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Necrotizing Pneumonia – A Rare Complication
Norte, Ana; Santos, Cláudia; Gamboa, Fernanda; Ferreira, A Jorge; Marques, Alcide; Leite, Camilo; Robalo Cordeiro, CNecrotizing pneumonia is a rare complication of community-acquired pneumonia associated with destruction of the lung tissue during the infection and rise of necrotic foci in consolidated areas. Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Nocardia, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Streptococcus pneumoniae are the most common causative agents. Risk factors for developing necrotizing pneumonia include smoking, alcohol...
Doseamento das granzimas A e B na sarcoidose pulmonar (estudo experimental)
Dourado, Marília; Bento, Joana; Mesquita, Luis; Marques, Alcide; Vale-Pereira, Sofia; Sarmento-Ribeiro, Ana Bela; Mota-Pinto, AnabelaSarcoidosis is a systemic disease of unknown aetiology, morphologically characterized by well-formed epithelioid granulomas, which show little or no central necrosis. These may be present in any organ or tissue. The lung is the most frequently and prominently involved target. The granuloma is often very sharply demarcated from the adjacent tissue and is surrounded by a mantle of lymphocytes, which mediate lysis...