{"title":"Atypical manifestation of leprosy in a pediatric patient.","authors":"Gabriel Castro Tavares","doi":"10.1590/0037-8682-0278-2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0278-2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21199,"journal":{"name":"Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical","volume":"58 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11774528/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143067552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Priscilla Filippo Alvim de Minas Santos, Felipe Tavares Rodrigues, Leticia Hastenreiter
{"title":"Diagnosis of larval migration using imaging tests.","authors":"Priscilla Filippo Alvim de Minas Santos, Felipe Tavares Rodrigues, Leticia Hastenreiter","doi":"10.1590/0037-8682-0326-2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0326-2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21199,"journal":{"name":"Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical","volume":"58 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11774524/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143067558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The big and small ball sign: Ultraviolet-Induced Fluorescence Dermoscopy for the diagnosis of scabies.","authors":"Kaique Arriel, Thaís Barros Felippe Jabour, Rafael Rubinho, Thais Kohatsu Yanase, Fernanda Rytenband","doi":"10.1590/0037-8682-0238-2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0238-2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21199,"journal":{"name":"Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical","volume":"58 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11774532/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143067655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bruno Hassunuma Carneiro, Giovanni Luis Breda, Regielly Caroline Raimundo Cognialli, Germana Davila Dos Santos, Vania Aparecida Vicente, Eduardo Gnoatto Perondi, João Cesar Beenke França, Flávio Queiroz-Telles
{"title":"Donor-derived Cryptococcus gattii complex infection after liver transplantation.","authors":"Bruno Hassunuma Carneiro, Giovanni Luis Breda, Regielly Caroline Raimundo Cognialli, Germana Davila Dos Santos, Vania Aparecida Vicente, Eduardo Gnoatto Perondi, João Cesar Beenke França, Flávio Queiroz-Telles","doi":"10.1590/0037-8682-0297-2024","DOIUrl":"10.1590/0037-8682-0297-2024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cryptococcal disease is the third most common invasive fungal infection in solid organ transplant recipients and is associated with high-morbidity and -mortality rates. Donor-derived Cryptococcus spp. infection typically manifests within the first month post-procedure and has historically been caused by C. neoformans complex, predominantly in kidney recipients, but also after liver transplantation. We report the first documented case of donor-derived, early-onset C. gattii complex meningoencephalitis following liver transplantation in a 54-year-old woman, successfully treated with amphotericin B and fluconazole, and review the relevant literature.</p>","PeriodicalId":21199,"journal":{"name":"Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical","volume":"58 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11774526/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143067567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cryptococcus neoformans in the sputum: a noninvasive diagnostic method.","authors":"Simone Rachid de Souza, Diogo Goulart Corrêa","doi":"10.1590/0037-8682-0250-2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0250-2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21199,"journal":{"name":"Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical","volume":"58 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11774531/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143067555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marina Dos Santos Barreto, Ronaldy Santana Santos, Lucas Alves da Mota Santana, Rajiv Gandhi Gopalsamy, Govindasamy Hariharan, Bernardo Ferreira Brasileiro, Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel, Dalmo Correia, Cleverson Luciano Trento, Lysandro Pinto Borges
{"title":"Environmental Crisis and the Emergence of the Oropouche: A Potential Public Health Problem.","authors":"Marina Dos Santos Barreto, Ronaldy Santana Santos, Lucas Alves da Mota Santana, Rajiv Gandhi Gopalsamy, Govindasamy Hariharan, Bernardo Ferreira Brasileiro, Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel, Dalmo Correia, Cleverson Luciano Trento, Lysandro Pinto Borges","doi":"10.1590/0037-8682-0295-2024","DOIUrl":"10.1590/0037-8682-0295-2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21199,"journal":{"name":"Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical","volume":"57 ","pages":"e011032024"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11654467/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142855128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ana Paula Freitas Bahia Dos Santos, Ana Carolina de Oliveira Mota, Gabriel Ramalho de Jesus, Matheus Dias Girão Rocha, Daniela de Freitas Pereira Calheiros Ângelo Durço, Luis Guilherme Rosifini Alves Rezende, Anna Christina Tojal da Silva, Fernando Crivelenti Vilar, Valdes Roberto Bollela, Roberto Martinez
