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2. Fighting HIV/AIDS in a developing country: lessons from a small cohort from the largest Brazilian city
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Najara A de Lima Nascimento, Alberto José da Silva Duarte, Ana Paula Rocha Veiga, Mariana A. Monteiro, Mauricio Domingues-Ferreira, Gabriela Caetano Prandi, Thales Jose Bueno Polis, Rosana Coura Rocha, Lívia Maria Cunha Bueno Villares Costa, Marcello Magri, Jorge Casseb, Luiz Augusto Marcondes Fonseca, Ícaro S Oliveira, Isadora Limongelli, and Maria Rita Polo Gascón
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ,Urban Population ,business.industry ,RC955-962 ,MEDLINE ,Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ,HIV ,Developing country ,HIV Infections ,medicine.disease_cause ,medicine.disease ,Cohort Studies ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,Environmental health ,Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,Cohort ,Humans ,Medicine ,business ,Letter to the Editor ,Brazil ,Cohort study - Abstract
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- 2020
3. Human papillomavirus status and cervical abnormalities in women from public and private health care in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
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Maria O. O. Carvalho, Maria Luiza Garcia Rosa, Tomás Z. Barrese, Roberta A. Silva, Gabriela M. Abib Abi, Silvia Maria Baeta Cavalcanti, Eliana de Vasconcelos Machado Rodrigues, Gentil A. L. B. M. Vasconcelos, Ledy H. S. Oliveira, and Cláudia R. N. Pereira
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Adult ,Human papillomavirus ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Uterine Cervical Neoplasms ,Socioeconomic factors ,Uterine Cervical Diseases ,Prevalence ,medicine ,Humans ,Papillomaviridae ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,Gynecology ,Public Sector ,Hybrid capture ,business.industry ,Papillomavirus Infections ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Uterine Cervical Dysplasia ,Cervical intraepithelial neoplasias ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,PCR ,Infectious Diseases ,DNA, Viral ,Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ,Female ,Private Sector ,business ,Brazil - Abstract
This article reports the HPV status and cervical cytological abnormalities in patients attended at public and private gynecological services from Rio de Janeiro State. It also comments the performance of each HPV DNA tests used. A set of 454 women from private health clinics was tested by routine Capture Hybrid II HPV DNA assay. Among these, 58.4% presented HPV and nearly 90% of them were infected by high risk HPV types. However, this group presented few premalignant cervical lesions and no invasive cervical cancer was registered. We also studied 220 women from low income class attended at public health system. They were HPV tested by polymerase chain reaction using My09/11 primers followed by HPV typing with E6 specific primers. The overall HPV prevalence was 77.3%. They also showed a high percentage of high squamous intraepithelial lesion-HSIL (26.3%), and invasive cervical carcinoma (16.3%). HPV infection was found in 93.1% and 94.4% of them, respectively. The mean ages in both groups were 31.5 and 38 years, respectively. In series 1, HPV prevalence declined with age, data consistent with viral transient infection. In series 2, HPV prevalence did not decline, independent of age interval, supporting not only the idea of viral persistence into this group, but also regional epidemiological variations in the same geographic area. Significant cytological differences were seen between both groups. Normal and benign cases were the most prevalent cytological findings in series 1 while pre-malignant lesions were the most common diagnosis in the series 2. HPV prevalence in normal cases were statistically higher than those from series 1 (p < 0.001), indicating a higher exposure to HPV infection. Women from both samples were referred for previous abnormal cytology. However, socio-demographic evidence shows that women from series 1 have access to treatment more easily and faster than women from series 2 before the development of pre-malignant lesions. These data provides baseline support for the role of social inequalities linked to high risk HPV infection leading to cervical cancer. Broadly screening programs and the development of safe and effective vaccines against HPV would diminish the toll of this disease that affect mainly poor women. Este artigo analisa a infecção por HPV e anormalidades citológicas cervicais encontradas em pacientes atendidas em serviços ginecológicos dos sistemas de saúde público e privado do estado do Rio de Janeiro. O trabalho também avalia os testes utilizados para detecção de DNA do HPV em cada população estudada. Um grupo de 454 mulheres oriundas de serviços da rede privada de saúde foi testado por Captura do Híbrido II. Destas, 58,4% apresentaram infecção por HPV e cerca de 90% delas estavam infectadas por HPV de alto risco. Este grupo, entretanto, apresentava poucos casos de lesões cervicais pré-malígnas e nenhum caso de câncer. Estudamos, também, 220 mulheres de baixo nível econômico atendidas no serviço de saúde pública que foram testadas para HPV pela reação da polimerase em cadeia utilizando-se os oligonucleotídeos My09/My11. A identificação dos tipos foi efetuada por amplificação com oligonucleotídeos específicos para a região E6 do genoma viral. A prevalência de HPV nesta população foi de 77.3%, observando-se uma alta porcentagem de casos de neoplasias intraepiteliais cervicais de alto grau (26,3%) e de carcinoma cervical invasivo (16,3%). A infecção por HPV foi achada em, respectivamente, 93,1% e 94,4% destes casos. A média de idade em ambos os grupos era de 31,5 e 38 anos, respectivamente. Na série 1, a prevalência da infecção por HPV decresce com a idade, enquanto na série 2 ela não desaparece, dando suporte não só à idéia de persistência viral neste grupo, mas também a variações epidemiológicas na mesma área geográfica. Diferenças significativas foram vistas nos dois grupos. Casos normais e benignos foram incidentes na série 1, enquanto as lesões malígnas predominaram na série 2. Ao contrário, casos normais infectados por HPV eram prevalentes na série 2 (p < 0.001), indicando maior exposição ao vírus. Embora as mulheres de ambos os grupos tenham sido incluídas no estudo por apresentarem citologia anormal, evidências sócio-demográficas demonstram que mulheres da série 1 tem acesso mais fácil e rápido ao tratamento do que as mulheres da série 2 antes que as lesões pré-malígnas se desenvolvam. Estes resultados fornecem dados sobre o papel das desigualdades sociais associadas à infecção por HPV de alto risco na progressão do câncer cervical. Programas de prevenção abrangentes e o desenvolvimento de vacinas eficazes e seguras contra o HPV poderiam reduzir o tributo desta doença que afeta principalmente mulheres pobres.
