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Levantamento preliminar sobre plantas medicinais utilizadas no bairro Salobrinh...
Feijó,E.V.R.S.; Pereira,A.S.; Souza,L. R.; Silva,L. A. M.; Costa,L. C. B.Este trabalho teve como objetivo realizar o levantamento etnobotânico das principais espécies utilizadas para fins medicinais pela comunidade Salobrinho, no município de Ilhéus (BA). Foi realizada entrevista com aplicação de questionário semi-estruturado juntamente com a coleta de material vegetal para identificação das espécies citadas. Apesar do elevado número de citações de plantas nas residências dos entrev...
Occurrence of pneumocystis pneumonia in hiv-infected patients and the interfere...
Barbosa,A. N.; Souza,L. R.From the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) has been distinguished as one of the most frequent opportunistic diseases with high morbid-mortality. As from 1996, the advent of the highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has changed the characteristics of such epidemic by reducing its related diseases and, as a result, AIDS-related mortality. With the purpose to estimate PCP occurren...
Intestinal microbiota and HIV-1 infection
Trindade,E. B. S. M.; Souza,L. R.; Lopes,C. A. M.; Pereira,P. C. M.The intestinal microbiota consists of a qualitatively and quantitatively diverse range of microorganisms dynamically interacting with the host. It is remarkably stable with regard to the presence of microorganisms and their roles which, however, can be altered due to pathological conditions, diet composition, gastrointestinal disturbances and/or drug ingestion. The present review aimed at contributing to the di...
Cytokine profile and clinical metabolic alterations in HIV-1 infected individua...
Pontes-Cardoso,L. C. R.; Souza,L. R.; Peraçoli,M. T. S.; Pereira,P. C. M.The extensive use of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) has transformed HIV infection into a chronic condition. Thus, metabolic alterations including lipodystrophy and dyslipidemia have been associated with the use of such medications. The objective of the present study was to analyze clinical metabolic alterations and the profile of TNF-alpha, IFN-Y, IL-2, IL-10, and TNF-alpha type II soluble recepto...
Cryptosporidium SP in HIV-infected individuals attending a Brazilian University...
Langoni-Júnior,G.; Souza,L. R.The aim of the current work was to evaluate the occurrence of Cryptosporidium sp in AIDS patients in a region of São Paulo State, Brazil. Patients were divided into groups according to CD4+ T lymphocyte count and use of potent antiretroviral treatment. Two hundred and ten fecal samples from 105 patients were fixed in 10% formalin and subjected to centrifuge formol-ether sedimentation. Slides were stained with a...
Immune reconstitution in HIV-1 infected patients treated for two years with hig...
Almeida,R. A. M. B.; Souza,L. R.; Calvi,S. A.; Ikoma,M. R. V.; Silva,V. A.; Curi,P. R.; Meira,D. A.The aim of this paper was to evaluate the immune reconstitution of HIV-1 patients subjected to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for two years or more according to CD45RA and CD45RO cell count; determination of IL-2, IFN-gamma, IL-4, IL-10 and TNF-alpha serum levels; CD4+ T and CD8+ T lymphocyte count; and plasma viral load (VL) determination. For this purpose, a cross sectional study was carried out...
Lipid profile and body composition of HIV-1 infected patients treated with high...
Pontes,L. C. R.; Carvalho,L. R.; Souza,L. R.; Trindade,E. B. S. M.; Pereira,P. C. M.Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has been associated with the development of a clinical group and metabolic disorders such as peripheral lipodystrophy syndrome in AIDS. The aim of this study was to analyze the lipid profile, the clinical aspects, and the body composition of HIV-1 infected individuals treated with or without protease inhibitor (PI) during the highly active antiretroviral therapy. In ...
Correlation between cytokine serum levels, number of CD4+ T cells/mm³ and viral...
Meira,D. A.; Souza,L. R.; Calvi,S. A.; Lima,C. R. G.; Henriques,R. M. S.; Pardini,M. I.; Silva,V. A.; Iuan,F. C.; Marcondes-Machado,J.Seventy-nine HIV-1 infected patients were studied in three groups: Group G1 - 11 patients with no antiretroviral therapy; G2 - 40 patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy, 33 with only two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI), and seven with two NRTI and one protease inhibitor (PI), all with viral load (VL) equal or higher than 80 copies of plasma RNA/ml; Group G3 - 28 patients, 23 on highly act...