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Uso de fármacos anticorpos monoclonais, imunomoduladores e anti-inflamatórios no tratamento da infecção por COVID-19

O objetivo deste estudo foi realizar o levantamento bibliográfico de artigos científicos e ensaios clínicos sobre a utilização de anticorpos monoclonais, imunomoduladores e anti-inflamatórios como possíveis alternativas terapêuticas para uso em pacientes com COVID-19, com ênfase nos mecanismos...

Evaluation of immunomodulatory effects of lomefloxacin in mice

Lomefloxacin is a flouroquinolone antibiotic that is quite efficacious against many gram negative and gram positive pathogens. Lomefloxacin evince antibacterial effects by modifying DNA gyrase in gram negative pathogens and topoisomerase IV in gram positive pathogens. This study is designed to assess the...

Psoriasis in moderate grave plaque - immunobiological treatment

The Guidelines Project, an initiative of the Brazilian Medical Association, aims to combine information from the medical field in order to standardize producers to assist the reasoning and decision-making of doctors. The information provided through this project must be assessed and criticized by the phy...

Multiple sclerosis risk perception and acceptance for Brazilian patients

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (1), 2018
ABSTRACT The perception of multiple sclerosis (MS) severity and risk associated with therapies might influence shared decision making in different countries. We investigated the perception of MS severity and factors associated with risk acceptance in Brazil in 96 patients with relapsing-remitting MS usin...

Terapia combinada en enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal: ¿una asociación necesaria?

Gastroenterol. latinoam; 29 (2), 2018
The management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is constantly changing due to the arrival of new therapeutic agents. Combined therapy (biological associated with immunosuppressive therapy) has proven to be effective, reducing immunogenicity (antibody formation), optimizing the pharmacokinetics of biol...

Severe infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis taking anakinra, rituximab, or abatacept: a systematic review of observational studies

Rev. bras. reumatol; 56 (6), 2016
ABSTRACT A question is raised about an increased risk of severe infection from the use of biological drugs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. This systematic review of observational studies aimed at assessing the risk of severe infection associated with the use of anakinra, rituximab, and abatacept i...

Betainterferonas no tratamento da esclerose múltipla remitente-recorrente (EMRR)

Contexto: A esclerose múltipla (EM) é uma condição inflamatória desmielinizante, de origem autoimune que acomete prejuízos na condução do impulso elétrico no sistema nervoso central (SNC). De caráter progressivamente incapacitante, afeta aspectos físicos, psicossociais e econômicos não só d...