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| Lomar,André V.; Vidal,José E.; Lomar,Frederico P.; Barbas,Carmen Valente; Matos,Gustavo Janot de; Boulos,Marcos. |
| Severe pulmonary involvement in malaria has been frequently reported in cases of Plasmodium falciparum infection, but rarely in vivax malaria. Among the 11 previous cases of vivax-related severe respiratory involvement described in the literature, all except one developed it after the beginning of anti-malarial treatment; these appear to correspond to an exacerbation of the inflammatory response. We report the case of a 43-year-old Brazilian woman living in a malaria-endemic area, who presented acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by P. vivax before starting anti-malarial treatment. The diagnosis was made based on microscopic methods. A negative rapid immunochromatographic assay, based on the detection of Histidine Rich Protein-2 (HRP-2) of P.... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Malaria; Plasmodium vivax; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Acute respiratory failure; Brazil. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000500011 |
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| Oplustil,Carmen Paz; Leite,Olavo H.M.; Oliveira,Marilia S.; Sinto,Sumiko I.; Uip,David E.; Boulos,Marcos; Mendes,Caio F.. |
| This study was done to determine the occurrence of mycobacteria in the bloodstreams of patients with fever and advanced AIDS in a Brazilian hospital. We also verified the capability of an automated method for recovering these bacteria. During a period of 19 months, 254 patients with AIDS were evaluated. Blood cultures were generally submitted in pairs and drawn separately. Blood cultures were processed by the BACTEC 460TB System (Becton Dickinson Microbiology Systems, Sparks, MD), using the Bactec 13A media (Becton Dickinson Microbiology Systems, Sparks, MD). Of the 530 vials submitted, 77 (14.5%) from 41 (16%) patients were positive. Mycobacterium avium complex was recovered from 45 (58.4%) of the 77 positive vials, corresponding to 22 (53.6%) patients... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Mycobacterial infection; HIV; Automated diagnosis; AIDS. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702001000500003 |
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