Results: 158

Performance evaluation of an indirect immunofluorescence kit for the serological diagnosis of dengue

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the performance of indirect immunofluorescence for serological diagnosis of dengue virus in a population with high prevalence of arboviruses. Methods: Two-hundred serum samples from patients with clinical suspicion of dengue fever were tested by immunoenzymatic and indir...

Condução da toxoplasmose gestacional

Femina; 47 (12), 2019
A toxoplasmose é uma doença proveniente do Toxoplasma gondii, um protozoário que tem os felinos como seu hospedeiro definitivo e os mamíferos e aves como seu hospedeiro intermediário. Tem um curso benigno e autolimitado quando acomete um indivíduo imunocompetente, no entanto a infecção durante a ...

Prevalencia de anticuerpos anti-Toxoplasma gondii en embarazadas en siete hospitales de Buenos Aires: Comparación entre 2006 y 2017
Prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in pregnant women in seven hospitals in Buenos Aires area. Comparison 2006 vs. 2017

Medicina (B.Aires); 79 (6), 2019
Se analizó; de forma retrospectiva la presencia de anticuerpos só;©ricos IgG e IgM anti-Toxoplasma gondii en las embarazadas que concurrieron a siete hospitales del ó;rea Metropolitana de Buenos Aires durante 2006 y 2017. La prevalencia de infecció;n, medida como presencia de anticuerpos, en 2006 ...

Seroprevalencia y detección molecular de Toxoplasma gondii en donantes de un banco de sangre de Cúcuta, Colombia

Biomédica (Bogotá); 39 (supl.2), 2019
Resumen Introducción. La infección por Toxoplasma gondii puede presentarse en los humanos con un amplio rango de manifestaciones que van desde el estado asintomático hasta la enfermedad grave, según el estado inmunológico del individuo. Los mecanismos de transmisión incluyen la transfusión sangu...

Investigation and environmental analysis of samples from outbreak of toxoplasmosis at research institution in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, 2016

Abstract The objective of this study was to report an outbreak of human toxoplasmosis at a research institution in Londrina, Paraná, from December 2015 to February 2016. Blood samples from 26 symptomatic individuals were collected and the microparticle chemiluminescence immunoassay was performed to dete...

Hepatitis viral A colestásica complicada en un niño con deficiencia de glucosa 6 fosfato deshidrogenasa proveniente de una zona altoandina

Encefalomielitis aguda diseminada por Mycoplasma pneumoniae en un niño previamente sano
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae in a previously healthy boy

Rev. argent. microbiol; 51 (2), 2019
Se presenta el caso de un niño de 5 años sin antecedentes de enfermedad, que se internó en terapia intensiva por convulsiones tónico-clónicas focalizadas en la cara y en el hemicuerpo derecho, con documentación de temperatura axilar de 37,4°C. Se descartó la presencia de gérmenes comunes y la et...

Hipogamaglobulinemia secundária reversível causada por terapia anticonvulsivante em adultos: relato de três casos

A redução dos níveis de imunoglobulina relacionada ao uso de anticonvulsivantes e que cursa com infecções de repetição tem sido descrita nas últimas quatro décadas. O objetivo deste estudo é relatar três casos de pacientes adultos que evoluíram para hipogamaglobulinemia quando foram tratados ...

The evaluation of the Myxovirus Resistance 1 protein in serum and saliva to monitor disease activation in primary Sjögren's syndrome

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVE: Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSjS) is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes dry eye and mouth. No laboratory parameters to monitor the activation of this disease have been identified. Therefore, any possible relationships between salivary and blood myxovirus resistance 1 (MX1) and pSjS must...

Importance of cerebrospinal fluid investigation during dengue infection in Brazilian Amazonia Region

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 114 (), 2019
BACKGROUND Amazon, the largest tropical forest of the world, has suffered from dengue outbreaks since 1998. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients, from Amazonas state, suspected of central nervous system (CNS) viral infection was studied using molecular and immunological methods. OBJECTIVE To evaluate th...