Fernando Martínez-Hernández, Nelly Raquel Gonzalez-Arenas, José Antonio Ocampo Cervantes, Guiehdani Villalobos, Angelica Olivo-Diaz, Emilio Rendon-Franco, Pablo Maravilla, Mirza Romero Valdovinos, Claudia Irais Muñoz-Garcia
{"title":"Identification of SARS-CoV-2 in urban rodents from Southern Mexico City at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Fernando Martínez-Hernández, Nelly Raquel Gonzalez-Arenas, José Antonio Ocampo Cervantes, Guiehdani Villalobos, Angelica Olivo-Diaz, Emilio Rendon-Franco, Pablo Maravilla, Mirza Romero Valdovinos, Claudia Irais Muñoz-Garcia","doi":"10.1590/S1678-9946202466008","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S1678-9946202466008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Currently, there are some concerns about the situation and, in particular, about the future of the COVID-19 pandemic and the new emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2. Rodents are an example of synanthropic animals in urban environments that harbor important zoonoses. Although the molecular identification of SARS-CoV-2 in Rattus norvegicus from New York City had been reported, in other studies, urban wild rodents infected with this virus have not been found. This study aimed to molecularly identify the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in urban wild rodents from Mexico City, trapped along a water channel of a public park as part of a pest control program, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during the fall and winter of 2020. Up to 33 Mus musculus and 52 R. norvegicus were captured and euthanized, large intestine samples with feces from the animals were obtained. RNAs were obtained and subjected to qRT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 identification and threshold cycle (Ct) values were obtained. Four mice (12.1%) and three rats (5.8%) were positive, three rodents exhibited Ct<30. Our results on the frequency of SARS-CoV-2 in urban rats are in line with other previous reports. Thus, similar to other authors, we suggest that surveillance for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in urban wild rodents, as sentinel animals, should be maintained.</p>","PeriodicalId":54466,"journal":{"name":"Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De Sao Paulo","volume":"66 ","pages":"e8"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10846537/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139704075","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 Claudia Marques Barbosa Diaz, Steven Sol Witkin, Cesar de Almeida Neto, Alfredo Mendrone Junior, Vanderson Rocha, Silvia Figueiredo Costa, Jessica Fernandes Ramos, Maria Cassia Mendes-Correa
{"title":"Prevalence and clinical consequences of Hepatitis C virus infection in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.","authors":"Ana Claudia Marques Barbosa Diaz, Steven Sol Witkin, Cesar de Almeida Neto, Alfredo Mendrone Junior, Vanderson Rocha, Silvia Figueiredo Costa, Jessica Fernandes Ramos, Maria Cassia Mendes-Correa","doi":"10.1590/S1678-9946202466011","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S1678-9946202466011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) recipients. In Brazil, its occurrence in HCT recipients remains undetermined. We now report on HCV prevalence in HCT recipients and its clinical consequences. The medical records of all HCT recipients seen at Hospital das Clinicas, Sao Paulo University Medical School, from January 2010 to January 2020 were reviewed to determine HCV serostatus. A retrospective analysis of medical charts was undertaken on all seropositive cases to determine HCV genotype, presence of liver fibrosis, co-infections with other viruses, previous treatments, and clinical evolution of liver pathology after HCT. Of the 1,293 HCT recipients included in the study, seven (0.54%) were HCV antibody-positive and five (0.39%) were also viremic for HCV-RNA. Four of these individuals had moderate to severe liver fibrosis (METAVIR F2/F3) and one was cirrhotic. Two of the viremic patients developed acute liver dysfunction following transplantation. All patients had their acute episode of liver dysfunction resolved with no further complications. Four of the viremic patients were treated for HCV infection with direct acting agents (DAA). Information regarding HCV treatment was lacking for one of the viremic HCV patients due to loss of follow up. Sustained anti-virologic responses were observed in three cases after the use of DAA. The detection of HCV in hematological adults undergoing HCT and its successful treatment with DAA highlight the necessity of testing for HCV both prior to and following transplantation.</p>","PeriodicalId":54466,"journal":{"name":"Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De Sao Paulo","volume":"66 ","pages":"e11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10846481/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139704079","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}
