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| Thomaz-Soccol,Andréa; Mocellin,Marcos; Mulinari,Fabiane; Castro,Edilene Alcântara de; Queiroz-Telles,Flávio de; Alcântara,Fernanda de Souza; Bavaresco,Marcello Tortelli; Hennig,Luciane; Andraus,Anielo; Luz,Ennio; Thomaz-Soccol,Vanete. |
| The aim of the present work was to study the clinical aspects and relevance of molecular diagnosis in late mucocutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Parana, Brazil. Twenty one suspected cases of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) in patients from the endemic areas of leishmaniasis were assessed. Different methods used in diagnosing the disease and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique were compared in order to establish the sensitivity of each method. Out of the 21 patients analyzed, 14.3% presented other etiologies such as vasculitis, syphilis, and paracoccidioidomycosis, with all tests negative for leishmaniasis. Out of the remaining 15 patients, 6.7% cases were confirmed for leishmaniasis by direct examination; 46.67% were positive for culture,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis; Molecular diagnosis; Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132011000300008 |
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| Casavechia,Maria Teresinha Gomes; Silveira,Thaís Gomes Verzignassi; Teodoro,Ueslei; Janeiro,Vanderly; Udo,Margareth; Campana Lonardoni,Maria Valdrinez. |
| The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of several variables to the healing of lesions in patients with American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL). The patients with clinical and/or laboratorial diagnoses of the disease were followed up for varying periods after treatment by clinical evaluation and indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA), from September 2000 to December 2003. The lesions of 85.3% of the 163 patients had healed by their last return for clinical evaluation, and of these, 82.7% had negative IFA results, indicating an association between the healing of lesions and IFA negativity (p=0.000). In patients evaluated up to 120 days after treatment, there was a significant association between negative IFA results and the healing of... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Cutaneous leishmaniasis/treatment; Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis; Cutaneous lesion/healing. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502009000400030 |
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| Almeida,AF; Castro,MCAB; Oliveira,AP; Souza,MA; Pereira,VRA. |
| Leishmania infections induce a specific activation of host immunological response, particularly characterized by T cell expansion. Studies indicate the importance of the balance between CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, in which the first ones would have their number reduced during the healing process. Meanwhile, CD25+ T cells have been associated with the suppression of the immune response. Since the immune response has an essential role in both healing and progression of diseases, this study aimed to identify the percentage of CD3+, CD4+, CD8+, CD16+ and CD25+ T cells in the peripheral blood of patients afflicted with American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) - before and after treatment - and healthy controls. Peripheral blood was collected and transferred to... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: American tegumentary leishmaniasis; Cellular immune response; Flow cytometry; Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992011000200016 |
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