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Mello,Renato; Santos,Marisa da Silva; Golebiosvki,Wilma; Weksler,Clara; Lamas,Cristiane. |
Background: Streptococcus bovis is a classical etiology of endocarditis and is associated with colonic lesions. No series of cases from Brazil has been described. Objectives: To describe aspects of S. bovis endocarditis. Methods: This is a case series of patients admitted to a cardiac surgery referral center, during the years 2005-2014. Clinical, laboratory, echochardiographic, colonoscopic, treatment, surgical and outcome variables were studied. Results: Nine patients with S. bovis endocarditis were included; all cases fulfilled the modified Duke criteria. Incidence was 8/220 (4%) in years 2006-2014. There were seven male and two female patients; mean age was 56.7 years, standard deviation 13.4. All patients had native aortic valve involvement.... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Infective endocarditis; Streptococcus bovis group; Cardiac surgery; Colonic lesions. |
Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702015000200209 |
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Lamas,Cristiane; Favacho,Alexsandra; Rozental,Tatiana; Bóia,Márcio N.; Kirsten,Andrei H.; Guterres,Alexandro; Barreira,Jairo; Lemos,Elba Regina S. de. |
A lethal case of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) is presented. Clinical features were initially of gastrointestinal involvement and evolved with progression to septic shock, meningoencephalitis and death on the 6th day of illness. Indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) for spotted fever group rickettsia (SFGR) was non-reactive. Diagnosis was confirmed by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the nucleotide sequencing of a fragment of the ompA gene showed 100% homology to Rickettsia rickettsii. BSF has not been reported in the city of Rio de Janeiro in the last three decades, and the present description should alert the clinicians to its presence in urban Rio de Janeiro, and to the differential diagnosis with dengue fever, gastroenteritis, leptospirosis... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Brazilian spotted fever; Spotted fever group rickettsia; Rickettsia rickettsii; Lethal case; Rio de Janeiro city; Indirect immunofluorescence; Polymerase chain reaction; Central nervous system involvement. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000200010 |
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