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Treatment of chikungunya chronic arthritis: A systematic review

Summary Introduction: Chikungunya (CHIK) is a tropical arbovirus, transmitted by the female mosquito Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. In Brazil, there have been cases reported since 2014. The initial manifestations of this virus are sudden onset high fever, headache, chills, rashes, myalgia and inten...

Avaliação de um controle estratégico da artrite encefalite caprina em rebanho caprino leiteiro

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a utilização periódica de testes de diagnóstico mais sensíveis aliados às práticas de manejo, visando ao controle eficaz da artrite encefalite caprina (CAE). Foram realizadas oito coletas de sangue em matrizes e reprodutores. Da primeira à sétima análise, a...

Contribution of chronic diseases to the prevalence of disability in basic and instrumental activities of daily living in elderly Brazilians: the National Health Survey (2013)

Abstract: This study's objective was to assess the contribution of selected chronic diseases to the prevalence of disability in elderly Brazilians, based on data from the National Health Survey (PNS 2013). Disability was defined as some degree of difficulty in performing ten activities, considering three...

Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (rs3pe): una inusual causa de edema en el adulto mayor

Rev. chil. reumatol; 34 (2), 2018
El RS3PE es una patología infrecuente de la esfera reumatológica que afecta a adultos mayores, manifestándose como poliartritis simétrica más edema con signos de fóvea. Si bien suele tener una excelente respuesta a corticoides, debe tenerse en considera-ción su asociación a neoplasias, lo cual de...

Poliartritis agudas virales

Rev. chil. reumatol; 34 (3), 2018
Las poliartritis agudas son cuadros de menos seis semanas de duración, cuyas causas pueden o no ser infecciosas. Entre las primeras, destacan las virales, con gran varie-dad de agentes causales. Entre ellos se distinguen por su frecuencia: virus hepatitis B,virus hepatitis C, parvovirus B19, virus ...

Rhupus syndrome. A rare combination

Rev. colomb. reumatol; 24 (4), 2017
Abstract Rhupus syndrome is a rare combination of rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus, and is characterized by the presence of erosive arthritis together with symptoms and signs of systemic lupus erythematosus. Among its complications, is the presence of rheumatoid nodules, and neurolog...

Monoartritis del codo e infarto óseo como presentación inicial de enfermedad linfoproliferativa

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (6), 2017
We report a 68-year-old woman presenting with pain and swelling in her left elbow. An elbow magnetic resonance with gadolinium evidenced bone marrow infiltration and a bone infarct. Given these findings, a body CT scan was performed which showed multiple mesenteric adenopathies and a large retroperitonea...

Interstitial granulomatous dermatitis with arthritis

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (3), 2017