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PCR in the diagnosis of cutaneous tuberculosis
Ogusku, Maurício Morishi; Sadahiro, Aya; Hirata, Mario Hiroyuki; Hirata, Rosario Domínguez Crespo; Zaitz, Clarisse; Salem, Júlia IgnezSeeking to improve the laboratory diagnosis of Cutaneous Tuberculosis, a study was carried out on the application of PCR technique in macerated, decontaminated (with 4% H2SO4 for elimination of normal microbiot), neutralized (with 4% NaOH) biopsies tissues samples stored at -20°C. Of the 37 samples submitted for study, 16.22% were positive by microscopy for acid-fast bacilli (concentrated method) and in 43.24% ...
HLA in Brazilian Ashkenazic Jews with chronic dermatophytosis caused by Trichop...
Sadahiro, Aya; Feresin Moraes, José Roberto; Hue Moraes, Maria Elisa; Romero, Matilde; Lima Gouvea, Nancy Alves de; Gouvea, Celso JoséThe frequency of HLA (Human Leucocyte Antigens) was analyzed in 25 non-consanguineous Brazilian Ashkenazic Jews, resident in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, suffering from chronic dermatophytosis caused by T. rubrum, and in 25 non-infected individuals belonging to the same ethnic group. Statistically significant values (p<0.05) were observed for HLA-B14 associated with resistance to chronic dermatophytosis and H...
Descriptive study of onychomycosis in a hospital in São Paulo
Ribeiro, Clarissa Santos De Carvalho; Zaitz, Clarisse; Framil, Valéria Maria De Souza; Ottoboni, Thaíssa Santos De CarvalhoMade available in DSpace on 2015-08-26T19:21:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-06-01. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2015-08-31T13:04:34Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 S1517-83822015000200485.pdf: 1356108 bytes, checksum: f54c5776608b2316654ba1ddffe92436 (MD5); Onychomychosis, a nail fungus infection is the most frequent nail ailment, constituting about half of all nail disorders. It can be caused by ...
Cutaneous sporotrichosis treatment with potassium iodide: a 24 year experience ...
Yamada, Karin; Zaitz, Clarisse; Framil, Valéria Maria De Souza; Muramatu, Laura HitomiBACKGROUND: Sporotrichosis is a subacute or chronic disease caused by a dimorphic fungus, Sporothrix schenckii. The first and most traditional treatment is potassium iodide in satured solution (SSKI) used by DE BEURMANN in 1907. For its effectiveness, it is still used for cutaneous sporotrichosis. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the treatment of cutaneous sporotrichosis with SSKI in relation to clinical cure, side effec...
Subcutaneous hyalohyphomycosis caused by Acremonium recifei: case report
Zaitz, Clarisse; Porto, Edward; Heins-Vaccari, Elisabeth Maria; Sadahiro, Aya; Ruiz, Ligia Rangel Barbosa; Müller, Helena; Lacaz, Carlos da SilvaWe present a case of subcutaneous hyalohyphomycosis due to Acremonium recifei, a species whose habitat is probably the soil, first identified in 1934 by Arêa Leão and Lobo in a case of podal eumycetoma with white-yellowish grains and initially named Cephalosporium recifei. A white immunocompetent female patient from the state of Bahia, Brazil, with a history of traumatic injury to the right hand is reported. Th...
Clinical trial with itraconazole in the treatment of Tinea cruris, Tinea corpor...
Zaitz, Clarisse; Ruiz, Ligia Rangel B.; Drullis, Elizabeth Maria A.; Gurfinkel, Perola; Ciarnuto, Mara AparecidaThe authors studied 31 patients with Tinea cruris, corporis or pedis interdigital. The patients were treated with 100 mg of itraconazole, once a day, during the lunch, for 15 days. Mycological and clinical evaluations were performed at the pre-treatment, by the end of treatment and 2 weeks after finishing the treatment. The results showed that itraconazole is effective for the treatment of dermatophytosis, at t...