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Manual do Cremesp de melhores práticas clínicas na COVID-19

As informações vindas de outras nações já evidenciavam que, quando a covid-19 chegasse ao Brasil, grandes desafios seriam enfrentados. Como estratégia de resposta aos pares, o Cremesp deu início às aulas virtuais no assunto, em um momento em que as lives ainda nem estavam tão popularizadas, alé...

Éxito terapéutico con esquema de ivermectina oral en sarna costrosa
Therapeutic success with oral ivermectin regimen in crusted scabies

Rev. chil. dermatol; 36 (3), 2020
Se expone el caso de una paciente obesa inmunodeprimida que presentó una sarna costrosa. Luego de la sospecha clínica se confirmó el diagnóstico mediante acarotest. La paciente sufrió algunas complicaciones asociadas a su condición general, como sobreinfección de sus lesiones cutáneas, epistaxis ...

Infectivity of Simulium damnosum s.l. and therapeutic coverage of ivermectin distribution 10 years post treatment around Owena Dam, Ondo state, Nigeria

Braz. j. infect. dis; 23 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Background: Studies related to infectivity status of insect vectors are seen as necessities in understanding the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases and planning effective control measures. This study assessed the infectivity ofSimulium damnosum s.l. around Owena River as well as evaluated th...

Complete Resolution of Electrocardiographic Changes Induced by Acute Chagas Myocarditis

We present a case of a female adolescent with severe acute Chagas myocarditis, acquired by oral transmission in an endemic area in the Brazilian western Amazon, who had electrocardiographic changes normalized after empirical treatment with the antiparasitic drug benznidazole combined with conventional tr...

Púrpura por Strongyloides stercoralis en un paciente inmunocompetente

Rev. chil. infectol; 35 (4), 2018
Resumen La infección por Strongyloides stercoralis es una parasitosis frecuente en las regiones tropicales y subtropicales, incluyendo la Amazonía peruana. En pacientes con inmunocompromiso, las manifestaciones clínicas son variadas y es frecuente la diseminación sistémica de la enfermedad, con comp...

Atypical crusted scabies in a patient with chronic liver disease caused by hepatitis B and D viruses

An. bras. dermatol; 93 (2), 2018
Abstract: Crusted scabies is a less common variant of scabies that is highly contagious, difficult to treat and involves infestation by Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis. The classical clinical presentation includes crusted, scaly and generally non-pruritic lesions usually located on the head, neck, palmar,...

Amebiasis intestinal y hepática

Gastroenterol. latinoam; 29 (supl.1), 2018
Amebiasis is the infection by Entamoeba histolytica, a protozoan capable of invading the colonic mucosa causing a diarrheic syndrome, although most of the time is mild, it can lead to a fulminating colitis. Sometimes it can spread to other organs; among extra-intestinal manifestations of this parasite, t...

Características clínico-epidemiológicas de la estrongiloidiasis en pacientes portadores de co-morbilidades

Rev. chil. infectol; 34 (1), 2017
The strongyloidiasis is a parasitic disease that poses as a serious public health problem, mainly in tropical and subtropical countries. Over the years, some conditions, such as advances in corticosteroid treatment and immunosuppressive diseases, have improved not only the increase in cases of strongyloi...

Miasis cutánea por Cochliomyia hominivorax asociada a dermatitis seborreica: case report

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (2), 2017
Myiasis is an infestation of tissues and organs of humans and animals by Diptera larvae (flies, horseflies, mosquitoes). They are located at different body sites, and classified clinically as cutaneous, visceral and cavitary. We report a 26-year-old woman with a history of seborrheic dermatitis and recen...

Efficacy of oral doramectin as treatment for Psoroptes ovis and Leporacarus gibbus in naturally infested rabbits

Pesqui. vet. bras; 37 (1), 2017
The present study evaluated the efficacy of a single oral dose of doramectin in the control of Psoroptes ovis and Leporacarus gibbus in naturally infested rabbits. Sixteen adult rabbits were selected and distributed in two experimental groups. The treated group received 200 μg/Kg of oral doramectin and ...