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Performance of cryptococcal antigen lateral flow assay in serum, cerebrospinal ...
Vidal, José E.; Toniolo, Carolina; Paulino, Adriana; Colombo, Arnaldo L.; Martins, Marilena dos Anjos; Meira, Cristina da SilvaCryptococcal meningitis is the most common cause of opportunistic meningitis in HIV-infected patients in Brazil and causes unacceptable high mortality rates. In this study, HIV-infected patients with a first episode of culture-proven cryptococcal meningitis in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were prospectively included in order to evaluate sensitivity of cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) lateral flow assay (LFA) in serum, ...
Ring enhancing intracranial lesion responding to antituberculous treatment in a...
Pellegrino, Daniela; Gerhardt, Juliana; Porfírio, Fátima M.V.; Santos, Edgar de Bortholi; Dauar, Rafi F.; Oliveira, Augusto C. Penalva deCerebral tuberculomas constitute a major differential diagnosis of cerebral toxoplasmosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients in developing countries. We report the case of a 34-year old woman co-infected with HIV and possible disseminated tuberculosis (hepatitis, lymphadenopathy, and pleural effusion) who presented a large and solitary intracranial mass lesion. Despite extensive diagnostic ...
Neurologic cytomegalovirus complications in patients with AIDS: retrospective r...
Silva, Camila Almeida; Oliveira, Augusto C. Penalva de; Vilas-Boas, Lucy; Fink, Maria Cristina D.S.; Pannuti, Cláudio S.; Vidal, José E.Neurological disorders caused by Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are rarely reported in the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) period. The objective of this study was to describe the main clinical and laboratory features of patients with CMV-related neurological complications in HIV-infected patients admitted to a referral center in São Paulo, Brazil. C...
Aids-related progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: a retrospective study ...
Vidal, José E.; Oliveira, Augusto C. Penalva de; Fink, Maria Cristina D. S.; Pannuti, Cláudio S.; Trujillo, J. RobertoFew data are available about progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) from Brazil. The objectives of this study were to describe the main features of patients with PML and estimate its frequency among AIDS patients with central nervous system (CNS) opportunistic diseases admitted to the Instituto de Infectologia Emílio Ribas, São Paulo, Brazil, ...
Cerebral aspergillosis due to Aspergillus fumigatus in AIDS patient: first cult...
Vidal, José E.; Dauar, Rafi F.; Melhem, Marcia S.C.; Szeszs, Walderez; Pukinskas, Sandra R.B.S.; Coelho, João F.G.S.; Lins, Diogo L.M.; Costa, Silvia F.Cerebral aspergillosis is a rare cause of brain expansive lesion in AIDS patients. We report the first culture-proven case of brain abscess due to Aspergillus fumigatus in a Brazilian AIDS patient. The patient, a 26 year-old male with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and history of pulmonary tuberculosis and cerebral toxoplasmosis, had fever, cough, dyspnea, and two episodes of seizures. The brain c...
Chagasic meningoencephalitis: case report of a recently included AIDS-defining ...
Madalosso, Geraldine; Pellini, Alessandra C. Guedes; Vasconcelos, Marileide J.; Ribeiro, Ana Freitas; Weissmann, LeonardoRecently, reactivation of Chagas disease (meningoencephalitis and/or myocarditis) was included in the list of AIDS-defining illnesses in Brazil. We report a case of a 52-year-old patient with no history of previous disease who presented acute meningoencephalitis. Direct examination of blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) showed Trypanosoma cruzi. CSF culture confirmed the diagnosis. Serological assays for T. cru...