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Lack of association between helicobacter pylori's virulence and increased serum c-reactive protein levels in functional dyspeptic patients

Arq. gastroenterol; 53 (1), 2016
ABSTRACT Background Recently, a great variety of studies aimed to investigate and even suggestHelicobacter pylori as an important key factor in gastrointestinal and non-gastrointestinal events development. The well-established relationship between bacterial virulence and increased risk for peptic ulcer ...

Presence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) in Brazilian patients with inflammatory bowel diseases and in controls

Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (1), 2016
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) has attracted the interest of researchers because of similarities between paratuberculosis and Crohn's disease (CD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of MAP through cultures, histology and polymerase chain reactio...

Efeito da infecção por HPV nas vias de sinalização por toll like receptors

As oncoproteínas E6 e E7 do Papilomavírus Humano (HPV) estão envolvidas na desregulação do sistema imune inato, provocando alterações na expressão dos receptores do tipo Toll (TLR). Considerando-se a função da via de sinalização iniciada por TLR, haveria uma vantagem para o vírus capaz de ma...

Vias de transdução de sinal e polimorfismo de Toll-like Receptors na carcinogenese por HPV

Seres humanos dependem incessantemente de um sistema de reconhecimento efetivo contra infecções para sobreviver. Dentre as diversas proteínas que compõem a resposta imune inata estão os receptores do tipo Toll (TLR Toll-like Receptors), que possuem a função de reconhecer padrões moleculares assoc...

Estimativa de risco de infecção por Giardia sp e Cryptosporidium sp pela ingestão de água durante atividades de recreação de contato primário

O uso das águas costeiras para fins recreacionais está associado com benefícios à saúde e bem-estar, todavia eventuais impactos negativos podem diminuir estes benefícios. Esses usos variam de acordo com o tipo de atividade desenvolvida, sendo que a recreação de contato primário requer contato di...

Morbi-mortalidad en pacientes con infección por Mycobacterium tuberculosis comprobada, y co-infección VIH-Tuberculosis en Hospital Roosevelt en Guatemala

Rev. med. interna Guatem; 20 (supl. 1), 2016
Tuberculosis (TB) es la enfermedad oportunista más importante relacionada con VIH, provocando manifestaciones clínicas graves y con frecuencia diseminadas, y afección extrapulmonar. En Guatemala es la principal causa de muerte en pacientes con Sida. OBJETIVO: Determinar la morbi-mortalidad en paciente...

Balneotherapy is a potential risk factor for Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization

Braz. j. pharm. sci; 52 (1), 2016
ABSTRACT The practice of immersion in burn patient has been abandoned in many parts of the world but in Brazil it is still common. The aim of this study was to ascertain if balneotherapy is a risk factor for Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization in thermally injured patients. Eighteen patients from a Burn ...

Prevalence of genital human papillomavirus among rural and urban populations in southern Yunnan province, China

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 49 (6), 2016
This study was designed to investigate and compare the HPV prevalence, genotypes distribution and associated risk factors in rural and urban women living in Xishuang Banna district, in the province of Yunnan. A total of 177 and 190 women from rural and urban areas were engaged, respectively. HPV DNA was ...

Macelignan inhibits bee pathogenic fungi Ascophaera apis growth through HOG1 pathway

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 49 (7), 2016
Ascosphaera apis is a bee pathogen that causes bee larvae infection disease, to which treatment is not yet well investigated. The aim of this study was to investigate antifungal susceptibility in vitro against A. apis and to identify a new antifungal agent for this pathogen through minimal inhibitory con...