Noemia Barbosa Carvalho, Vera Lúcia Teixeira de Freitas, Fernanda Salles Seguro, Rita Cristina Bezerra, Giancarlo Fatobene, Érika Yoshie Shimoda Nakanishi, Helena Visnadi, Gracia Martinez, Marjorie Vieira Batista, Vanderson Rocha, Frederico Luis Dulley, Sílvia Figueiredo Costa, Maria Aparecida Shikanai-Yasuda
{"title":"Multiple myeloma and Chagas disease: qPCR as a marker for preemptive antiparasitic therapy: a case reports series and review.","authors":"Noemia Barbosa Carvalho, Vera Lúcia Teixeira de Freitas, Fernanda Salles Seguro, Rita Cristina Bezerra, Giancarlo Fatobene, Érika Yoshie Shimoda Nakanishi, Helena Visnadi, Gracia Martinez, Marjorie Vieira Batista, Vanderson Rocha, Frederico Luis Dulley, Sílvia Figueiredo Costa, Maria Aparecida Shikanai-Yasuda","doi":"10.1590/S1678-9946202466010","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S1678-9946202466010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Multiple myeloma (MM) associated with Chagas disease is rarely described. This disease and its therapy suppress T cell and macrophage functions and increase regulatory T cell function, allowing the increase of parasitemia and the risk of Chagas Disease Reactivation (CDR). We aimed to analyze the role of conventional (cPCR) and quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) for prospective monitoring of T. cruzi parasitemia, searching for markers of preemptive antiparasitic therapy in MM patients with Chagas disease. Moreover, we investigated the incidence and management of hematological diseases and CDR both inside and outside the transplant setting in the MEDLINE database. We found 293 studies and included 31 of them. Around 1.9-2.0% of patients with Chagas disease were reported in patients undergoing Stem Cell Transplantation. One case of CDR was described in eight cases of MM and Chagas disease. We monitored nine MM and Chagas disease patients, seven under Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation (ASCT), during 44.56±32.10 months (mean±SD) using parasitological methods, cPCR, and qPCR. From these patients, three had parasitemia. In the first, up to 256 par Eq/mL were detected, starting from 28 months after ASCT. The second patient dropped out and died soon after the detection of 161.0 par Eq/mL. The third patient had a positive blood culture. Benznidazole induced fast negativity in two cases; followed by notably lower levels in one of them. Increased T. cruzi parasitemia was related to the severity of the underlying disease. We recommend parasitemia monitoring by qPCR for early introduction of preemptive antiparasitic therapy to avoid CDR.</p>","PeriodicalId":54466,"journal":{"name":"Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De Sao Paulo","volume":"66 ","pages":"e10"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10846554/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139704078","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}
Gabriela da Silva Prates, Mariana Amelia Monteiro, Éricka Constantinov Oliveira, Najara Ataide de Lima Nascimento, Ana Paula Rocha Veiga, Mauricio Domingues Ferreira, Thales José Bueno Polis, Gabriela Prandi Caetano, Beatriz Rodrigues Pellegrina Soares, Marcello Mihailenko Chaves Magri, Luisa Oliveira Pereira, Luiz Augusto Marcondes Fonseca, Wagner Silva Alves, Alberto José da Silva Duarte, Jorge Simão do Rosário Casseb
{"title":"Incomplete recovery of the CD4+/CD8+ ratio is associated with the late introduction of antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV infection.","authors":"Gabriela da Silva Prates, Mariana Amelia Monteiro, Éricka Constantinov Oliveira, Najara Ataide de Lima Nascimento, Ana Paula Rocha Veiga, Mauricio Domingues Ferreira, Thales José Bueno Polis, Gabriela Prandi Caetano, Beatriz Rodrigues Pellegrina Soares, Marcello Mihailenko Chaves Magri, Luisa Oliveira Pereira, Luiz Augusto Marcondes Fonseca, Wagner Silva Alves, Alberto José da Silva Duarte, Jorge Simão do Rosário Casseb","doi":"10.1590/S1678-9946202466007","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S1678-9946202466007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite being subject to lower AIDS-related mortality rates and having a higher life expectancy, patients with HIV are more prone to develop non-AIDS events. A low CD4+/CD8+ ratio during antiretroviral therapy identifies people with heightened immune senescence and increased risk of mortality. In clinical practice, finding determinants of a low CD4+/CD8+ ratio may be useful for identifying patients who require close monitoring due to an increased risk of