Messina, Fernando Antonio;
Benchetrit, Andrés;
Bocassi, Andrea;
Romero, María de las Mercedes;
Bauer Silvero, Sofía;
Marín, Emmanuel;
Bertera, Facundo Martín;
Onis, Guillermo;
Enzenhofer, Matías;
Sánchez Cunto, Milagro;
Mammana, Lilia;
Mijalovsky, Dana;
Santiso, Gabriela María.
Introduction. Fungal infections in patients with COVID-19 was one of the most debated topics during the pandemic. Objectives. To analyze the clinical characteristics and evolution of people living with HIV/ AIDS and coinfection with cryptococcus and COVID-19 (group A) or without it (group B). Materials a...
Las infecciones por levaduras del género Cryptococcus pueden causar un abanico amplio de manifestaciones clínicas, dependiendo de si se trata de una infección invasora o no. Los pacientes susceptibles, especialmente de las formas invasoras, comparten el compromiso de la inmunidad celular, ya sea por a...
Abstract INTRODUCTION Lateral flow assay is an advanced method useful in the early diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis. We aimed to compare two commercial tests for cryptococcal capsular antigen in the sera of asymptomatic patients with human immunodeficiency virus in Barranquilla, Colombia. METHODS ...
Abstract Cryptococcosis is a fungal disease affecting more than one million people per yearworldwide. Its main etiological agents are Cryptococcus neoformans species complex and Cryp-tococcus gattii species complex. Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is considered an AIDS-definingcondition. Rapid diagnosis by ...
Justificativa e Objetivos: Neurocriptococose é uma doença fúngica que acomete principalmente pacientes imunocomprometidos. Casos em pacientes imunocompetentes têm sido descritos em alguns relatos de casos; no entanto, por não ser uma doença de notificação compulsória no Brasil até 2020, ainda p...
Cryptococcal meningitis affects normal hosts and immunocompromised patients exhibiting high mortality rates. The objective of this study was to design two molecular assays, visible microarray platforms and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), to identify Cryptococcus spp. and the species neofor...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: The therapeutic efficacy of daily amphotericin B infusion is related to its maximum concentration in blood; however, trough levels may be useful in intermittent regimens of this antifungal drug. METHODS : High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to determine the min...
Anfotericina B/administración & dosificación,
Anfotericina B/sangre,
Anfotericina B/farmacocinética,
Antifúngicos/administración & dosificación,
Antifúngicos/sangre,
Antifúngicos/farmacocinética,
Cromatografía Líquida de Alta Presión,
Ácido Desoxicólico/administración & dosificación,
Ácido Desoxicólico/sangre,
Ácido Desoxicólico/farmacocinética,
Histoplasmosis/tratamiento farmacológico,
Meningitis Criptocócica/tratamiento farmacológico,
Paracoccidioidomicosis/tratamiento farmacológico,
Leishmaniasis/tratamiento farmacológico
La pseudohemorragia subaracnoidea es un fenómeno infrecuente que se caracteriza por hallazgos sugestivos de hemorragia subaracnoidea en la tomografía computarizada simple de cráneo, sin evidencia de la misma en estudios adicionales. Se ha asociado a múltiples causas, de las cuales la principal es...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: The present study evaluated the epidemiology of cryptococcal meningitis and TNFα gene polymorphisms in patients at a reference hospital in northern Brazil. METHODS: Samples from 25 patients infected with Cryptococcus spp. were collected to confirm the infection and to anal...
