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| Demarchi,Izabel Galhardo; Cardozo,Daniela Maira; Aristides,Sandra Mara Alessi; Moliterno,Ricardo Alberto; Silveira,Thaís Gomes Verzignassi; Cardoso,Rosilene Fressatti; Bertolini,Dennis Armando; Svidzinski,Terezinha Inez Estivalet; Teixeira,Jorge Juarez Vieira; Lonardoni,Maria Valdrinez Campana. |
| Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is used in patients infected with HIV. This treatment has been shown to significantly decrease opportunist infections such as those caused by viruses, fungi and particularly, protozoa. The use of HAART in HIV-positive persons is associated with immune reconstitution as well as decreased prevalence of oral candidiasis and candidal carriage. Antiretroviral therapy benefits patients who are co-infected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8), Epstein-Barr virus, hepatitis B virus (HBV), parvovirus B19 and cytomegalovirus (CMV). HAART has also led to a significant reduction in the incidence, and the modification of characteristics, of bacteremia by etiological agents such as... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Highly active antiretroviral therapy; Antiretroviral drugs/activity; Opportunist infections/treatment. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502012000100019 |
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| Curti,Maura Cristiani de Moura; Silveira,Thaís Gomes Verzignassi; Arraes,Sandra Mara Alessi Aristides; Bertolini,Dennis Armando; Zanzarini,Paulo Donizeti; Venazzi,Eneide Aparecida Sabaini; Fernandes,Andrea Cláudia Silva; Teixeira,Jorge Juarez Vieira; Lonardoni,Maria Valdrinez Campana. |
| OBJECTIVE: To evaluate clinical, epidemiological and laboratorial aspects for the understanding of the disease characteristics and its relationship with diagnostic tests. METHODS: A retrospective, descriptive and analytical study involving 2,660 American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) suspected patients from southern Brazil was undertaken between April 1986 and December 2005. Data on population characteristics and laboratory tests were obtained. Diagnostic laboratory tests used were direct search for Leishmania spp. (DS), Montenegro skin test (MST) and indirect immunofluorescent assay (IFA). RESULTS: 62.3% of patients were positive for at least one laboratory test. DS test was positive in 65.1%; MST in 92.3% and IFA in 70.0%. Although Cohen's Kappa test did... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Clinical laboratory techniques; Disease transmission; Infectious; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Epidemiology. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702011000100003 |
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