Introdução: o diagnóstico clínico da hanseníase em crianças é particularmente difícil. Relato de Caso: crianças gêmeas bivitelinas, com três anos de idade, eram contactantes de pai com hanseníase Virchowiana. Os dois pacientes têm lesões cutâneas bem definidas e irreg...
Abstract: Leprosy can be classified according to its operational form as paucibacillary or multibacillary. Bacilloscopy integrates its diagnostic armamentarium. Patients with the disease may present leprosy reactions. This study describes the association of bacilloscopy results and the type of operationa...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: This study quantified Mycobacterium leprae bacilli in environmental water samples from five municipalities in the State of Ceará by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and compared the identified genotypes with those obtained from leprosy patient biopsies. METHODS: We ...
Azevedo, Michelle de Campos Soriani;
Ramuno, Natália Mortari;
Fachin, Luciana Raquel Vincenzi;
Tassa, Mônica;
Rosa, Patrícia Sammarco;
Belone, Andrea de Faria Fernandes;
Diório, Suzana Madeira;
Soares, Cleverson Teixeira;
Garlet, Gustavo Pompermaier;
Trombone, Ana Paula Favaro.
Abstract Leprosy, whose etiological agent is Mycobacterium leprae, is a chronic infectious disease that mainly affects the skin and peripheral nervous system. The diagnosis of leprosy is based on clinical evaluation, whereas histopathological analysis and bacilloscopy are complementary diagnostic tools. ...
Biopsia,
Cartilla de ADN/aislamiento & purificación,
ADN Bacteriano/aislamiento & purificación,
Lepra/microbiología,
Lepra/patología,
Mycobacterium leprae/genética,
Mycobacterium leprae/aislamiento & purificación,
Reacción en Cadena en Tiempo Real de la Polimerasa/métodos,
Valores de Referencia,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad,
Piel/microbiología,
Piel/patología
Las enfermedades causadas por las micobacterias, en la actualidad aquejan a millones de personas
en el mundo, siendo la Lepra o Mal de Hansen, una de las enfermedades más antiguas, y en nuestro
país de interés en Salud Pública.
Desde el punto de vista epidemiológico llama la atención que el descens...
Resumo OBJETIVO Analisar o conceito de alta em hanseníase. MÉTODOS Estudo teórico pautado no referencial metodológico de análise de conceito. Realizou-se levantamento bibliográfico, de dezembro de 2015 a janeiro de 2016, nas bases SCOPUS, CINAHL, PUBMED, LILACS, SCIELO e BDENF, mediante uso dos d...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: The occurrence of leprosy reactions, a common event during treatment, may be mostly related to the action of multidrug therapy on Mycobacterium leprae. The clinical and laboratory monitoring of patients with reactions is important, since collecting data that assists in predicting ...
Anticuerpos Antibacterianos/sangre,
Antígenos Bacterianos/sangre,
Estudios Transversales,
Quimioterapia Combinada,
Leprostáticos/administración & dosificación,
Leprostáticos/efectos adversos,
Lepra/tratamiento farmacológico,
Lepra/microbiología,
Mycobacterium leprae/efectos de los fármacos,
Mycobacterium leprae/inmunología,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas,
Factores de Tiempo
