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Cerebral macroabscess caused by Candida albicans in an immunocompetent patient ...
Figueiredo, Sônia Maria de; Campolina, Sabrina Sidney; Rosa, Carlos Augusto; Gontijo, Marcus; Tirone, Thelma; Assunção, Cláudia BarbosaWe describe the history of a 24-year-old immunocompetent man with an expansive lesion in the brain stem that, after many misdiagnoses, was found to be caused by a Candida albicans abscess. One year after surgery and 3 months of fluconazole treatment, the patient was asymptomatic and all image and laboratory tests were normal.
Immunological changes in canine peripheral blood leukocytes triggered by immuni...
Araújo, Márcio Sobreira Silva; Andrade, Renata Aline de; Avelar, Renato Sathler; Magalhães, Camila Paula; Carvalho, Andréa Teixeira deIn this study, we summarized the major phenotypic/functional aspects of circulating leuko-cytes following canine immunization with Leishvaccine and Leishmune ®. Our findings showed that Leishvaccine triggered early changes in the innate immunity (neutrophils and eosinophils) with late alterations on monocytes. Conversely, Leishmune ® induced early phenotypic changes in both, neutrophils and monocytes. Moreover,...