. We report a forensic case of an individual found in an advanced state of putrefaction in his own house with an undetermined cause of death. No evidence of trauma was observed, and the toxicological exam was negative. The victim was a 40-year-old man w...