Comparative analysis of diagnostic methods for the detection of Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis.

Autor: Katia Cristina Dantas, Roseli Santos de Freitas-Xavier, Suzete Cleusa Ferreira Spina Lombardi, Alfredo Mendroni Júnior, Marcos Vinicius da Silva, Paulo Ricardo Criado, Vera Lúcia Teixeira de Freitas, Terezinha Morato Bastos de Almeida

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 17, Iss 3, p e0011140 (2023)

BackgroundCryptococcosis is a devastating opportunistic infection in immunocompromised individuals, primarily in people living with HIV/AIDS. This study evaluated a protocol for the early diagnosis of meningitis due to C. neoformans, utilizing establ

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Real-time PCR in HIV/Trypanosoma cruzi coinfection with and without Chagas disease reactivation: association with HIV viral load and CD4 level.

Autor: Vera Lúcia Teixeira de Freitas, Sheila Cristina Vicente da Silva, Ana Marli Sartori, Rita Cristina Bezerra, Elizabeth Visone Nunes Westphalen, Tatiane Decaris Molina, Antonio R L Teixeira, Karim Yaqub Ibrahim, Maria Aparecida Shikanai-Yasuda

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 5, Iss 8, p e1277 (2011)

BACKGROUND: Reactivation of chronic Chagas disease, which occurs in approximately 20% of patients coinfected with HIV/Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), is commonly characterized by severe meningoencephalitis and myocarditis. The use of quantitative molec

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Seasonality of sporotrichosis in Brazil: A modelled analysis of the epidemic in São Paulo, 2011–2020

Autor: Vera Lúcia Teixeira de Freitas, Francisco Marcelo Monteiro Rocha, Emanoella Nogueira Ribeiro, José Angelo Laulleta Lindoso, Amanda Azevedo Bittencourt, Dhara Nicole Araujo Greco Pivetta, Gil Benard, Roseli Santos de Freitas‐Xavier

Publikováno v: Mycoses.

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https://doi.org/10.1111/myc.13594

Prevalence of Candida spp. in the oral cavity of patients admitted to the dermatology ward service of a level 3 hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Autor: Ana Maria Hoyos Cadavid, Viviane Mazo Favero Gimenes, Marcello Menta Simonsen Nico, Vera Lúcia Teixeira de Freitas, Sonia Cristina Cavalcante, Silvia Vanessa Lourenço

Candida spp. are responsible for most opportunistic fungal infections. The rapid and accurate identification of this type of yeast in hospitalized patients is critical for their effective treatment and prevention of complications arising from resista

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https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1919043/v1

Suspected vertical transmission of Chagas disease caused by DTU TcIV in an infection probably transmitted orally, during anoutbreak in the Brazilian Amazon

Autor: Marta Heloísa Lopes, Renato do Carmo Said, Mariana Ramos Piotto, Francisco Oscar de Siqueira França, Vera Lúcia Teixeira de Freitas, Noemia Barbosa Carvalho, João Guilherme Pontes Lima Assy, Erika Shimoda Nakanishi, Aluísio Augusto Cotrim Segurado, Olívia Campos Pinheiro Berreta, Helena Rangel Esper

Publikováno v: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo; Vol. 63 (2021); e48
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo; v. 63 (2021); e48
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 63 (2021)

This study describes difficulties in the monitoring of a child born during an oral outbreak of Chagas disease, in which there are several indications that the transmission occurred through the congenital route: 1. the mother was in the third trimeste

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https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946202163048