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4. Human herpesvirus-7 as a cause of exanthematous ilnesses in Belém, Pará, Brazil Herpesvírus humano-7 como causa de doença exantemática em Belém, Pará, Brasil
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Ronaldo B. Freitas, Maria R. Freitas, Consuelo S. Oliveira, and Alexandre C. Linhares
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Human herpesvirus-7 infection ,lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,Exanthematous illness ,lcsh:RC955-962 - Abstract
We screened sera from 370 patients suffering from exanthematous illnesses in Belém, North Brazil, for the presence of human herpesvirus-7 (HHV-7) IgM and IgG antibodies. Samples were obtained from January 1996 to December 2002 and were processed by a HHV-7-specific indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA). HHV-7-specific IgM and/or IgG antibodies were found in 190 (51.4%) of these patients, with similar prevalence rates (IgM+ and IgG+ subgroups taken together) for female and male subjects: 52.5% and 50.3%, respectively. Serological status as defined by IgG was identified in 135 (36.5%) patients. In 55 (14.9%) of the patients HHV-7 IgM antibodies were detected. HHV-7 IgM- and- IgG antibody rates were similar (p > 0.05) when male and female subjects are compared: 14.4% versus 15.3% and 38.1% versus 35.0%, respectively. Statistically significant difference (p = 0.003) was noted when HHV-7-IgM-positive female and male patients aged 5-8 months are compared. Prevalence rates ranging from 4.6% (female, 5-8 months of age) to 93.3% (female, > 10 years of age) and 12.2% (male, 5-8 months) to 80.0% (male, 8-10 years of age) were noted in the IgG- positive subgroups. A subgroup (n = 131) of patients with IgM or IgG HHV-7 antibodies were examined for the presence of DNA using a polymerase chain reaction/nested PCR. Recent/active HHV-7 infection occurred at a rate of 11.0% (6/55) among patients whose samples presented IgM+ specific antibodies. In a subgroup (n = 76) of patients with high HHV-7-IgG antibody levels (titre > 1:160) DNA could not be detected in sera examined by PCR/nested PCR. Of the six recent/active infections, four subjects with less than 1 year and two with 3 and 6 years of age, presented typical exanthem subitum (E.S), as defined by higher fever (> 38.0 ºC) with duration of 24 to 72 hours, followed by a maculopapular skin rash. Our results underscore the need for searching HHV-7 infection in patients with exanthematous diseases, particularly those presenting with typical E.S. HHV-7 appears therefore to emerge as a newly recognized pathogen of exanthem in our region.Examinamos soros de 370 pacientes acometidos de doença exantemática, selecionados em Belém, norte do Brasil, com o propósito de se detectarem anticorpos IgM e IgG para o herpesvírus humano-7 (HHV-7). As amostras foram obtidas entre janeiro de 1996 e dezembro de 2002 e, posteriormente, processadas utilizando-se a técnica da imunofluorescência indireta (IFI). Taxas de anticorpos IgM e/ou IgG foram encontradas em 190 (51,4%) desses pacientes. Observamos taxas de prevalência similares para os sexos feminino e masculino com: 52,5% e 50,3%, respectivamente. O "status" sorológico foi definido pela presença de anticorpos IgG nos espécimes de 135 (36,5%) pacientes. A par disso, em 55 (14,9%) dos 370 pacientes foram detectados anticorpos IgM para o HHV-7. Taxas de anticorpos IgM e IgG para o HHV-7 foram similares (p > 0.05) quando comparamos indivíduos do sexo feminino e masculino: 14,4% versus 15,3% e 38,1% versus 35,0%, respectivamente. Diferença estatisticamente significativa (p = 0,003) foi observada quando comparamos as taxas de anticorpos IgM para o HHV-7 nos indivíduos do grupo etário de 5-8 meses pertencentes ao sexo feminino e masculino. Taxas de prevalência variando de 4,6% (masculino, 5-8 meses de idade) a 93,3% (feminino, > 10 anos de idade) e 12,2% (masculino, 5-8 meses de idade) a 80,0% (masculino, 8-10 anos de idade) foram observadas no subgrupo positivo para IgG. Um subgrupo (n = 131) de pacientes com anticorpos IgM ou IgG foi examinado quanto a presença de DNA para o HHV-7 pela técnica da reação em cadeia da polimerase/ "nested" PCR. Infecção recente/ativa para o HHV-7 ocorreu em 11,0% (6/55) dos pacientes cujas amostras apresentaram anticorpos IgM específicos para o HHV-7. Em um subgrupo (n = 76) de pacientes com altos níveis de anticorpos IgG para o HHV-7 (título > 1: 160) não foi detectada a presença de DNA em seus soros pelo PCR/ "nested" PCR. Entre as seis infecções recentes/ativas, quatro indivíduos com menos de um ano e dois com 3 e 6 anos de idade apresentaram típico exantema súbito (E.S) definido por febre elevada (> 38,0 ºC) com duração de 24 a 72 horas, acompanhando-se de erupção cutânea maculopapular. Nossos resultados ressaltam a necessidade de procurarmos a infecção pelo HHV-7 em pacientes portadores de doença exantemática, particularmente naquelas apresentações típicas de E.S. O HHV-7 parece emergir como um novo patógeno associado a quadros exantemáticos em nossa região.
