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| 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. Quantitative PCR (qPCR), a current useful tool for diagnosis of infectious diseases, has been used to detect several pathogens including Mycobacterium leprae. The validation of this technique in a robust set of samples comprising the different clinical forms of leprosy is still necessary. Thus, in this study samples from 126 skin biopsies (collected from patients on all clinical forms and reactional states of leprosy) and 25 slit skin smear of leprosy... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Mycobacterium leprae; QPCR; Leprosy; Bacilloscopy. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702017000100071 |
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| Barbosa,Adriana Sierra Assencio Almeida; Oliveira,Larissa Ragozo Cardoso de; Tavares,Francilene Capel; Lima,Carlos Roberto Gonçalves de; Diório,Suzana Madeira; Calvi,Sueli Aparecida; Vilani-Moreno,Fátima Regina; Pereira,Paulo Câmara Marques. |
| AbstractBackground Jorge Lobo’s disease, also known as lacaziosis, is a cutaneous-subcutaneous mycosis with chronic evolution. It is caused by the fungus Lacazia loboi. Herein we report a study that relates the genotoxicity caused by L. loboi in isogenic mice with nutritional status, through a normal or restricted diet.Methods DNA damage was assessed in the peripheral blood by the comet assay (tail intensity).Results The results for leukocytes showed increases in the mean tail intensity in mice under dietary restriction, in infected mice under dietary restriction and in infected mice ingesting a normal diet.Conclusion These results indicate that dietary restriction and L. loboi infection may increase DNA damage levels in mice, as detected by the comet assay. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Jorge Lobo’ disease; Lacazia loboi; Malnutrition; Mice; Genotoxicity; Comet assay. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992015000100317 |
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