Abstract INTRODUCTION: We evaluated the associations between interleukin-10 (IL-10) gene polymorphisms -G1082A/-C819T/-C592A and periportal fibrosis regression after specific treatment for schistosomiasis. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study involved 125 Brazilian patients infected with Schistos...
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: The present note discusses some evidence on the increasing potential risk for American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL) transmission in the Northern Brazilian State of Amapá, the Guianan-Amazon biome. METHODS Early and present data about AVL were collected, including our recent e...
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Chagas disease currently affects 5.7 million people in Latin America and is emerging in non-endemic countries. There is no consensus concerning the efficacy of trypanocidal therapy for patients with the chronic form of the disease. We evaluated cardiac function and sociodemograph...
Infecciones Asintomáticas,
Donantes de Sangre,
Enfermedad de Chagas/tratamiento farmacológico,
Enfermedad de Chagas/parasitología,
Enfermedad Crónica,
Protocolos Clínicos,
Estudios Transversales,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Nitroimidazoles/administración & dosificación,
Carga de Parásitos,
Parasitemia/parasitología,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa,
Factores de Tiempo,
Resultado del Tratamiento,
Tripanocidas/administración & dosificación
ABSTRACT Introduction: The global protozoan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, infects many warm-blooded animals and humans by employing different transmission routes. There have been some recent studies on the probable relevance of infectious agents and diabetes. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review a...
Summary Cysticercosis is a parasitic disease caused by a worm of the Cestoda class. The most prevalent form affects the nervous system. This case report is from a 78-year-old female patient evaluated at Clínica Mult Imagem, in the city of Santos, Brazil, who presented a form of the disease that differed...
Introducción. El quiste hidatídico, causado por Echinococcus granulosus, se observa mayormente en el hígado y los pulmones, aunque raramente también puede localizarse en cualquier órgano o tejido blando. En este artículo se presenta el caso de un paciente con quiste hidatídico pancreático con ape...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Road-killed wild animals host zoonotic pathogens such as Toxoplasma gondii, offering a new opportunity for the epidemiological study of these infectious organisms. METHODS This investigation aimed to determine the presence of T. gondii and other apicomplexan parasites in tissue ...
Abstract: The aim of the study was to identify Bacillus species from the Demodex folliculorum of patients with topical steroidinduced facial rosaceiform dermatitis. Of the 75 patients examined, 20% had clinical spinulosis, while 18.66% had dermoscopic features of Demodex: follicular plugs and tails. Of t...
Ascaris lumbricoides is considered the largest intestinal nematode with a higher incidence in the childhood, representing a truly medical and public health problem, principally in undeveloped countries. We present the case of an 83 year old man, born and coming from the amazon region, without any relevan...