comorbidities and death. We performed a prospective study on the evolution of the CD4+/CD8+ ratio in 60 patients infected with HIV (80% males), who were subjected to two different antiretroviral regimens: early and deferred therapy. The initial CD4+/CD8+ ratio was ≤1 for 70% of the patients in both groups. Older age, CD4+ cell count at inclusion, Nadir CD8+T-cell count, and Initial CD4+/CD8+ ratio ≤ 1 were risk factors for lack of ratio recovery. In the multivariate analysis, a CD4+/CD8+ ratio > 1 at the start of the treatment was found to be a determinant factor in maintaining a CD4+/CD8+ ratio > 1. The nadir CD4+T-cell count was lower in the deferred therapy group (p=0.004), and the last CD4+/CD8+ ratio ≤1 was not associated with comorbidities. Ratio recovery was not associated with the duration of HIV infection, time without therapy, or absence of AIDS incidence. A greater improvement was observed in patients treated early (p=0.003). In contrast, the slope of increase was slower in patients who deferred treatment. In conclusion, the increase in the CD4+/CD8+ ratio occurred mostly for patients undergoing early strategy treatment and its extension did not seem to be related to previous HIV-related factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":54466,"journal":{"name":"Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De Sao Paulo","volume":"66 ","pages":"e7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10846540/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139704077","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":"Secondary oral syphilis presenting as a tumor-like lesion on the lower lip.","authors":"Norberto Sugaya, Dante Migliari","doi":"10.1590/S1678-9946202466006","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S1678-9946202466006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study presents a case of atypical manifestation of secondary syphilis. Diagnosis was initiated prompted by the patient's complaint of a lower lip lesion, present for three months, resembling a malignant neoplasm. The lesion, a 3 cm (diameter) ulcerated nodule, arising from conjunctive tissue, raised concern. However, further physical examination revealed additional clinical features, including cervical micropolyadenopathy and erythematous skin lesions, prompting a reevaluation of the diagnosis, most likely secondary syphilis. These findings led to a serological investigation, which, ultimately, confirmed the diagnosis of syphilis. The case underscores the importance of recognizing syphilis as a formidable imitator, posing challenges in establishing differential diagnoses of mucocutaneous diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":54466,"journal":{"name":"Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De Sao Paulo","volume":"66 ","pages":"e6"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10846475/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139704080","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}
Mariana Negri, Bárbara Martins Lima, Renata Dos Santos Batista Reis Woloszynek, Roberto Augusto Silva Molina, Carla Maria Ramos Germano, Débora Gusmão Melo, Leandro Cândido de Souza, Lucimar Retto da Silva de Avó
{"title":"Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance profile of pathogens isolated from patients with urine tract infections admitted to a university hospital in a medium-sized Brazilian city.","authors":"Mariana Negri, Bárbara Martins Lima, Renata Dos Santos Batista Reis Woloszynek, Roberto Augusto Silva Molina, Carla Maria Ramos Germano, Débora Gusmão Melo, Leandro Cândido de Souza, Lucimar Retto da Silva de Avó","doi":"10.1590/S1678-9946202466003","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S1678-9946202466003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to determine the antibiotic profile of microorganisms isolated from urine samples of patients with community urine tract infections (UTI) admitted to the University Hospital of the Federal University of Sao Carlos to support an appropriate local empirical treatment. A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2018 to October 2020. Data from 1,528 positive urine cultures for bacterial pathogens and antibiograms were tabulated. Bacterial species prevalence and their resistance profile were analyzed and compared by sex and age. For Gram-negative fermenting bacteria, resistance rates were compared between patients with previous hospitalization and the total of infections caused by this group. For comparisons, the Chi-square test was performed, using Fisher's exact test when necessary (BioEstat program, adopting p ≤ 0.05). A multivariate analysis was applied to assess the effect of the studied variables in predicting multidrug resistance. Infections were more prevalent in