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5. Nutritional status in relation to the efficacy of the rhesus-human reassortant, tetravalent rotavirus vaccine (RRV-TV) in infants from Belém, Pará State, Brazil Relação entre o estado nutricional e a eficácia da vacina tetravalente contra rotavírus de origem símio-humana, geneticamente rearranjada (RRV-TV), em crianças de Belém, Pará, Brasil
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Alexandre C. LINHARES, Kênea B. do CARMO, Krynssya K. OLIVEIRA, Consuelo S. OLIVEIRA, Ronaldo B. de FREITAS, Newton BELLESI, Talita A.F. MONTEIRO, Yvone B. GABBAY, and Joana D'Arc P. MASCARENHAS
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Rotavirus ,lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,Nutritional status ,lcsh:RC955-962 ,Vaccine - Abstract
The rhesus-human reassortant, tetravalent rotavirus vaccine (RRV-TV) was licensed for routine use in the United States of America but it was recently withdrawn from the market because of its possible association with intussusception as an adverse event. The protective efficacy of 3 doses of RRV-TV, in its lower-titer (4 x 10(4) pfu/dose) formulation, was evaluated according to the nutritional status of infants who participated in a phase III trial in Belém, Northern Brazil. A moderate protection conferred by RRV-TV was related to weight-for-age Z-scores (WAZ) greater than -1 only, with rates of 38% (p = 0.04) and 40% (p = 0.04) for all- and- pure rotavirus diarrhoeal cases, respectively. In addition, there was a trend for greater efficacy (43%, p = 0.05) among infants reaching an height-for-age Z-score (HAZ) of > -1. Taking WAZ, HAZ and weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) indices 0.05) if both placebo and vaccine groups are compared. There was no significant difference if rates of mixed and pure rotavirus diarrhoeal cases are compared in relation to HAZ, WAZ and weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) indices. Although a low number of malnourished infants could be identified in the present study, our data show some evidence that malnutrition may interfere with the efficacy of rotavirus vaccines in developing countries.A vacina tetravalente contra rotavírus de origem símio-humana, geneticamente rearranjada (RRV-TV), foi licenciada para uso rotineiro nos Estados Unidos da América do Norte; entretanto, tal imunizante foi removido do mercado, uma vez que a intussuscepção emergiu como possível evento adverso vacinal. A eficácia da RRV-TV - em sua formulação menos concentrada (10 x 10(4) pfu/dose) - foi avaliada no tocante ao estado nutricional das crianças que integraram estudo caracterizado como de fase III, levado a efeito em Belém, região norte do Brasil. Observou-se proteção (moderada) apenas entre os indivíduos com escore "Z" (peso-por-idade, WAZ) superior a -1, com eficácias de 38% (p = 0,04) e 40% (p = 0,04) para todos os episódios de diarréia por rotavírus e os caracterizados como "puros" (sem outro enteropatógeno identificado no espécime clínico), respectivamente. A par disso, denotou-se tendência a mais elevados níveis protetores (43%, p = 0.05) entre crianças que apresentavam escore "Z" (estatura-por-idade, HAZ) > -1. Considerando-se conjuntamente os escores "Z" [WAZ, HAZ e peso-por-estatura (WHZ)] menores ou iguais a -1, não se registrou proteção significativa (p > 0,05), uma vez comparadas as crianças que receberam placebo àquelas vacinadas. Também não resultaram expressivas as diferenças, se as infecções "puras" e "mistas" por rotavírus são comparadas relativamente às variáveis antropométricas HAZ, WAZ e WHZ. Não obstante o reduzido número de infantes desnutridos no presente estudo, os resultados disponíveis oferecem evidências de que o estado nutricional pode interferir na eficácia das vacinas contra rotavírus nos países em desenvolvimento.
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- 2002
6. Outbreak of influenza type A (H1N1) in Iporanga, São Paulo State, Brazil
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Terezinha Maria de Paiva, Áurea Silveira Cruz, Maria Gisele Gonçalves, Meire Aparecida S. Oliveira, Maria Akiko Ishida, Kazue Aparecida Yamamoto Hanashiro, Sueko Takimoto, Margareth Aparecida Benega, and Regina Maria Scolaro
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Adult ,Influenza surveillance ,lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,Adolescent ,lcsh:RC955-962 ,Influenza vaccine ,RC955-962 ,Virus ,Disease Outbreaks ,Age Distribution ,Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype ,Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,Influenza, Human ,Humans ,Medicine ,Elderly people ,Seroconversion ,Child ,Aged ,Hemagglutination assay ,business.industry ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,Outbreak ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Virology ,Vaccination ,Titer ,Infectious Diseases ,Influenza A virus ,Influenza Vaccines ,Child, Preschool ,business ,Influenza virus ,Brazil - Abstract
From June to July 1999 an outbreak of acute respiratory illness occurred in the town of Iporanga. Out of a total of 4,837 inhabitants, 324 cases were notified to the Regional Surveillance Service. Influenza virus was isolated from 57.1% of the collected samples and 100% seroconversion to influenza A (H1N1) was obtained in 20 paired sera tested. The isolates were related to the A/Bayern/07/95 strain (H1N1). The percentages of cases notified during the outbreak were 28.4%, 29.0%, 20.7%, 6.2% and 15.7% in the age groups of 0-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-19 and older than 20 years, respectively. The highest proportion of positives was observed among children younger than 14 years and no cases were notified in people older than 65 years, none of whom had been recently vaccinated against influenza. These findings suggest a significant vaccine protection against A/Bayern/7/95, the H1 component included in the 1997-98 influenza vaccine for elderly people. This viral strain is antigenically and genetically related to A/Beijing/262/95, the H1 component of the 1999 vaccine. Vaccines containing A/Beijing/262/95 (H1N1) stimulated post-immunization hemagglutination inhibition antibodies equivalent in frequency and titre to both A/Beijing/262/95-like and A/Bayern/7/95-like viruses. Thus, this investigation demonstrates the effectiveness of vaccination against influenza virus in the elderly. Durante os meses de junho e julho de 1999, foram notificados 324 casos de doença respiratória aguda no Município de Iporanga-SP. O isolamento do vírus da influenza do tipo A/Bayern/07/95 (H1N1) e a conversão sorológica para a estirpe viral (H1N1) foram de 57,1% e 100%, respectivamente. A porcentagem de casos com diagnóstico clínico notificados durante a epidemia foi de 28,4%, 29,0%, 20,7%, 6,2% e 15,7%, nas faixas etárias de 0-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-19 anos e indivíduos acima de 20 anos de idade, respectivamente. Observou-se maior incidência da doença entre os indivíduos menores de 14 anos. Atribui-se a ausência de notificação de casos em indivíduos maiores de 65 anos à campanha de vacinação, na população idosa de Iporanga, que em 1999 atingiu 72,4%. O virus isolado é genética e antigenicamente semelhante à estirpe A/Beijing/262/95 (H1N1), o componente H1 da vacina de 1999. Vacinas contendo a estirpe A/Beijing/262/95 (H1N1) estimularam, após imunização, anticorpos inibidores da hemaglutinação, os quais foram equivalentes em freqüência e título para ambas as estirpes: A/Bayern/07/95 e A/Beijing/262/95.
