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Morphological and cytochemical characterization of the peripheral blood cells of farmed streaked prochilod Prochilodus lineatus (Characiformes, Prochilodontidae)

Morphological and cytochemical studies of peripheral blood cells of fish have improved the understanding of their functions and cell types. The present study performed the Morphological and cytochemical analysis of the peripheral blood of Prochilodus lineatus, Characiform native to South America, which h...

Ocotea porosa: Anatomy and Histochemistry of Leaves and Stems, Chemical Composition, Cytotoxicity and Insecticidal Activities of Essential Oil

Abstract Ocotea porosa (Nees & Mart.) Barroso, commonly known as "imbuia", "canela-imbuia" or "imbuia-amarela" in Brazil, is a tree of the Southern Atlantic Forest. The present study investigates the anatomy of leaf and stem, volatile oil chemistry, as well as cytotoxicity and insecticidal activities...

Anatomy and Histochemistry of Leaf and Stem of Brazilian Endemic Species Mollinedia clavigera Tul

Abstract This study aimed to investigate the anatomy and histochemistry of Mollinedia clavigera leaves and stems through photonic microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Noteworthy features of leaves were: presence of paracytic stomata on both surfaces; simple as well as bifurcate non-glandular tric...

Valores del análisis citoquímico de líquido cefalorraquídeo en pacientes con derivación ventrículo-peritoneal

Rev. chil. infectol; 36 (3), 2019
Resumen Introducción: La derivación ventrículo-peritoneal (DVP) es el tratamiento para la hidrocefalia. El líquido cefalorraquídeo (LCR) se evalúa para el manejo de sus complicaciones; sin embargo, la información de los valores del citoquímico en esta población es insuficiente. Objetivo: Descr...

Enemas with mesalazine increase the tissue contents of mucins in the colonic mucosa devoid of fecal stream

Acta cir. bras; 34 (4), 2019
Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the inflammatory reaction and measure the content of mucins, in the colonic mucosa without fecal stream submit to intervention with mesalazine. Methods: Twenty-four rats were submitted to a left colostomy and a distal mucous fistula and divided into two groups according t...

Utilidad del lactato en líquido cefalorraquídeo como biomarcador de meningitis bacteriana

Infectio; 22 (2), 2018
Objetivo: Determinar la utilidad del lactato en líquido cefalorraquídeo como biomarcador de meningitis bacteriana en pacientes atendidos en el Hospital Universitario de San Vicente Fundación en el año 2014. Material y método: Estudio retrospectivo de corte transversal para la evaluación de una p...

Helicobacter pylori with East Asian-type cagPAI genes is more virulent than strains with Western-type in some cagPAI genes

Braz. j. microbiol; 48 (2), 2017
Abstract The severity of Helicobacter pylori-related disease is correlated with the presence and integrity of a cag pathogenicity island (cagPAI). cagPAI genotype may have a modifying effect on the pathogenic potential of the infecting strain. After analyzing the sequences of cagPAI genes, some strains w...

Malignant Catarrhal Fever in Brazilian cattle presenting with neurological syndrome

Braz. j. microbiol; 48 (2), 2017
Abstract Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF) was investigated in the central nervous system of cattle with neurological syndrome. Two-hundred-ninety samples were analyzed by histology, and molecular methods to detect ovine herpesvirus type 2 (OvHV-2) were optimized and validated. The qualitative polymerase c...

Oral phaeohyphomycosis in a patient with squamocellular carcinoma of the lip: second case report

Braz. j. microbiol; 48 (2), 2017
Abstract This communication reports the second known case of oral phaeohyphomycosis in a patient with squamocellular carcinoma of the lip. The patient, an 82-year-old black woman, a former smoker (for more than 30 years), suffering from an ulcerous vegetative lesion in the middle third of the lower lip f...

Histology and histochemistry of the adrenal gland African giant rat (Cricetomys gambianus, Waterhouse)

Int. j. morphol; 34 (4), 2016
The histology and histochemistry of the adrenal gland of the African giant rat, AGR (Cricetomys gambianus Waterhouse) was carried out using ten adult male rats with the knowledge of providing information which could be helpful in an improved knowledge of the structure and function of the gland. The adren...