El género Mycobacterium se encuentra asociado a una cantidad importante de patologías, donde la tuberculosis destaca dentro de los principales problemas de salud pública a nivel mundial y nacional. Esta se agudiza con el incremento en la resistencia antimicrobiana y, por ello, la pesquisa de micobacte...
Tuberculosis/epidemiología,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis/patogenicidad,
Mycobacterium avium,
Mycobacterium/clasificación,
Epidemiología Descriptiva,
Chile/epidemiología,
Microscopía/métodos,
Esputo/microbiología,
Tuberculosis/diagnóstico,
Servicios de Laboratorio Clínico,
Centros de Salud
Se expone el caso de una paciente remitida por complicaciones posteriores a la implantación superficial en el tercio medio facial de hilos de polidioxanona espiculados. Presentaba edema, equimosis, palpación superficial del hilo y plicación dérmica. Para el tratamiento planteamos un novedoso protocol...
SUMMARY: There is an increasing amount of evidence that supports the diabetic complications of the central nervous system structure and function. The cerebellum, which is one of the primary structure derived from the hindbrain, plays an important role in motor control, motor coordination, and non-motor f...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Appropriate preservation of specimens is important for taxonomic identification. In sandfly research, various methods have been used for slide preparation; however, high cost, low commercial availability, and associated hazards make their use impossible in some studies. Therefore...
ABSTRACT GeneXpert is one of the recent technological instruments used to diagnose tuberculosis in a short span of time. In this study, the performance of GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) was compared with light-emitting diode Fluorescent Microscopy (LED-FM)...
Resumo Objetivo: Descrever os diferentes tipos de rupturas e afinamentos da membrana de Descemet encontrados no exame histopatológico, questionando uma possível relação entre eles. Métodos: Estudo observacional, transversal, retrospectivo e descritivo de botões corneanos provenientes de ceratopla...
Estudio Observacional,
Estudios Transversales,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Epidemiología Descriptiva,
Lámina Limitante Posterior/patología,
Queratoplastia Endotelial de la Lámina Limitante Posterior,
Microscopía/métodos,
Lámina Limitante Posterior/ultraestructura,
Bancos de Ojos,
Endotelio Corneal/patología,
Rotura/clasificación
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the impact of the use of the molecular test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its resistance to rifampin (Xpert MTB/RIF), under routine conditions, at a referral hospital in the Brazilian state of Bahia. Methods: This was a descriptive study using the database of the My...
Antibióticos Antituberculosos/uso terapéutico,
Brasil,
Pruebas Diagnósticas de Rutina/métodos,
Farmacorresistencia Bacteriana/efectos de los fármacos,
Microscopía/métodos,
Técnicas de Diagnóstico Molecular/métodos,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis/efectos de los fármacos,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis/aislamiento & purificación,
Valores de Referencia,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Rifampin/uso terapéutico,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad,
Esputo/microbiología,
Centros de Atención Terciaria,
Resultado del Tratamiento,
Tuberculosis/diagnóstico,
Tuberculosis/tratamiento farmacológico,
Tuberculosis/microbiología
ABSTRACT Giardia duodenalis is a worldwide intestinal parasite and is one of the most frequent protozoa species infecting dogs and cats. This study aimed to modify the methodology of Alere GIARDIA Ag TEST KIT for its use in frozen fecal sediments with different storage times in a freezer (-20°C), thus e...
BACKGROUND Human trichinellosis is a foodborne parasitic zoonotic disease caused by ingestion of raw or undercooked meat infected with nematode larvae of the genus Trichinella. In the USA, sporadic cases and outbreaks caused by the consumption of wild game meat infected with Trichinella have been reporte...