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| Luiz,Roberta dos Santos Silva; Suffys,Phillip; Barroso,Elizabeth Clara; Kerr,Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo; Duarte,Cynthia Romariz; Freitas,Max Victor Carioca; Mota,Rosa Maria Salani; Frota,Cristiane Cunha. |
| OBJECTIVES: This study has used a combination of clinical information, spoligotyping, and georeferencing system to elucidate the genetic diversity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates circulating in a TB-prevalent municipality of Northeast Brazil. METHODS: A total of 115 M. tuberculosis strains were isolated from pulmonary tuberculosis patients from January 2007 to March 2008 in Fortaleza. Drug susceptibility and spoligotyping assays were performed and place of residence of the patients were georeferenced. RESULTS: Of the M. tuberculosis strains studied, 51 (44.3%) isolates were resistant to at least one drug (R-TB) and 64 (55.7%) were sensitive to all the drugs tested (S-TB). A high frequency of resistance was found in previously treated cases (84%)... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Tuberculosis; Drug-resistant tuberculosis; Georeferencing; Spoligotyping. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702013000300006 |
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| Carvalho,Bráulio Matias de; Monteiro,André Jalles; Pires Neto,Roberto da Justa; Grangeiro,Thalles Barbosa; Frota,Cristiane Cunha. |
| Infection with both Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis is currently the world's leading cause of death due to infectious agents. We evaluated factors related to the development of tuberculosis (TB) in HIV-infected patients who were being treated at an infectious diseases hospital in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. From January 2004 to December 2005, we made an epidemiological study through the analysis of the medical records of 171 patients, who were diagnosed as having both HIV and tuberculosis. Among these co-infected patients, most (81%, p=0.0006) were male. Co-infection was more frequent (87.8%) among patients over 40 years of age and those with lower educational levels (less than eight years of schooling). Forty-one percent of... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HIV; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; HIV/TB co-infection; Risk factors; AIDS. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000400005 |
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| Mota,Aquiles Paulino Peres; Dantas,João Carlos Pinheiro; Frota,Cristiane Cunha. |
| ABSTRACT: The rise in cases of antibiotic-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis has become a major obstacle to the effective control of tuberculosis (TB) worldwide. Essential oils (EO) are complex mixtures that may contain between 20 and 60 components, with two or three major compounds at relatively high concentrations (20-70%) that are responsible for their pharmacological properties. The objective of this study was to assess the antimicrobial activity of the EOs, bushy lippia (Lippia alba), rosemary pepper (Lippia sidoides), lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus), Mexican mint or Indian borage (Plectranthus amboinicus), and true cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum), against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. Chemical characterization of the EOs was performed by gas... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Anti-bacterial agent; Essential oils; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Lippia alba; Lippia sidoides; Cymbopogon citrates; Plectranthus amboinicus; Cinnamomum zeylanicum.. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782018000600453 |
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