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Epidemiology of human rabies in the state of Ceará, Brazil, 1970-2019
Duarte, Naylê Francelino Holanda; Neto, Roberto da Justa Pires; Viana, Victoria Forte; Feijão, Levi Ximenes; Abreu, Karina Gatti deObjective: To describe the epidemiology of cases of human rabies in Ceará State, Brazil, 1970-2019. Methods: We analyzed secondary data from the State Department of Health and the reference hospital. Results: Of 171 cases, 75.7% occurred in males, 60.0% in <19 year-olds, and 56.0% in urban areas. Rabies was transmitted by dogs in 74.0%, marmosets in 16.7% and bats in 7.3%. Between 1970 and 1978, there was an...
Fatal disseminated ryptococcosis with renal involvement in an HIV-infected patient
Daher, Elizabeth de Francesco; Nasserala, Jarinne Camilo Landim; Silva Junior, Geraldo Bezerra da; Oliveira, Adriana Regina Vilarinho deIntroduction: We present a fatal case of disseminated cryptococcosis in a young man whose diagnosis of HIV infection was made at the time of admission to the emergency room. Case report: The patient was a twenty-three-year-old man, with a history of daily fever during one month associated with diarrhea, weight loss, headache, vomiting and generalized seizures. He also had a history of diabetes mellitus, alcohol...