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- 2001
7. Bloodstream infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation outpatients: risk factors for hospitalization and death.
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Russo, Rachel, Elisa Teixeira Mendes, Anna Sara Levin, Frederico Dulley, Maura S. Oliveira, Maria Aparecida Shikanai-Yasuda, and Silvia Figueiredo Costa
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HEMATOPOIETIC stem cell transplantation ,STEM cell transplantation ,CENTRAL venous catheters ,HEMATOPOIETIC stem cells ,BIVARIATE analysis - Abstract
We described 235 bloodstream infection (BSI) episodes in 146 hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) outpatients and evaluated risk factors for hospitalization and death. Records of outpatients presenting with positive blood cultures over a 5-year period (January 2005 to December 2008) were reviewed. Variables with p< 0.1 in bivariate analysis were used in a regression logistic model. A total of 266 agents were identified, being 175 (66.7%) gramnegative, 80 (30.3%) gram-positive bacteria and 9 (3.4%) fungi. The most common underlying disease was acute leukemia 40 (27.4%), followed by lymphoma non-Hodgkin 26 (18%) and 87 patients (59.6%) were submitted to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). BSI episodes were more frequent during the first 100 days after transplantation (183 or 77.8%), and ninety-one (38.7%) episodes of BSI occurred up to the first 30 days. Hospitalization occurred in 26% of the episodes and death in 10% of cases. Only autologous HSCT was protector for hospitalization. Although, central venous catheter (CVC) withdrawal and the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) score up to 21 points were protector factors for death in the bivariate analysis, only MASCC remained as protector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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8. Association of human herpesvirus 6 infection with exanthem subitum in Belem, Brazil Exantema súbito associado a infecção pelo herpesvírus humano tipo 6 em Belém, Brasil
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R. B. de Freitas, A. C. Linhares, C. S. Oliveira, R. H. P. Gusmão, and M. I. S. Linhares
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lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,Exanthem subitum ,lcsh:RC955-962 ,Human herpesvirus 6 - Abstract
Recent human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infection was detected in cases of exanthem subitum (ES) involving four children, aged 10 to 24 months, between April and August 1994, in Belém, Brazil. By using the indirect immunofluorescence antibody assay (IFA), significant increases (at least eight times) in antibody concentrations were noted from the acute to the convalescent serum samples, with titers ranging from Infecção recente por herpesvírus humano tipo 6 (HHV-6) foi detectada em casos de exantema súbito envolvendo quatro crianças com idades de 10 a 24 meses, no período compreendido entre abril e agosto de 1994, em Belém, Brasil. Utilizando-se a técnica da imunofluorescência indireta, aumentos significativos (de pelo menos oito vezes) foram observados nas concentrações de anticorpos das amostras de soro, da fase aguda para as da convalescente, com títulos variando de < 1:10 / 1:80 a < 1:10 / 1:640 (pacientes 3 e 2, respectivamente). Todas as crianças apresentaram febre alta (acima de 39ºC) por três dias, seguida de exantema máculo-papular generalizado. O exame físico realizado nas crianças revelou concomitância de adenomegalia cervical e amigdalite em dois desses indivíduos.
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- 1995
9. An exanthematic disease epidemic associated with coxsackievirus B3 infection in a day care center Epidemia de doença exantemática associada à infecção causada por coxsackievírus B3 em uma creche
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Regina C. Moreira, Silvana B. Castrignano, Rita de C. C. Carmona, Filumena M. S. Gomes, Sueli G. Saes, Rosely S Oliveira, Denise F. C. Souza, Sueko Takimoto, Marisa C. L. Costa, and Eliseu Alves Waldman
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Exanthematic disease ,lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,lcsh:RC955-962 ,Enteroviruses ,Epidemiology of enterovirus - Abstract
An epidemic of exanthematic illness in a day care center is described. Ten children aged 7 to 13 months were affected by the illness. The exanthem was characterized by nonconfluent macular or maculopapular lesions that appeared on the face, body and limbs. Fifty percent of the infected children had fever of up to 39ºC at the beginning of the disease. Coxsackievirus B3 (CB3) was isolated from the stool of one ill child. Paired serum samples were obtained from eight ill children and six of them presented seroconversion to CB3. Antibodies to CB3 were detected at titers higher than 16 in a single serum sample collected from the other two patients. Neutralizing antibodies to CB3 were detected in 71.0% of the contact children.É descrita uma epidemia de doença exantemática em uma creche, acometendo 10 crianças de 7 a 13 meses de idade. O quadro exantemático caracterizou-se por lesões máculo ou maculopapulares não confluentes, que atingiam a face, tronco e pernas. 50% das crianças infectadas apresentaram febre de até 39ºC, no início da doença. Foi isolado das fezes de uma criança doente o coxsackievírus B3 (CB3). Foram examinados soros pareados de 8 das 10 crianças doentes e em 6 delas demonstrou-se soroconversão para CB3. Duas crianças que apresentaram sintomatologia e que tiveram amostras de sangue colhidas somente 7 meses após a epidemia, apresentaram anticorpos específicos contra o CB3, em títulos superiores a 16. Entre os contatos das crianças doentes, verificou-se que 71,0% do total apresentaram anticorpos neutralizantes específicos contra o CB3.
