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Brazilian guidelines for the clinical management of paracoccidioidomycosis

Abstract Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic fungal disease occurring in Latin America that is associated with rural environments and agricultural activities. However, the incidence and prevalence of paracoccidiodomycosis is underestimated because of the lack of compulsory notification. If paracoccidiodomycosis is not diagnosed and treated early and adequately, the endemic fungal infection could result in seri...

Management of post-transplant Epstein-Barr virus-related lymphoproliferative di...

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-related post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) is one of the most serious complications associated with solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. PTLD is most frequently seen with primary EBV infection post-transplant, a common scenario for pediatric solid organ recipients. Risk factors for infection or reactivation of EBV following solid organ transplant are ...

Co-infection Trypanosoma cruzi/HIV: systematic review (1980 - 2010)

INTRODUCTION: The co-infection Trypanosoma cruzi/HIV has been described as a clinical event of great relevance. The objective of this study wasto describe clinical and epidemiological aspects published in literature. METHODS: It is a systematic review of a descriptive nature from the databases Medline, Lilacs, SciELO, Scopus, from 1980 to 2010. RESULTS: There were 83 articles (2.8 articles/year) with a total of...

Rede Brasileira de Atenção e Estudos na Co-infecção Trypanosoma cruzi/HIV e em ...

Acute Chagas disease outbreak associated with oral transmission

Seven individuals living in a town in the Southwest of Bahia developed sudden signs of cardiac and systemic impairment, with lethality of 28.6%. Serological tests were positive at least in one test in the five patients examined. Forty percent of the Triatoma sordida mynphs found inside or around Trypanosoma cruzi were found by blood culturig in there out five cases the homes of these cases were positive for Try...

Kinetics of IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, IL-10 and IL-4 production by mononuclear cell...

We analyzed the kinetics of cytokine production by mononuclear cells from 17 patients who had been treated for paracoccidioidomycosis, using the stimulus of gp43 peptide groups (43kDa glycoprotein of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis) at 0.1 and 1µM, gp43 (1µg/ml) and crude Paracoccidioides brasiliensis antigen (PbAg; 75µg/ml). IFN-gamma production was a maximum at 144 hours in relation to the G2 and G8 peptide gro...

Consenso em paracoccidioidomicose

Doença de Chagas crônica: do xenodiagnóstico e hemocultura à reação em cadeia d...

Embora tenham ocorrido aprimoramentos no diagnóstico parasitológico da doença de Chagas crônica, a baixa sensibilidade dos exames indiretos é uma limitação para sua aplicação ao diagnóstico e controle pós-terapêutico. A reação em cadeia da polimerase (PCR) tem seu emprego restrito na rotina diagnóstica pela necessidade de infra-estrutura adequada, facilidade de contaminação e custo elevado. Paralelamente, a var...

Sistema nervoso autônomo intracardíaco em caso humano fatal de doença de Chagas...

Procedeu-se à análise do sistema nervoso autônomo intracardíaco (SNAIC) em 150 cortes histológicos obtidos a partir de fragmentos atriais de homem de 74 anos, falecido de insuficiência cardíaca consecutiva à doença de Chagas aguda (DCA), provavelmente adquirida por via digestiva. Em 10 lâminas havia discretos infiltrados de mononucleares em torno de gânglios e/ou filetes nervosos sem alterações morfológicas sig...