women and older adults. Gram-negative bacteria represented 90.44% of total cultures. In both sexes, E. coli prevalence was significantly higher in adults compared with older adults (p < 0.0001). For several antibiotics, resistance rates were higher in the older adults compared with other ages and in patients with Gram-negative fermenting infections and previous hospitalization compared with the total of infections by this group of bacteria. The closer to the hospitalization, the higher the number of antibiotics with superior resistance rates. Resistance rates for aminoglycosides, carbapenems, ceftazidime, nitrofurantoin, piperacillin+tazobactam, and fosfomycin were less than 20%, considered adequate for empirical treatment. Only hospitalization in the previous 90 days was statistically significant in predicting infections by multidrug-resistant bacteria.</p>","PeriodicalId":54466,"journal":{"name":"Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De Sao Paulo","volume":"66 ","pages":"e3"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10768654/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139418586","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}
Vítor Falcão de Oliveira, Alexandre Pereira Funari, Mariane Taborda, Adriana Satie Gonçalves Kono Magri, Anna Sara Levin, Marcello Mihailenko Chaves Magri
{"title":"Cutaneous Naganishia albida (Cryptococcus albidus) infection: a case report and literature review.","authors":"Vítor Falcão de Oliveira, Alexandre Pereira Funari, Mariane Taborda, Adriana Satie Gonçalves Kono Magri, Anna Sara Levin, Marcello Mihailenko Chaves Magri","doi":"10.1590/S1678-9946202365060","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S1678-9946202365060","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Naganishia albida (Cryptococcus albidus) is considered saprophytic fungi, and is rarely reported as a human pathogen. Cutaneous infections caused by non-neoformans cryptococcus are rare. We describe a case of an immunocompetent older male with cutaneous cryptococcosis caused by Naganishia albida following skin trauma, and conduct a literature review in PubMed, Lilacs, and Embase. Only six previous similar reports were found. The seven cases (including ours) were widely distributed geographically (Brazil, the US, the UK, Hungary, South Korea, and Iran), all males, and their ages varied, ranging from 14 to 86 years. Four individuals had underlying skin diseases (Sezary Syndrome, psoriasis, and skin rash without etiology) plus potentially immunosuppressive underlying conditions (diabetes mellitus, kidney transplantation, and the use of etanercept, adalimumab, and methylprednisolone). Cutaneous presentation was polymorphic, with lesions characterized as warts, ulcers, plaques, and even macules. Two patients presented disseminated disease. Serum cryptococcal antigen was negative in six patients, and diagnosis was made by fungal culture in all. There is a lack of data on optimal antifungal treatment and outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":54466,"journal":{"name":"Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De Sao Paulo","volume":"65 ","pages":"e60"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10703498/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138500174","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}
Larissa Sgaria Pacheco, Pedro Enrico Ventura, Roger Kist, Valter Duro Garcia, Gisele Meinerz, Cristiane Valle Tovo, Guido Pio Cracco Cantisani, Maria Lucia Zanotelli, Marcos Mucenic, Elizete Keitel
{"title":"Real-world effectiveness and safety of direct-acting antivirals for the treatment of hepatitis C virus in kidney and liver transplant recipients: experience of a large transplant center in Brazil.","authors":"Larissa Sgaria Pacheco, Pedro Enrico Ventura, Roger Kist, Valter Duro Garcia, Gisele Meinerz, Cristiane Valle Tovo, Guido Pio Cracco Cantisani, Maria Lucia Zanotelli, Marcos Mucenic, Elizete Keitel","doi":"10.1590/S1678-9946202365059","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S1678-9946202365059","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Direct-acting antivirals are the gold-standard treatment for chronic HCV infections, but few studies have investigated their use on kidney and liver transplant recipients. We conducted a real-world study to evaluate the rates of sustained virological response with direct-acting antivirals in kidney and liver transplant recipients. Moreover, it also aimed to evaluate direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) interference with immunosuppressant levels and to describe the frequency of adverse events. As part of this retrospective observational cohort, we included adult patients that had undergone a kidney transplant (KT) or liver transplant (LT) at our