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- 1995
10. Evaluation of different methods for Plasmodia detection, in well defined population groups in an endemic area of Brazil Avaliação de diferentes métodos para detecção de plasmódios em grupos populacionais bem definidos em uma área endêmica do Brasil
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Sandra L. M. Avila, Mirlan C. Leandro, Noemia B. Carvalho, Marilia S. Oliveira, Viviana G. Arruk, Maria Carmen A. Sanchez, Marcos Boulos, and Antonio Walter Ferreira
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lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,diagnosis ,lcsh:RC955-962 ,Plasmodia detection ,QBC ,Malaria ,IFA - Abstract
In Brazil, more than 500,000 new cases of malaria were notified in 1992. Plasmodium falciparum and P.vivax are the responsible species for 99.3% of the cases. For adequate treatment, precoce diagnosis is necessary. In this work, we present the results of the traditional Plasmodia detection method, thick blood film (TBF), and the results of alternative methods: Immunofluorescence assay (IFA) with polyclonal antibody and Quantitative Buffy Coat method (QBC)® in a well defined population groups. The analysis were done in relation to the presence or absence of malaria clinical symptoms. Also different classes of immunoglobulins anti-P.falciparum were quantified for the global analysis of the results, mainly in the discrepant results. We concluded that alternative methods are more sensitive than TBF and that the association of epidemiological, clinical and laboratory findings is necessary to define the presence of malaria.Mais de 500.000 casos novos de malária foram notificados no Brasil, em 1992. P.falciparum and P.vivax são as espécies responsáveis por 99,3% dos casos. O diagnóstico precoce é indispensável para início do tratamento adequado. Neste trabalho, apresentamos os resultados do método tradicional para detecção de plasmódios, gota espessa, e os resultados de métodos alternativos estudados: imunofluorescência indireta com anticorpo policlonal anti-P.falciparum e QBC-método, em grupos populacionais bem definidos. A análise dos resultados foi feita em relação à presença ou ausênsia de sintomas clínicos de malária. Também, diferentes classes de imunoglobulinas anti-P.falciparum foram quantificadas para auxiliar na análise global dos resultados, principalmente nos resultados discrepantes. Nós concluímos que os métodos alternativos são mais sensíveis do que a gota espessa e que a associação das informações epidemiológicas, clínicas e laboratoriais é necessária para definir a presença de malária.
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- 1994
11. Evaluation of different methods for Plasmodia detection, in well defined population groups in an endemic area of Brazil
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Viviana G. Arruk, Antonio Walter Ferreira, Sandra L.M. Avila, Marcos Boulos, Noemia Barbosa Carvalho, Mirlan C. Leandro, Maria Carmen Arroyo Sanchez, and M S Oliveira
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Gynecology ,education.field_of_study ,medicine.medical_specialty ,biology ,diagnosis ,Plasmodia detection ,Plasmodium vivax ,Population ,Endemic area ,Plasmodium falciparum ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,QBC ,Malaria ,Infectious Diseases ,medicine ,education ,Protozoal disease ,IFA - Abstract
In Brazil, more than 500,000 new cases of malaria were notified in 1992. Plasmodium falciparum and P.vivax are the responsible species for 99.3% of the cases. For adequate treatment, precoce diagnosis is necessary. In this work, we present the results of the traditional Plasmodia detection method, thick blood film (TBF), and the results of alternative methods: Immunofluorescence assay (IFA) with polyclonal antibody and Quantitative Buffy Coat method (QBC)® in a well defined population groups. The analysis were done in relation to the presence or absence of malaria clinical symptoms. Also different classes of immunoglobulins anti-P.falciparum were quantified for the global analysis of the results, mainly in the discrepant results. We concluded that alternative methods are more sensitive than TBF and that the association of epidemiological, clinical and laboratory findings is necessary to define the presence of malaria. Mais de 500.000 casos novos de malária foram notificados no Brasil, em 1992. P.falciparum and P.vivax são as espécies responsáveis por 99,3% dos casos. O diagnóstico precoce é indispensável para início do tratamento adequado. Neste trabalho, apresentamos os resultados do método tradicional para detecção de plasmódios, gota espessa, e os resultados de métodos alternativos estudados: imunofluorescência indireta com anticorpo policlonal anti-P.falciparum e QBC-método, em grupos populacionais bem definidos. A análise dos resultados foi feita em relação à presença ou ausênsia de sintomas clínicos de malária. Também, diferentes classes de imunoglobulinas anti-P.falciparum foram quantificadas para auxiliar na análise global dos resultados, principalmente nos resultados discrepantes. Nós concluímos que os métodos alternativos são mais sensíveis do que a gota espessa e que a associação das informações epidemiológicas, clínicas e laboratoriais é necessária para definir a presença de malária.
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- 1994
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12. Evaluation of different methods for Plasmodia detection, in well defined population groups in an endemic area of Brazil (1)
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S L, Avila, M C, Leandro, N B, Carvalho, M S, Oliveira, V G, Arruk, M C, Sanchez, M, Boulos, and A W, Ferreira
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Adult ,Male ,Plasmodium ,Antibodies, Protozoan ,Fluorescent Antibody Technique ,Middle Aged ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,Blood Cell Count ,Immunoglobulin A ,Immunoglobulin M ,Immunoglobulin G ,Malaria, Vivax ,Animals ,Humans ,Female ,Malaria, Falciparum ,Brazil - Abstract
In Brazil, more than 500,000 new cases of malaria were notified in 1992. Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax are the responsible species for 99.3% of the cases. For adequate treatment, precoce diagnosis is necessary. In this work, we present the results of the traditional Plasmodia detection method, thick blood film (TBF), and the results of alternative methods: Immunofluorescence assay (IFA) with polyclonal antibody and Quantitative Buffy Coat method (QBC) in a well defined population groups. The analysis were done in relation to the presence or absence of malaria clinical symptoms. Also different classes of immunoglobulins anti-P.falciparum were quantified for the global analysis of the results, mainly in the discrepant results. We concluded that alternative methods are more sensitive than TBF and that the association of epidemiological, clinical and laboratory findings is necessary to define the presence of malaria.
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- 1994
13. Severe scorpion envenomation in Brazil. Clinical, laboratory and anatomopathological aspects
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S.E. Hering, Palmira Cupo, M. M. Azeedo-Marques, J. S. Oliveira, and Mauro C. Jurca
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Scorpionidae ,Poison control ,Scorpion Venoms ,Pulmonary Edema ,Scorpion stings ,Scorpions ,Fatal Outcome ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Envenomation ,Child ,Scorpion Stings ,biology ,business.industry ,Antivenins ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Pulmonary edema ,biology.organism_classification ,eye diseases ,Surgery ,Sting ,Infectious Diseases ,Heart failure ,Child, Preschool ,Female ,business ,Cardiomyopathies - Abstract
Scorpion stings in Brazil are important not only because of their incidence but also for their potential ability to induce severe, and often fatal, clinical situations, especially among children. In this report we present the clinical and laboratory data of 4 patients victims of scorpion stings by T. serrulatus, who developed heart failure and pulmonary edema, with 3 of them dying within 24 hours of the sting. Anatomopathologic study of these patients revealed diffuse areas of myocardiocytolysis in addition to pulmonary edema. The surviving child presented enzymatic, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic changes compatible with severe cardiac involvement, which were reversed within 5 days. These findings reinforce the need for continuous monitoring of patients with severe scorpion envenoming during the hours immediately following the sting.
