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Geolocalization of HIV-1 subtypes and resistance mutations of patients failing antiretroviral therapy in Salvador - Brazil

Braz. j. infect. dis; 21 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Background: Geographical distribution of HIV variants is an important way to understand the circulation and spread of such viral strains. Objectives: To evaluate the spatial distribution of HIV-1 variants in patients failing antiretroviral therapy, in Salvador, Brazil. Methods: We performed a...

Hearing thresholds in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis: baseline audiogram configurations and associations

J. bras. pneumol; 43 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: To use baseline audiogram parameters in order to ascertain whether drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) has effects on hearing, as well as to describe the configurations of the audiograms and to determine whether there are parameters that can be associated with those configurations. ...

Fingolimode no tratamento da esclerose múltipla remitente recorrente após falha terapêutica com betainterferona ou glatirâmer

A eslerose múltipla é uma doença inflamatória desmielinizante que comumente causa alterações visuais, fadiga, parestesias, disfunções fonoaudiólogicas, problemas de equilíbrio e coordenação. Estima-se acometer proximadamente 15/100.000 habitantes no Brasil. O tratamento segundo o protocolo cl...

Fingolimode no tratamento da esclerose múltipla remitente recorrente após falha terapêutica com betainterferona ou glatirâmer

CONTEXTO: A eslerose múltipla é uma doença inflamatória desmielinizante que comumente causa alterações visuais, fadiga, parestesias, disfunções fonoaudiólogicas, problemas de equilíbrio e coordenação. Estima-se acometer aproximadamente 15/100.000 habitantes no Brasil. O tratamento segundo o p...

Clinical and epidemiological characteristics associated with unfavorable tuberculosis treatment outcomes in TB-HIV co-infected patients in Brazil: a hierarchical polytomous analysis

Braz. j. infect. dis; 21 (2), 2017
Abstract Background: TB patients co-infected with HIV have worse treatment outcomes than non-coinfected patients. How clinical characteristics of TB and socioeconomic characteristics influence these outcomes is poorly understood. Here, we use polytomous regression analysis to identify clinical and epide...

Upgrade a estimulación tri-ventricular desde estimulación biventricular en un paciente no respondedor a terapia de resincronización cardíaca en fibrilación auricular. ¿Una alternativa terapéutica viable?

Arch. cardiol. Méx; 87 (1), 2017

Bone grafting for alveolar ridge reconstruction. Review of 166 cases.

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 44 (1), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the predictive factors of failure in bone grafts for alveolar ridge augmentation and implant surgery. Methods: we reviewed the charts of 166 patients operated between 1995 and 2014. A total of 248 grafting procedures were performed. We submitted the data to the binomi...

Levetiracetam em monoterapia para epilepsia focal em pacientes com falha no tratamento com carbamazepina

Contexto: A epilepsia é uma doença cerebral crônica causada por diversas etiologias e caracterizada pela recorrência de crises epilépticas não provocadas. O tratamento disponível no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) atualmente inclui as drogas antiepiléticas fenobarbital, fenitoína, primidona, t...

Eficacia y seguridad de golimumab en pacientes con colitis ulcerativa moderada a severa, refractaria a tratamiento convencional y biológico con infliximab

INTRODUCCIÓN: Antecedentes: El presente dictamen expone la evaluación de tecnologia de la eficacia y seguridad de golimumab en pacientes con colitis ulcerativa moderada o severa, refractaria al tratamiento convencional y biológico con infliximab. Aspectos Generales: La colitis ulcerativa (CU) es la co...

Radioactive iodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer: an uncommon but challenging situation

ABSTRACT Radioiodine (RAI)-refractory thyroid cancer is an uncommon entity, occurring with an estimated incidence of 4-5 cases/year/million people. RAI refractoriness is more frequent in older patients, in those with large metastases, in poorly differentiated thyroid cancer, and in those tumors with high...