Volume 45 March/April 2012

Review Article

• Insights into the clinical and functional significance of cardiac autonomic dysfunction in Chagas disease

  Luiz Fernando Junqueira Junior

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Major Article

• Trauma and envenoming caused by stingrays and other fish in a fishing community in Pontal do Paranapanema, state of São Paulo, Brazil: epidemiology, clinical aspects, and therapeutic and preventive measures

  Vidal Haddad JuniorI; Edson Luiz Fávero JuniorI; Felipe Augusto Horácio RibeiroI; Bruno da Costa AncheschiI; Gabriel Isaac Pereira de CastroI; Rafael Costa MartinsI; Guilherme Borghini PazueloI; Jun Ricardo FujiiI; Rodolfo Brum VieiraI; Domingos Garrone NetoII

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• Carbohydrate-rich high-molecular-mass antigens are strongly recognized during experimental Histoplasma capsulatum infection

  Fabrine Sales MassaferaTristãoI; Paula César LeonelloI; Luciene Airy NagashimaI; Ayako SanoII; Mário Augusto OnoI; Eiko Nakagawa ItanoI

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• Candida spp. isolated from inpatients, the environment, and health practitioners in the pediatric unit at the Universitary Hospital of the Jundiaí Medical College, state of São Paulo, Brazil

  Lucas Ruiz StortiI; Giuliano PasqualeI; Rogério ScomparimI; Ana Lúcia GalastriII; Flávio AlterthumII,III; Walderez GambaleII,III; Claudete Rodrigues PaulaIII

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• Effects of an exercise program on the functional capacity of patients with chronic Chagas’ heart disease, evaluated by cardiopulmonary testing

  Paloma Hargreaves FialhoI; Bernardo Rangel TuraI; Andréa Silvestre de SousaI,II; Claudia Rosa de OliveiraI; Carla Cristiane Santos SoaresI; Juliana Rega de OliveiraI; Marcus Vinícius SouzaI; Marina Pereira CoelhoI; Fernando César de Castro e SouzaI; Ademir Batista da CunhaI; Daniel Arkader KopilerI

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• Echocardiographic parameters associated with pulmonary congestion in outpatients with Chagas’ cardiomyopathy and non-chagasic cardiomyopathy

  Marselha Marques BarralI; Maria do Carmo Pereira NunesI,II,III; Marcia Melo BarbosaIII; Cid Sérgio FerreiraII; Wilson Campos Tavares JúniorII; Manoel Otávio da Costa RochaI,II

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• Biological behavior of Trypanosoma cruzi stocks obtained from the state of Amazonas, Western Brazilian Amazon, in mice

  Wuelton Marcelo MonteiroI,II; Laylah Kelre Costa MagalhãesI; Josué Costa OliveiraI; Jorge Augusto de Oliveira GuerraI; Henrique SilveiraI,III; Luiz Carlos de Lima FerreiraI,II; Max Jean de Ornelas ToledoIV; Maria das Graças Vale BarbosaI

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• Assessment of integration of the leprosy program into primary health care in Aracaju, state of Sergipe, Brazil

  Marcos Túlio RaposoI; Maria Ines Battistella NemesII

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• Leprosy in Buriticupu, state of Maranhão: active search in the general population

  Antonio Rafael da SilvaI,II; Ana Raquel Ribeiro dos SantosI; Gisele Maria Campelo dos SantosI; Vitor Emmanuel Bouças SilvaIII; Eloisa da Graça do Rosário GonçalvesI,II

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• Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in chagasic and nonchagasic patients from the same geographical region of Brazil

  Fernanda Machado FonsecaI; Dulciene Maria de Magalhães QueirozII; Andreia Maria Camargos RochaII; Aluízio Prata†; Eduardo CremaIII; Virmondes Rodrigues JuniorI; Luiz Eduardo RamirezI; Adriana Gonçalves de OliveiraI

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• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: risk factors and clinical outcome in non-intensive-care units

  Karinne Spirandelli Carvalho Naves; Natália Vaz da Trindade; Paulo Pinto Gontijo Filho

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• Successful prevention of the transmission of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a Brazilian public teaching hospital

  Flávia Alves Ferreira RossiniI; Renata FagnaniII; Mirtes Loeschner LeichsenringII; Sônia Regina Perez Evangelista DantasII; Luís Gustavo de Oliveira CardosoII; Carlos Emílio LevyI; Maria Luiza MorettiI; Plínio TrabassoI

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• Circulation of the rabies virus in non-hematophagous bats in the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during 2001-2010

  Claudius Couto CabralI; Ana Carolina Nunes de MoraisI; Alba Valéria de Almeida Barcelos DiasI; Marcela Garcia AraújoI; Wildeberg Cal MoreiraII; Gláucio Luis Mata MattosIII

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• Variation in Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) (Diptera, Culicidae) infestation in artificial containers in Caxias, state of Maranhão, Brazil

  Joelma Soares-da-SilvaI,II,III; Sebastiana Silva IbiapinaII; Juliana Maria Trindade BezerraII,IV; Wanderli Pedro TadeiIII; Valéria Cristina Soares PinheiroII,V