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- 1994
14. POLYCLONAL OUTBREAK OF BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS CAUSED BY Burkholderia cepacia COMPLEX IN HEMATOLOGY AND BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT OUTPATIENT UNITS.
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BOSZCZOWSKI, Icaro, do PRADO, Gladys Villas Boas, F. DALBEN, Mirian, C. P. TELLES, Roberto, FREIRE, Maristela Pinheiro, GUIMARÃES, Thaís, S. OLIVEIRA, Maura, F. ROSA, Juliana, E. SOARES, Robson, LLACER, Pedro Enrique Dorlhiac, DULLEY, Frederico Luiz, F. COSTA, Silvia, and S. LEVIN, Anna
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BURKHOLDERIA cepacia ,BONE marrow transplant complications ,OUTPATIENT medical care research ,MEDICAL personnel ,HAND care & hygiene ,CENTRAL venous catheters ,INFUSION therapy ,LAMINAR flow - Abstract
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15. Paralisia diafragmática unilateral reversível associada a envenenamento loxoscélico sistêmico
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Carlos Faria Santos Amaral, Nllton Alves de Rezende, and José S. Oliveira
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Gynecology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Loxosceles sp — Paralisia diafragmática humana ,lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,business.industry ,lcsh:RC955-962 ,General Medicine ,Diaphragmatic paralysis ,medicine.disease ,Loxoscelism ,Infectious Diseases ,Anesthesia ,Envenenamento loxoscélico ,Medicine ,business - Abstract
Relata-se o caso de um paciente vítima de envenenamento loxoscélico associado a paralisia diafragmática direita reversível. O diagnóstico de envenenamento loxoscélico baseou-se nas informações prestadas pelo paciente de que havia encontrado uma aranha marrom em sua cama no dia seguinte à picada e no quadro clínico típico deste tipo de envenenamento: lesão cutânea necrótica acompanhada de erupção escarlatiniforme e comprometimento sistêmico sob a forma de insuficiência renal aguda, distúrbios da coagulação sangüínea, hemólise intravascular e hemoglobinúria. Estas alterações regrediram completamente com o tratamento conservador. O diagnóstico da paralisia diafragmática baseou-se na elevação da hemicúpula diafragmática direita na radiografia de tórax em inspiração forçada e em sua completa imobilidade no exame radioscópico. A paralisia frênica não existia na radiografia realizada previamente ao acidente e desapareceu completamente trinta dias após o mesmo, o que permitiu associá-la à toxocidade do veneno loxoscélico ou a outras manifestações sistêmicas produzidas por ele. This paper reports a case of loxoscelism associated with reversible right hemidiaphragmatic paralysis. The diagnosis of loxoscelism was based upon the description of the spider by the patient himself and by the typical clinical findings which included necrosis at the site of the bite with a scarlet fever-like skin rash, intravascular hemolysis, hemoglobinuria, coagulation disturbances and acute renal failure. The treatment was supportive with full recovery of these abnormalities. The diagnosis of diaphragmatic paralysis was based upon the elevation of the right hemidiaphragm in a full inspired film 5,8 cm above the left hemidiaphragm and in its imobility detected through a radioscopic examination. A chest x-ray film taken before the envenomation did not show any sign of diafragm paralysis as did another chest x-ray film taken one month after the spider bite. These findings lead to suspect the diaphragmatic paralysis to be related to the venom action or to another systemic complication of loxoscelism.
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- 1986
16. Schistosoma mansoni: infecção experimental de camundongos através da orelha e quantificação do parasitismo na pele
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S. E. Gerken, Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira, T. A. Mota-Santos, and Aparecida F. S. Oliveira
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Infectious Diseases ,lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,biology ,lcsh:RC955-962 ,S. mansoni — Infestação experimental através da orelha ,Recuperação de esquistossômulos ,Esqustossomose experimental do camundongo ,General Medicine ,Anatomy ,Schistosoma mansoni ,biology.organism_classification ,Molecular biology - Abstract
No presente trabalho, desenvolveu-se método de infecção de camundongos através da orelha e de recuperação de esquistossômulos resultantes dessas infecções. Cerca de 80% das cercarías postas em contacto com orelhas de camundongos penetraram. Destas, 30% foram recuperadas. como vermes adultos, do sistema porta. Da pele (das orelhas) as maiores recuperações de esquistossômulos ocorreram nos dois primeiros dias após a infecção. Os parasitas permaneceram nesse sítio por dois dias. No terceiro dia, os parasitas foram recuperados tanto da pele como dos pulmões. A partir do 4.° dia, foi predominante a recuperação de esquistossômulos ao nível dos pulmões. Do total de parasitas que potencialmente atingiriam o sistema porta, proporção elevada (73-80%) pode ser recuperada da pele, no segundo dia após a infecção, como esquistossômulos. Revelando-se apropriadas ao acesso, à migração no hospedeiro e às técnicas de recuperação de parasitas, sugere-se que orelhas de camundongos podem ser utilizadas como sítio de infecção para estudos que visem a análise parasitológica dos eventos iniciais da infecção em animais normais ou imunes. A method is presented to recover schistosomula from the skin of ear infected mice. About 80% of the cercariae applied to the ear were able to penetrate the mouse skin and 30% of them were recovered from the portal system as adult worms. The best recovery of larvae from the ear occurred in the two days that follow the penetration. From the 3rd day on, parasites were recovered both from skin and lungs and on the 4th day they were already found mainly in the lungs. From 73 to 80% of the parasites eventually found in the portal system can be recovered as schistosomula from the skin on tjhe 2nd day of infection. The use of the mouse ears is suggested for the parasitolqgical analysis of the initial events of the S. mansoni infection both in normal and in immune animals, for they are very convenient to the cercarial access and to the use of methods of study of migration and recuperation of the larvae.
