A hanseníase é doença crônica de evolução lenta, causada pelo Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae), para a qual o diagnóstico é essencialmente clínico. Abordagens histológicas, baciloscópicas e sorológicas, como apoio diagnóstico, têm suas limitações e são menos eficazes para o diagnóstico ...
Leprosy is difficult to diagnose since it is caused by a bacterium that does not grow in vitro. Bacilli direct detection or the presence of specific antibodies can vary greatly depending on the clinical form. M. leprae direct DNA detection can aid clinical diagnosis, although invasive skin biopsies are s...
Aims: Influenza A virus (IAV) can cause severe acute respiratory infection (SARI),
and disease outcome may be associated with changes in the microbiome of the nasopharynx.
This is a pilot study to characterize the microbiome of the nasopharynx in
patients hospitalized with SARI, infected and not infected...
