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Long-Term Persistence of Serum-Specific Anti-Chikungunya IgM Antibody - A Case ...

Costa,Denise Maria do Nascimento; Coêlho,Maria Rosângela Cunha Duarte; Gouveia,Pedro Alves da Cruz; Bezerra,Luan Araújo; Marques,Claudia Diniz Lopes

Abstract The persistence of serum-specific anti-chikungunya IgM antibodies (CHIKV-IgM) can vary after chikungunya fever (CHIK) infection. However, the factors related to its production are not yet known. We described a case series drawn up from data collected from 57 patients between 12 and 36 months after the acute phase of CHIK infection in Northeastern Brazil. CHIKV-IgM was detectable in 7/57 (12.3%) patient...

Date: 2021   |   Origin: Oasisbr

Pertussis may be the cause of prolonged cough in adolescents and adults in the ...

Pimentel,Analíria Moraes; Baptista,Paulo Neves; Ximenes,Ricardo Arraes de Alencar; Rodrigues,Laura Cunha; Magalhães,Vera; Silva,Andrea Rosane Sousa

Objective:This study was aimed to evaluate the prevalence of pertussis in adolescents and adults with cough lasting more than 14 days and less than 30 days.Methods:This is a prospective observational study in interepidemic period of pertusis. Ten public health outpatient clinics in the city of Recife, Brazil, were randomly selected for the study. The study population consisted of individuals aged 10 years and o...

Date: 2015   |   Origin: Oasisbr

Abscess resulting from Mycobacterium kansasiiin the left thigh of AIDS patient

Lima,Catarina Tenório de; Magalhães,Vera

A case of abscess resulting from Mycobacterium kansasii, in the left thigh of a 53-year-old woman infected with the Human Immunodeficiency virus, is reported. Curiously, there was no pulmonary or systemic involvement as is usual with these Mycobacterium infections. The patient had CD4 T lymphocyte count of 257 cells/µL and a viral load of 60,154 copies. Despite presenting a relatively preserved immunity, the pa...

Date: 2014   |   Origin: Oasisbr

Hyperglycemia increases the complicated infection and mortality rates during in...

Matias,Carolina do Nascimento; Lima,Vladmir; Teixeira,Heberton Medeiros; Souto,Fernanda Ribeiro; Magalhães,Vera

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of hyperglycemia during induction therapy in adult patients with acute leukemia and its effect on complicated infections and mortality during the first 30 days of treatment. METHODS: An analysis was performed in a retrospective cohort of 280 adult patients aged 18 to 60 years with previously untreated acute leukemia who received induction chemotherapy from January 2000 to ...

Date: 2013   |   Origin: Oasisbr

Antimicrobial resistance profile of Staphylococcus aureus isolates obtained fro...

Caraciolo,Fabiana Beserra; Maciel,Maria Amélia Vieira; Santos,Josemir Belo dos; Rabelo,Marcelle Aquino; Magalhães,Vera

BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus aureus has a notable ability to acquire resistance to antibiotics, and methicillin resistance represents a growing public health problem. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) has also become important outside the hospital environment, particularly in the United States. In Brazil, since 2005, cases of community skin infections caused by MRSA have been reported, but resistance studies...

Date: 2012   |   Origin: Oasisbr

Resistência primária e adquirida à pirazinamida em pacientes com tuberculose pu...

Ribeiro,Liany Barros; Magalhães,Vera; Magalhães,Marcelo

OBJETIVO: Verificar a resistência primária e adquirida à pirazinamida em cepas de Mycobacterium tuberculosis provenientes de amostras de escarro de pacientes com tuberculose pulmonar. MÉTODOS: Estudo prospectivo e descritivo realizado no período entre abril e novembro de 2011 em um hospital de referência para o tratamento de tuberculose em Recife (PE). Culturas, testes de sensibilidade a fármacos e testes da pi...

Date: 2012   |   Origin: Oasisbr

A quantitative analysis of Propionibacterium acnes in lesional and non-lesional...

Cavalcanti,Silvana Maria de Morais; França,Emmanuel Rodrigues de; Magalhães,Marcelo; Lins,Ana Kelly; Brandão,Laura Costa; Magalhães,Vera

Little is known about the etiology of progressive macular hypomelanosis, although it has been suggested that Propionibacterium acnes plays an important role. While microbiological culture is commonly employed to identify Propionibacterium acnes, new identification methods have been under investigation, amongst them polymerase chain reaction. To determine the cut-off point for the number of genome copies of Prop...

Date: 2011   |   Origin: Oasisbr

Aplicação dos critérios diagnósticos do lúpus eritematoso sistêmico em paciente...

Teixeira Junior,Gilson José Allain; Silva,Cláudia Elis e Ferraz; Magalhães,Vera

INTRODUÇÃO: O lupus eritematoso sistêmico (LES) é uma doença inflamatória crônica que acomete múltiplos órgãos ou sistemas, não apresenta manifestação clínica patognomônica ou teste laboratorial sensível e específico o suficiente para um diagnóstico específico. Para o diagnóstico, são utilizados os critérios propostos pelo Colégio Americano de Reumatologia (ACR), modificados em 1997. A presença de quatro ou mai...

Date: 2011   |   Origin: Oasisbr

Avaliação oftalmológica em pacientes com AIDS e neurotoxoplasmose

Alves,Jane Mary; Magalhães,Vera; Matos,Marcus Augusto Gomes de

INTRODUÇÃO: Descrever os achados fundoscópicos em pacientes com AIDS e neurotoxoplasmose em fase ativa. MÉTODOS: Foi desenvolvido estudo prospectivo tipo série de casos incluindo 70 pacientes, de ambos os sexos, com idade variando de 20 a 63 anos, internados nas enfermarias de três hospitais públicos da Cidade do Recife, Pernambuco, com diagnósticos de AIDS e neurotoxoplasmose firmados segundo os critérios do C...

Date: 2010   |   Origin: Oasisbr

Polimorfismos do gene NRAMP1 em indivíduos com reações hansênicas, atendidos em...

Teixeira,Márcia Almeida Galvão; Silva,Norma Lucena; Ramos,Alessandra de Luna; Hatagima,Ana; Magalhães,Vera

INTRODUÇÃO: Para investigar susceptibilidade às reações hansênicas, três polimorfismos do gene natural resistance-associated macrophage protein (NRAMP1), foram determinados em 201 indivíduos, atendidos em dois centros de referência no Recife, entre 2007 e 2008, sendo 100 paucibacilares e 101 multibacilares. MÉTODOS: A determinação dos polimorfismos 274C/T, D543N e 1729+55del4 do gene NRAMP1 foi realizada utiliz...

Date: 2010   |   Origin: Oasisbr

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