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Comparing clinical protocols for the treatment of human rabies: the Milwaukee p...
Ledesma,Leandro Augusto; Lemos,Elba Regina Sampaio; Horta,Marco AurélioAbstract INTRODUCTION: Rabies is a major and seriously neglected public health problem worldwide. A treatment consisting of supportive therapy with the use of drugs that show antiviral activity is called the Milwaukee Protocol. In Brazil, this protocol was adapted to the national reality and called the Recife Protocol. In this study, we compared the Milwaukee Protocol with the Recife Protocol, assessing the dif...
A case of Bartonella neuroretinitis with macular star diagnosed by clinical, ep...
Eyer-Silva,Walter de Araujo; Wutke,Letícia Stéfanie Curvello; Paiva,Alexandre de Carvalho Mendes; Silva,Guilherme Almeida Rosa daAbstract The differential diagnosis of optic neuritis is broad and varied. We report the case of a 24-year-old Brazilian man who presented with five-week history of fever, malaise, myalgia, severe fatigue, tender right preauricular lymphadenopathy, and acute vision blurring associated with right optic disc swelling and exudates in a macular star pattern. His illness developed soon after an infestation of fleas ...
First molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii in Brazilian artisanal cheese: a...
Rozental,Tatiana; Faria,Letícia Scafutto De; Forneas,Danielle; Guterres,Alexandro; Ribeiro,João Batista; Araújo,Flábio RibeiroABSTRACT Background: Global publications on Q fever have increased after the 2007 epidemic in the Netherlands. However, the epidemiology of Q fever/coxiellosis in Brazil is still poorly understood. Accordingly, there have been few studies investigating the presence of Coxiella burnetii in dairy products around the world, especially in Brazil, where consumption of fresh cheese made from raw-milk is very high. Ob...