Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - RSBMT

10/09/2024

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A 25-year-old female from Rio de Janeiro presented with thick, gray, crusty keratotic scales on the skin throughout the body and mild itching at night (Figures 1 and 2). This immunocompromised, malnourished patient had manifested the disease for 1 month. Family members denied having similar signs an...

10/09/2024

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ABSTRACT Acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare life-threatening disorder...

10/09/2024

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ABSTRACT Background: Global dengue cases are rising, notably in Brazil. Methods: By using...

10/09/2024

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ABSTRACT Background: Vectorial transmission through hematophagous triatomine insects remains the...

10/09/2024

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ABSTRACT Background: Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. It is a...

10/09/2024

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ABSTRACT Background: Triatomines are biological vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological...

12/02/2024

UNUSUAL CAUSE OF RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT PAIN: HEPATIC AMOEBIC ABSCESS
Gündoğdu, Elif

A 66-year-old female, with no significant history, presented with a two-week history of right upper quadrant pain and chills. Her temperature was 36.8°C, and other vital signs were within normal limits. Physical examination revealed tenderness to palpation in the right upper quadrant. Laboratory te...

12/02/2024

EMPHYSEMATOUS ABDOMINAL AORTITIS
Gündoğdu, Elif; Kırmızıgül, Hilal; Demir, Serhat

A 71-year-old male patient presented to the emergency department with complaints of lower left quadrant and back pain, chills, shivering, and nausea persisting for the past two days. The patient's medical history included diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, and vascular intervention for aort...

12/02/2024

A RARE COMPLICATION OF BRUCELLOSIS: SUPERINFECTION OF A MATURE OVARIAN CYSTIC TERATOMA
Karaşahin, Ömer; Ilgen, Orkun; Karaşahin, Emine Füsun

A 43-year-old woman rural dweller working in animal husbandry presented with high fever, chills, nausea, and vomiting. She was diagnosed with brucellosis based on the Brucella standard tube agglutination test and blood culture results. Due to persistent vomiting, she was treated with intravenous tig...

12/02/2024

DIFFUSE ALVEOLAR HEMORRHAGE AS A PRESENTATION OF SEVERE ANICTERIC LEPTOSPIROSIS
Torres, Andrés Eduardo Prieto; Bolívar-Lozano, Sergio Andrés; Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A.

An 18-year-old Colombian male soldier was referred to our institution for a febrile illness that had progressively worsened over 8 days. His symptoms included fever, general malaise, cough, and hemoptysis, which progressed to respiratory distress, necessitating orotracheal intubation. Chest radiogra...

12/02/2024

GRANULOMATOUS PROSTATITIS ASSOCIATED WITH INTRAVESICAL BACILLUS CALMETTE GUERIN THERAPY
Gündoğdu, Elif
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0561-2023

12/02/2024

LUMBAR TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLODISCITIS WITH ABSCESS FORMATION
Alay, Handan; Çankaya, Bahar Yılmaz; Özden, Kemalettin
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0502-2023

12/02/2024

CRYPTOCOCCOSIS WITH AN ENDOBRONCHIAL TUMOR-LIKE GROWTH IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT
Costa, Felipe Marques da; Moreira, Bruno Lima; Cerezoli, Milena Tenório; Shiang, Christina; Haddad, Fábio José

A 60-year-old woman nonsmoker presented with a 3-month history of progressive dyspnea, cough, sputum production, and weight loss. She worked as a librarian in an old building and reported no prior medical history of note. Physical examination revealed a right-sided expiratory wheeze and an oxygen sa...

12/02/2024

A RARE MALIGNANCY MIMICKER: ECHINOCOCCUS ALVEOLARIS
Gündoğdu, Elif; Aydın, Nevin
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0523-2023

12/02/2024

INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS INFECTION IN AN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT
Gündoğdu, Elif; Aydın, Nevin

A 40-year-old male patient was referred to our radiology department complaining of chest pain, fever, and sputum. His medical history included acute lymphoblastic leukemia, bone marrow transplantation, and graft-versus-host disease. Laboratory studies showed a total leukocyte count of 14.2×103 uL (...

12/02/2024

NEURAL LEPROSY INVESTIGATION USING ELECTRONEUROMYOGRAPHY AND THE ML FLOW RAPID TEST: A CASE REPORT
Oliveira Neto, Roque Rafael de; Dorilêo, Gabriela Belmonte; Mendonça, Ana Carolina da Silva Ferreira; Damazo, Amílcar Sabino

ABSTRACT Neural leprosy, which is characterized by nerve involvement without visible skin...

12/02/2024

CASE REPORT: FIRST CASE OF FUNGEMIA CAUSED BY PAPILIOTREMA LAURENTII IN A PATIENT WITH SARS-COV-2 INFECTION
Cognialli, Regielly Caroline Raimundo; Fratucci, Gabriella Felber; Carneiro, Bruno Hassunuma; Antonio, Karyna Leal; Voidaleski, Morgana Ferreira; Favarello, Larissa Molina; Vicente, Vania Aparecida; Queiroz-Telles, Flávio

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12/02/2024

HIGH PREVALENCE OF SYPHILIS AMONG RECYCLABLE WASTE COLLECTORS IN CENTRAL BRAZIL
Cardoso, Wesley Marcio; Motta-Castro, Ana Rita Coimbra; Weis-Torres, Sabrina Moreira dos Santos; Bandeira, Larissa Melo; Higa Júnior, Minoru German; Puga, Marco Antonio Moreira; Barbieri, Ana Rita; Fitts, Sonia Maria Fernandes

ABSTRACT Background: Syphilis is associated with social and behavioral factors. Methods: This...