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- 1986
17. [Epidemiologic aspects of paracoccidioidomycosis in the endemic area of Botucatu (São Paulo - Brazil)]
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S A, Marques, M F, Franco, R P, Mendes, N C, Silva, C, Baccili, E D, Curcelli, A C, Feracin, C S, Oliveira, J V, Tagliarini, and N L, Dillon
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Adult ,Male ,Adolescent ,Ecology ,Age Factors ,Middle Aged ,Sex Factors ,Child, Preschool ,Humans ,Female ,Paracoccidioidomycosis ,Child ,Brazil ,Aged - Published
- 1983
18. [Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum strains of the State of Rondonia, Brazil, using microtests of sensitivity to antimalarials, enzyme typing and monoclonal antibodies]
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S M, di Santi, M, Boulos, M A, Vasconcelos, S, Oliveira, A, Couto, and V E, Rosário
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Adult ,Male ,Adolescent ,Quinine ,Plasmodium falciparum ,Drug Resistance ,Amodiaquine ,Antigens, Protozoan ,Chloroquine ,Middle Aged ,Mefloquine ,Antimalarials ,Quinolines ,Animals ,Humans ,Brazil - Published
- 1987
19. [EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MANSON'S SCHISTOSOMIASIS AND NATURAL INFECTION OF CAVIA APEREA APEREA]
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A C, BARRETTO, I, SANTOS, and V S, OLIVEIRA
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Rodent Diseases ,Epidemiology ,Guinea Pigs ,Animals ,Schistosomiasis ,Brazil - Published
- 1964
20. [Characteristics of Salmonella typhi infection in mice with experimental schistosomiasis: multiplication of the bacteria in Schistosoma mansoni]
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H, Rocha, M M, de Oliveira, V S, Oliveira, and A, Prata
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Mice ,Salmonella Infections, Animal ,Animals ,Schistosomiasis ,Schistosoma mansoni ,Salmonella typhi ,Disease Reservoirs - Published
- 1971
21. [Observations on the tentative transmission of congenital schistosomiasis mansoni]
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A L, Bittencourt, V S, Oliveira, and C C, Andrade
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Pregnancy ,Animals ,Schistosomiasis ,Female ,Rabbits ,Pregnancy Complications, Infectious ,Maternal-Fetal Exchange - Published
- 1972
22. [Susceptibility of suckling mice to S. mansoni infection]
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J G, da Motta, V S, Oliveira, and A C, Barretto
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Mice ,Animals, Newborn ,Animals ,Schistosomiasis - Published
- 1965
23. Fighting HIV/AIDS in a developing country: lessons from a small cohort from the largest Brazilian city
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Jorge Casseb, Ana Paula R. Veiga, Marcello M. C. Magri, Mariana A. Monteiro, Rosana C. Rocha, Maria Rita P. Gascon, Mauricio Domingues-Ferreira, Thales J. B. Polis, Najara A. de Lima Nascimento, Isadora Limongelli, Ícaro S. Oliveira, Gabriela Caetano Prandi, Livia M. C. B. Villares Costa, Luiz A. M. Fonseca, and Alberto J. S. Duarte
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Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,RC955-962 ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Published
- 2020
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24. Bloodstream infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation outpatients: risk factors for hospitalization and death
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Rachel Russo, Elisa Teixeira Mendes, Anna Sara Levin, Frederico Dulley, Maura S. Oliveira, Maria Aparecida Shikanai-Yasuda, and Silvia Figueiredo Costa
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Bacteremia ,Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation ,Outpatients ,Outcome ,Resistance ,Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,RC955-962 ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
ABSTRACT We described 235 bloodstream infection (BSI) episodes in 146 hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) outpatients and evaluated risk factors for hospitalization and death. Records of outpatients presenting with positive blood cultures over a 5-year period (January 2005 to December 2008) were reviewed. Variables with p< 0.1 in bivariate analysis were used in a regression logistic model. A total of 266 agents were identified, being 175 (66.7%) gram-negative, 80 (30.3%) gram-positive bacteria and 9 (3.4%) fungi. The most common underlying disease was acute leukemia 40 (27.4%), followed by lymphoma non-Hodgkin 26 (18%) and 87 patients (59.6%) were submitted to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). BSI episodes were more frequent during the first 100 days after transplantation (183 or 77.8%), and ninety-one (38.7%) episodes of BSI occurred up to the first 30 days. Hospitalization occurred in 26% of the episodes and death in 10% of cases. Only autologous HSCT was protector for hospitalization. Although, central venous catheter (CVC) withdrawal and the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) score up to 21 points were protector factors for death in the bivariate analysis, only MASCC remained as protector.
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- 2018
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25. POLYCLONAL OUTBREAK OF BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS CAUSED BY Burkholderia cepacia COMPLEX IN HEMATOLOGY AND BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT OUTPATIENT UNITS
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Icaro Boszczowski, Gladys Villas Boas do Prado, Mirian F. Dalben, Roberto C. P. Telles, Maristela Pinheiro Freire, Thais Guimaraes, Maura S. Oliveira, Juliana F. Rosa, Robson E. Soares, Pedro Enrique Dorlhiac Llacer, Frederico Luiz Dulley, Silvia F. Costa, and Anna S. Levin
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Burkholderia cepacia complex ,Bloodstream infection ,Nosocomial infection ,Hematology ,Bone marrow transplant ,Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,RC955-962 ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
Aim: The objective was to describe an outbreak of bloodstream infections by Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) in bone marrow transplant and hematology outpatients. Methods: On February 15, 2008 a Bcc outbreak was suspected. 24 cases were identified. Demographic and clinical data were evaluated. Environment and healthcare workers' (HCW) hands were cultured. Species were determined and typed. Reinforcement of hand hygiene, central venous catheter (CVC) care, infusion therapy, and maintenance of laminar flow cabinet were undertaken. 16 different HCWs had cared for the CVCs. Multi-dose heparin and saline were prepared on counter common to both units. Findings: 14 patients had B. multivorans (one patient had also B. cenopacia), six non-multivorans Bcc and one did not belong to Bcc. Clone A B. multivorans occurred in 12 patients (from Hematology); in 10 their CVC had been used on February 11/12. Environmental and HCW cultures were negative. All patients were treated with meropenem, and ceftazidime lock-therapy. Eight patients (30%) were hospitalized. No deaths occurred. After control measures (multidose vial for single patient; CVC lock with ceftazidime; cleaning of laminar flow cabinet; hand hygiene improvement; use of cabinet to store prepared medication), no new cases occurred. Conclusions: This polyclonal outbreak may be explained by a common source containing multiple species of Bcc, maybe the laminar flow cabinet common to both units. There may have been contamination by B. multivorans (clone A) of multi-dose vials.
