{"title":"Coronavirus in a patient with hepatitis C: case report","authors":"Lucas R. Mostardeiro, E. Antoniolli, J. W. Xavier","doi":"10.5935/1676-2444.20200059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5935/1676-2444.20200059","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In February 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) named the infection with the new coronavirus, which appeared in December 2019 in China, as Covid-19, and defined it as a worldwide pandemic There is not much evidence about the relationship between liver disease and Covid-19 Laboratory tests have played a fundamental role in confirming Covid-19, what is usually done by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) sample The present study reports the laboratory aspects of a patient with type C hepatitis diagnosed with Covid-19 with an unfavorable evolution, devoting special attention to laboratory tests that were almost normal RESUMEN En febrero de 2020, la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) nombró a la infección por el nuevo coronavirus, que surgió en diciembre de 2019 en China, Covid-19, declarándola como pandemia mundial No hay mucha evidencia sobre la relación entre enfermedades hepáticas y la Covid-19 Las pruebas de laboratorio han ocupado un lugar fundamental para confirmar la infección, lo que generalmente se hace por la muestra de reacción en cadena de la polimerasa (PCR) El presente estudio reporta los aspectos de laboratorio de un paciente con hepatitis C y diagnóstico de Covid-19 con evolución desfavorable, llamando la atención sobre pruebas de laboratorio con resultados casi normales RESUMO Em fevereiro de 2020, a Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) chamou a infecção pelo novo coronavírus, que surgiu em dezembro de 2019 na China, de COVID-19, definindo-a como pandemia mundial Não há muitas evidências sobre a relação das doenças hepáticas e a COVID-19 Os exames laboratoriais vêm exercendo um papel fundamental na confirmação da infecção, que é feita geralmente pela amostra de reação em cadeia da polimerase (PCR) O presente estudo relata os aspectos laboratoriais de um paciente portador de hepatite do tipo C e diagnóstico de COVID-19 com evolução desfavorável, dando atenção especial para exames laboratoriais que estavam pouco alterados","PeriodicalId":35397,"journal":{"name":"Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71117211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joanilson C. M. Santos Júnior, C. Fratelli, Alan Cristian F. Nóbrega, Suzana Cristina Rodrigues, L. Duarte, C. Silva, Jonathan D. Lima, L. Ferreira, D. Freire, V. F. Cipriano, Izabel Cristina R. Silva, Hélia Carla de Souza
{"title":"Association of the CHGA gene polymorphism in patients with hemorrhagic stroke\u0000 and/or aneurysm","authors":"Joanilson C. M. Santos Júnior, C. Fratelli, Alan Cristian F. Nóbrega, Suzana Cristina Rodrigues, L. Duarte, C. Silva, Jonathan D. Lima, L. Ferreira, D. Freire, V. F. Cipriano, Izabel Cristina R. Silva, Hélia Carla de Souza","doi":"10.5935/1676-2444.20200012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5935/1676-2444.20200012","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Cerebrovascular diseases have been associated with several genes. Chromogranin A ( CHGA ) has been used as maker in cardiovascular disease. Therefore, evaluating the polymorphism and verifying its association with this pathology is very important to better understand this disease. Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the association between coding region polymorphism in -264 position of the CHGA gene ( Glu264Asp ) and hemorrhagic stroke (HS)/aneurysm in the Federal District, Brazil. Methods: This is a population-based case-control, involving 45 cases with HS and/or aneurysm. Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method is used for genotyping these samples. A significance level of 5% was adopted. Results: The absence of the CC genotype the Glu264Asp CHGA polymorphism in the study participants and the significant presence of the GC heterozygote genotype were observed in this study. However, the distribution of genotypes did not differ statistically in the groups. Conclusion: The Glu264Asp CHGA polymorphism does not seem to contribute to the genesis of the CHGA protein expression in this patients group, but to understand whether or not there is a possible association of the pathology in question and whether the mutation will contribute in the gene therapy and thus to improve patients’ quality of life.","PeriodicalId":35397,"journal":{"name":"Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71116071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}