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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 LopesAbstract 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...
Recommendations of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology for diagnosis and trea...
Marques,Claudia Diniz Lopes; Duarte,Angela Luzia Branco Pinto; Ranzolin,Aline; Dantas,Andrea Tavares; Cavalcanti,Nara GualbertoAbstract Chikungunya fever has become a relevant public health problem in countries where epidemics occur. Until 2013, only imported cases occurred in the Americas, but in October of that year, the first cases were reported in Saint Marin island in the Caribbean. The first autochthonous cases were confirmed in Brazil in September 2014; until epidemiological week 37 of 2016, 236,287 probable cases of infection w...
Recommendations of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology for the diagnosis and ...
Marques,Claudia Diniz Lopes; Duarte,Angela Luzia Branco Pinto; Ranzolin,Aline; Dantas,Andrea Tavares; Cavalcanti,Nara GualbertoAbstract Chikungunya fever has become an important public health problem in countries where epidemics occur because half of the cases progress to chronic, persistent and debilitating arthritis. Literature data on specific therapies at the various phases of arthropathy caused by chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection are limited, lacking quality randomized trials assessing the efficacies of different therapies. The...
High frequency of asymptomatic hyperparathyroidism in patients with fibromyalgi...
Costa,Juliana Maria de Freitas Trindade; Ranzolin,Aline; Costa Neto,Cláudio Antônio da; Marques,Claudia Diniz Lopes; Duarte,Angela Luzia Branco PintoABSTRACT Fibromyalgia (FM) and hyperparathyroidism may present similar symptoms (musculoskeletal pain, cognitive disorders, insomnia, depression and anxiety), causing diagnostic confusion. Objectives: To determine the frequency of asymptomatic hyperparathyroidism in a sample of patients with FM and to evaluate the association of laboratory abnormalities to clinical symptoms. Methods: Cross-sectional study with ...
Níveis séricos de 25-hidroxivitamina D3 e sua associação com parâmetros clínico...
Fragoso,Thiago Sotero; Dantas,Andrea Tavares; Marques,Claudia Diniz Lopes; Rocha Junior,Laurindo Ferreira da; Melo,José Humberto de LimaINTRODUÇÃO: O papel imunorregulatório da vitamina D tem sido alvo de um crescente número de estudos em pacientes com lúpus eritematoso sistêmico (LES). Objetivos: Determinar os níveis séricos de 25-hidroxivitamina D3 [25(OH)D] em pacientes com LES e verificar a associação da insuficiência/deficiência de 25(OH)D com parâmetros clínicos e laboratoriais. MÉTODOS:Estudo de corte transversal, prospectivo, realizado ...
Comorbidades em pacientes com osteoartrite: frequência e impacto na dor e na fu...
Leite,Alice Abath; Costa,Aline Jurema Gesteira; Lima,Beatriz de Arruda Matheos de; Padilha,Adriana Valentina Lopes; Albuquerque,Emidio Cavalcanti deINTRODUÇÃO: Uma vez que a prevalência da osteoartrite (OA) aumenta com o envelhecimento, é comum a coexistência de outras doenças crônicas. OBJETIVOS: Avaliar a frequência de comorbidades em pacientes com OA e mensurar o impacto destas na dor e a função física nesses pacientes. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal em pacientes portadores de OA do ambulatório de reumatologia do IMIP. A dor foi mensurada pela Escala Visua...