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- 2014
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26. Schistosoma mansoni: infecção experimental de camundongos através da orelha e quantificação do parasitismo na pele
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Sílvia E. Gerken, Aparecida F. S. Oliveira, Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira, and Tomaz A. Mota-Santos
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Esqustossomose experimental do camundongo ,S. mansoni — Infestação experimental através da orelha ,Recuperação de esquistossômulos ,Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,RC955-962 ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
No presente trabalho, desenvolveu-se método de infecção de camundongos através da orelha e de recuperação de esquistossômulos resultantes dessas infecções. Cerca de 80% das cercarías postas em contacto com orelhas de camundongos penetraram. Destas, 30% foram recuperadas. como vermes adultos, do sistema porta. Da pele (das orelhas) as maiores recuperações de esquistossômulos ocorreram nos dois primeiros dias após a infecção. Os parasitas permaneceram nesse sítio por dois dias. No terceiro dia, os parasitas foram recuperados tanto da pele como dos pulmões. A partir do 4.° dia, foi predominante a recuperação de esquistossômulos ao nível dos pulmões. Do total de parasitas que potencialmente atingiriam o sistema porta, proporção elevada (73-80%) pode ser recuperada da pele, no segundo dia após a infecção, como esquistossômulos. Revelando-se apropriadas ao acesso, à migração no hospedeiro e às técnicas de recuperação de parasitas, sugere-se que orelhas de camundongos podem ser utilizadas como sítio de infecção para estudos que visem a análise parasitológica dos eventos iniciais da infecção em animais normais ou imunes.
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- 1986
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27. Anaphylaxis with Schistosoma mansoni extracts in normal and infected mice
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T. A. Mota-Santos, A. F. S. Oliveira, S. E. Gerken, and N. M. Vaz
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Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,RC955-962 ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
Methods generally utilized for studies on anaphylaxis to protein antigens such as determination of histamine release to the blood, hemoconcentration, histamine release from peritoneal mast cells and passive cutaneous anaphylaxis (PCA) were used to investigate some aspects of the anaphylaxis to parasite antigens in Schistosoma mansoni infected mice. The release of histamine to the blood and significant rates of hemoconcentration were induced by intravenous injection of schistosomula or cercarial extracts into 10-13 weeks infected mice. Cercarial, schistosomula, worm tegument and soluble egg antigens were able to trigger histamine release from peritoneal mast cells from chronically infected mice. In spite of the PCA reaction beeing detected within 2 hours of sensitization (IgG1antibodies) in 6 of 8 tested sera from chronically infected mice, no detectable reactions were obtained after 48 hours sensitization (IgE antibodies). Although IgE was not detected in the circulation, by the PCA technique, the results indicate that the infected mice contained IgE antibodies bound to their mast cells.
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- 1985
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28. Evaluation of the molluscicidal potential of hydroalcoholic extracts of Jatropha gossypiifolia Linnaeus, 1753 on Biomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818).
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Pereira Filho AA, França CR, Oliveira Dda S, Mendes RJ, Gonçalves Jde R, and Rosa IG
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- Animals, Feeding Behavior drug effects, Female, Lethal Dose 50, Oviposition drug effects, Survival, Biomphalaria drug effects, Jatropha chemistry, Molluscacides pharmacology, Plant Extracts pharmacology
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The action of extracts from the stem, leaves, and fruit of Jatropha gossypiifolia on Biomphalaria glabrata was studied by analyzing survival, feeding capacity and oviposition ability. The extracts were obtained by macerating the plant parts in 92% ethanol, which were then evaporated until a dry residue was obtained and phytochemically studied. The molluscicidal activity on B. glabrata was investigated using the procedures recommended by WHO (1965). The amount of food ingested and oviposition were measured during each experiment. The extract of leaves from J. gossypiifolia was shown to be a strong molluscicidal agent, causing 100% mortality of B. glabrata, even in the lowest concentration tested, of 25 ppm. Regarding the fruit extract, there was variation in the mortality, depending on the concentration used (100, 75, 50 and 25 ppm). The snails that were in contact with the fruit extract had significant reduction in feeding and number of embryos in comparison to the control. The stem extract did not present molluscicidal activity nor had any influence on the feeding and oviposition abilities of B. glabrata, in the concentrations tested. In conclusion, the extracts of leaves and fruits of J. gossypiifolia investigated in this work show molluscicidal effect and may be sources of useful compounds for the schistosomiasis control.
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- 2014
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29. An evaluation of manual and mechanical methods to identify Candida spp. from human and animal sources.
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Oliveira Gdos S, Ribeiro ET, and Baroni Fde A
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- Animals, Candida isolation & purification, Humans, Reagent Kits, Diagnostic, Reproducibility of Results, Candida classification, Mycological Typing Techniques methods
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To compare two yeast identification methods, i. e, the manual and the VITEK mechanical methods, 62 clinical samples from hemocultures and animal sources were analyzed. After identification as Candida yeasts by the VITEK method, the strains were recharacterized using manual assimilation methods and sugar fermentation tests. Our findings reveal 58% concurrent identification between the two methods for animal strains, and 51% for human hemoculture strains.
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- 2006
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30. [Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum strains of the State of Rondonia, Brazil, using microtests of sensitivity to antimalarials, enzyme typing and monoclonal antibodies].
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di Santi SM, Boulos M, Vasconcelos MA, Oliveira S, Couto A, and Rosário VE
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- Adolescent, Adult, Amodiaquine pharmacology, Animals, Antigens, Protozoan analysis, Brazil, Chloroquine pharmacology, Drug Resistance, Humans, Male, Mefloquine, Middle Aged, Plasmodium falciparum classification, Plasmodium falciparum enzymology, Plasmodium falciparum immunology, Quinine pharmacology, Quinolines pharmacology, Antimalarials pharmacology, Plasmodium falciparum drug effects
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- 1987
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