{"title":"Disseminated sporotrichosis with osteoarticular involvement in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a case report.","authors":"Ana Paula Freitas Bahia Dos Santos, Ana Carolina de Oliveira Mota, Gabriel Ramalho de Jesus, Matheus Dias Girão Rocha, Daniela de Freitas Pereira Calheiros Ângelo Durço, Luis Guilherme Rosifini Alves Rezende, Anna Christina Tojal da Silva, Fernando Crivelenti Vilar, Valdes Roberto Bollela, Roberto Martinez","doi":"10.1590/0037-8682-0120-2024","DOIUrl":"10.1590/0037-8682-0120-2024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sporotrichosis is caused by fungi belonging to the genus Sporothrix, and is generally acquired by traumatic inoculation. A 26-year-old man developed pustular lesions and a 6-kg weight loss after developing a lesion on his right hand 6 months previously. He was diagnosed with acquired human immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and disseminated sporotrichosis cultures of bone and muscle biopsy and blood samples grew Sporothrix schenckii. The patient underwent reconstructive surgery and 9 months of treatment with amphotericin B and itraconazole, and showed complete wound healing and improved hand functionality. Suspicion of the disease is necessary in immunosuppressed patients living in endemic areas.</p>","PeriodicalId":21199,"journal":{"name":"Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical","volume":"57 ","pages":"e008092024"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11654464/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142854778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mirian Francisca Martins, Sinara Cristina de Moraes, Sirlei Franck Thies, Veruska Nogueira de Brito, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves, Cleber Galvão
{"title":"Panstrongylus guentheri Berg, 1879 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae): first record in Mato Grosso, Brazil.","authors":"Mirian Francisca Martins, Sinara Cristina de Moraes, Sirlei Franck Thies, Veruska Nogueira de Brito, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves, Cleber Galvão","doi":"10.1590/0037-8682-0230-2024","DOIUrl":"10.1590/0037-8682-0230-2024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This paper reports the occurrence of Panstrongylus guentheri Berg, 1879 in the State of Mato Grosso (MT).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Triatomines were captured in rural environments in municipalities of MT. Specimens were identified, and Trypanosoma cruzi infection was investigated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nineteen specimens of Panstrongylus guentheri were found, primarily inside houses. The geographical distribution of this species was recorded in nine municipalities of Mato Grosso, and parasitological tests did not detect T. cruzi on P. guentheri.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The distribution of this species in Brazil has been recently updated.</p>","PeriodicalId":21199,"journal":{"name":"Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical","volume":"57 ","pages":"e007172024"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11654469/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142855133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Brain death due to intracranial hemorrhage in a child following suspected Bothrops snakebite.","authors":"Heloisa Dellandrea, Camilo Molino Guidoni, Arnildo Linck Junior, Edmarlon Girotto","doi":"10.1590/0037-8682-0264-2024","DOIUrl":"10.1590/0037-8682-0264-2024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Snakebites from the genus Bothrops are common and are responsible for the highest mortality rate in Brazil. Factors related to the species, treatment, and patient influence the clinical manifestations and prognosis of the condition. Young patients without comorbidities have better prognoses and rarely develop severe systemic complications. This report discusses a case of brain death of an 11-year-old boy due to intracranial hypertension following possible Bothrops snakebite. Despite receiving antivenom therapy, the patient experienced seizures, mental confusion, and decreased consciousness. Autopsy, epidemiology, clinical presentation, and laboratory results indicated a snakebite with unconventional symptoms as the cause of death.</p>","PeriodicalId":21199,"journal":{"name":"Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical","volume":"57 ","pages":"e008102024"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11654471/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142854736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chikungunya chronic arthralgia: impact on general and mental health and absenteeism from work.","authors":"Lorena Gomes Santos, Leile Camila Jacob-Nascimento, Rosângela Oliveira Anjos, Moyra Machado Portilho, Viviane Machicado Cavalcante, Adriane Souza Paz, Mittermayer Barreto Santiago, Cristiane Wanderley Cardoso, Mitermayer Galvão Reis, Guilherme Sousa Ribeiro","doi":"10.1590/0037-8682-0149-2024","DOIUrl":"10.1590/0037-8682-0149-2024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study investigated the self-rated general health, mental health, and work absenteeism among patients with laboratory-confirmed chikungunya.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Telephone interviews were conducted with 63 patients ≥22 months after infection.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients who reported (N=42) or did not report (N=21) chronic arthralgia, defined by duration ≥90 days, had different frequencies for low scores for general health (68.3% vs. 30.0%, respectively; prevalence ratio, 95% confidence interval: 2.3, 1.1-4.6), symptoms of depression (31.7% vs. 15.0%; 2.1, 0.7-6.6), symptoms of anxiety (43.9% vs. 35.0%; 1.3, 0.6-2.5), and work absenteeism (76.5% and 40.0%; 1.9, 0.9-4.2).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Chikungunya chronic arthralgia impacts long-term health and work.</p>","PeriodicalId":21199,"journal":{"name":"Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical","volume":"57 ","pages":"e007162024"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11654465/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142854739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}