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Complementary exams in the diagnosis of american tegumentary leishmaniasis
Gomes,Ciro Martins; de Paula,Natália Aparecida; Morais,Orlando Oliveira de; Soares,Killarney Ataíde; Roselino,Ana Maria; Sampaio,Raimunda Nonata RibeiroThe diagnosis of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis is a difficult but essential task when considering the high toxicity profile of the drugs available. Since the discovery of its etiologic agent, numerous diagnostic tests have been developed. None of the tests available today can be considered as the gold standard, since they do not add enough accuracy for the disease detection. Good epidemiological and clinic...
The use of ablative lasers in the treatment of facial melasma
Morais,Orlando Oliveira de; Lemos,Érica Freitas Lima; Sousa,Márcia Carolline dos Santos; Gomes,Ciro Martins; Costa,Izelda Maria CarvalhoMelasma represents a pigmentary disorder that is difficult to treat. This study aims to broadly review the use of ablative lasers (Er:YAG and CO2) in the treatment of melasma, presenting the level of evidence of studies published to date. A total of 75 patients were enrolled in four case series studies (n=39), one controlled clinical trial (n=6) and one randomized controlled clinical trial (n=30). Studies on th...
Recurrent cutaneous leishmaniasis
Gomes,Ciro Martins; Damasco,Fabiana dos Santos; Morais,Orlando Oliveira de; Paula,Carmen Dea Ribeiro de; Sampaio,Raimunda Nonata RibeiroWe present a case of an 18-year-old male patient who, after two years of inappropriate treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis, began to show nodules arising at the edges of the former healing scar. He was immune competent and denied any trauma. The diagnosis of recurrent cutaneous leishmaniasis was made following positive culture of aspirate samples. The patient was treated with N-methylglucamine associated with...
Periungual leishmaniasis
Gomes,Ciro Martins; Morais,Orlando Oliveira de; Leite,Anglya Samara Silva; Soares,Killarney Ataíde; Motta,Jorgeth de Oliveira Carneiro daThe vast majority of cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis are represented by limb injuries. A female patient, white, presented an ulcer with infiltrated borders located on the fourth finger of the left hand following occupational exposure in an area of native forest. Diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania of the subgenus Viannia was confirmed. The patient failed to respond to treatment with antim...
Infection of the lymphatic system by Aureobasidium pullulans in a patient with ...
Morais,Orlando Oliveira de; Porto,Cláudia; Coutinho,Anglya Samara Silva Leite; Reis,Carmélia Matos Santiago; Teixeira,Marcus de Melo; Gomes,Ciro MartinsAureobasidium pullulans is a causal agent of phaeohyphomycosis, occasionally found in men and animals. As an agent of different opportunistic fungal processes, it may cause fungemia, systemic infections and abscesses in different viscera. This paper aims to report a case of a patient with infection of the lymphatic system by A. pullulans. A 23-year-old patient being treated for erythema nodosum leprosum present...
Freqüência das infecções pelo HIV-1, rubéola, sífilis, toxoplasmose, citomegalo...
Figueiró-Filho,Ernesto Antonio; Senefonte,Flávio Renato de Almeida; Lopes,Alessandro Henrique Antunes; Morais,Orlando Oliveira deObjetivou-se avaliar a freqüência das infecções por sífilis, rubéola, hepatite B, hepatite C, toxoplasmose, doença de Chagas, HTLV I/II, herpes simples, HIV-1 e citomegalovírus em gestantes e relacionar a faixa etária das pacientes com a freqüência das infecções. Estudo transversal de 32.512 gestantes submetidas à triagem pré-natal no período de novembro de 2002 a outubro de 2003. As freqüências encontradas for...