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• Seroepidemiological monitoring in sentinel animals and vectors as part of arbovirus surveillance in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

  Paulo Mira BatistaI,II; Renato AndreottiI,III; Jannifer Oliveira ChiangIV; Milene Silveira FerreiraIV; Pedro Fernando da Costa VasconcelosIV

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• Interpretation of the presence of IgM and IgG antibodies in a rapid test for dengue: analysis of dengue antibody prevalence in Fortaleza City in the 20th year of the epidemic

  José Rubens Costa LimaI,II; Maria Zélia RouquayrolI; Maria Roseli Monteiro CalladoII; Maria Izabel Florindo GuedesIII; Claudia PessoaIV

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• High prevalence of HTLV-1 and 2 viruses in pregnant women in São Luis, state of Maranhão, Brazil

  Verônica Guimarães de SouzaI; Marina Lobato MartinsII; Anna Bárbara de Freitas Carneiro-ProiettiII; José Nélio JanuárioIII; Roberto Vagner Puglia LadeiraIII; Camila Moreira Serra SilvaI; Claudyene PiresI; Samea Cristina GomesI; Christiane de Souza MartinsI; Elba Gomide MochelI

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• Detection of Dientamoeba fragilis in patients with HIV/AIDS by using a simplified iron hematoxylin technique

  Juliana Alves GarciaI; Sergio CimermanII

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• Evaluation of inadequate anti-retroviral treatment in patients with HIV/AIDS

  Leonardo Carvalho da FonsecaI; Francislene Juliana MartinsII; Rita de Cássia Padula Alves VieiraI; Rouzeli Maria Coelho PereiraIII; Aline Siqueira FerreiraIV; Nádia Rezende Barbosa RaposoI,II

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• Slow clinical improvement after treatment initiation in Leishmania/HIV coinfected patients

  Guenael Freire de SouzaI; Fernando BiscioneI; Dirceu Bartolomeu GrecoI; Ana RabelloII

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Short Communication

• Antibody levels in children after 10 years of vaccination against hepatitis B: a brazilian community-based study

  Glauco Danielle FagundesI; Fábio de Oliveira TabalipaII; Jane da SilvaII,III

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• Comparison among three polymerase chain reaction assays on detection of DNA from Leishmania in biological samples from patients with american cutaneous leishmaniasis

  João Guilherme Lino da SilvaI; Thiago Miranda da SilvaII; Eduardo de Figueiredo PelosoII; George Luiz Lins Machado-CoelhoIII; Wilson MayrinkIV; Marília Caixeta Franco AriosaI; Paulo Márcio de Faria e SilvaI; Marcos José MarquesI

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• Cat infected by a variant of bat rabies virus in a 29-year disease-free urban area of southern Brazil

  Vivien Midori MorikawaI,II; Juliano RibeiroII; Alexander Welker BiondoI; Anaclete FelliniIII; Daniele BierI; Marcelo Beltrão MolentoI

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• Evaluation of bacterial growth inhibition by mercaptopropionic acid in metallo-β-lactamase detection on multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

  Letícia Eichstaedt Mayer; Rosmari Hörner; Maisa Kräulich Tizotti; Rosiéli Martini; Magda Cristina Souza Marques Roehrs; Cláudia Barbisan Kempfer

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Case Report

• Challenge in the management of infective endocarditis with multiple valvular involvement

  Izabella Rodrigues de AraújoI; Maria do Carmo Pereira NunesI,II; Claudio Leo GelapeI; Vinicius Tostes CarvalhoI; Benone Evaristo Rezende Araújo LacerdaI; Gustavo Brandão de OliveiraI; Luiza Caldeira BrantI; Teresa Cristina Abreu FerrariI

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• Bruns’ syndrome and racemose neurocysticercosis: a case report

  Roberta Diehl Rodriquez; Denise Neme da Silva Crestani; José Otávio Dworzecki Soares; Paulo Roberto Franceshini; Ronnie Petersen Alves; Ricardo Zimerman; Nelson Ferreira; Liselotte Menke Barea

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• Advanced megaesophagus (Group III) secondary to vector-borne Chagas disease in a 20-month-old infant

  Anis RassiI,II; Joffre Marcondes de RezendeI; Anis Rassi JuniorII

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• Patient with chronic Chagas heart disease, hepatosplenic schistosomiasis and acquired immunodeficency syndrome: possible spontaneous resolution of thrombus in the right ventricle

  Manoel Otávio da Costa Rocha; Felipe Batista Lima Barbosa; Maria Auxiliadora Parreiras Martins; Maria do Carmo Pereira Nunes

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Images in Infectious Diseases

• An AIDS patient asks for help

  José Roberto Lambertucci

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Letter

• Neurocysticercosis: a new trend in SUDEP research?

  Fulvio Alexandre ScorzaI; Ricardo Mario AridaII; Philipe Ribeiro Furtado de MendonçaI; Esper Abrão CavalheiroI; João Pereira LeiteIII

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• Methicillin- and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization

  Marcelo Jenné Mimica

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• Atypical lymphocytosis in leptospirosis

  Viroj Wiwanitkit

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