center, had a chronic HCV infection, and were treated with DAAs from June 2016 to December 2021. A total of 165 patients were included in the analysis, divided in 108 KT and 57 LT recipients. HCV genotype 1 was more frequent in KT (58.4%), and genotype 3 was more prevalent in LT (57.9%) patients. Sustained virological response was achieved in 89.6% of patients. Adverse effects were reported by 36% of patients. There were significant interactions with immunosuppressants requiring dose adjustments. A total of three episodes of rejection were reported in KT recipients. In conclusion, DAA treatment resulted in high rates of SVR and was well tolerated in both kidney and liver transplant patients. Adverse events were frequent but not severe in most patients, with low treatment drop-out rates. Interactions with immunosuppressants need monitoring since dose adjustments may be required. Reporting real-life experiences is important to help build evidence for patient management in non-controlled environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":54466,"journal":{"name":"Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De Sao Paulo","volume":"65 ","pages":"e59"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10703500/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138500178","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}
Jannete Gamboa-Prieto, Anabel Cruz-Romero, José A Jiménez-Hernández, José Rodrigo Ramos-Vázquez, Gerardo G Ballados-González, Dora Romero-Salas, Violeta T Pardío-Sedas, Sandra C Esparza-Gonzalez, Ingeborg Becker, Sokani Sánchez-Montes
{"title":"Detection of Bartonella bovis DNA in blood samples from a veterinarian in Mexico.","authors":"Jannete Gamboa-Prieto, Anabel Cruz-Romero, José A Jiménez-Hernández, José Rodrigo Ramos-Vázquez, Gerardo G Ballados-González, Dora Romero-Salas, Violeta T Pardío-Sedas, Sandra C Esparza-Gonzalez, Ingeborg Becker, Sokani Sánchez-Montes","doi":"10.1590/S1678-9946202365062","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S1678-9946202365062","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The genus Bartonella encompasses 38 validated species of Gram-negative, facultative intracellular bacteria that colonize the endothelial cells and erythrocytes of a wide spectrum of mammals. To date, 12 Bartonella species have been recorded infecting humans, causing diseases of long historical characterization, such as cat scratch fever and trench fever, and emerging bartonellosis that mainly affect animal health professionals. For this reason, this study aimed to report a documented case of Bartonella bovis infecting a veterinarian from Mexico by the amplification, sequencing and phylogenetic reconstruction of the citrate synthase (gltA) and the RNA polymerase beta-subunit (rpoB) genes, and to report the natural course of this infection. To our knowledge, this work is the first to report the transmission of B. bovis via needlestick transmission to animal health workers in Latin America.</p>","PeriodicalId":54466,"journal":{"name":"Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De Sao Paulo","volume":"65 ","pages":"e62"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10703501/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138500175","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}
César Augusto Tomaz de Souza, Jussemara Souza da Silva, Ademir Silva Correia, Denise Silva Rodrigues
{"title":"Multidrug-resistant tuberculous orchiepididymitis: a brief case report.","authors":"César Augusto Tomaz de Souza, Jussemara Souza da Silva, Ademir Silva Correia, Denise Silva Rodrigues","doi":"10.1590/S1678-9946202365061","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S1678-9946202365061","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death by infectious diseases worldwide. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is a growing problem, especially in countries with high TB prevalence. Although the lungs are the organs most frequently affected by this disease, Mycobacterium tuberculosis can harm any organ, including the urogenital tract, causing extrapulmonary tuberculosis, which leads to a challenging diagnosis and consequent treatment delays. In this article, we present a case of orchiepididymitis caused by multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) with a significantly delayed diagnosis, the proposed treatment according to the resistance profile, and the clinical outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":54466,"journal":{"name":"Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De Sao Paulo","volume":"65 ","pages":"e61"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10703499/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138500177","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}