To investigate, through a systematic review, the effects of the use of highly diluted drugs in the treatment of experimental infection with . The authors searched for scientific publications in the databases PubMed, Web of Science, SCOPUS, LILACS, and the Google Scholar search system, from 2000 to 2018, following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) statement. According to the criteria established, a total of 22 studies were included.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArch Immunol Ther Exp (Warsz)
January 2020
The effects of infection with Toxoplasma gondii vary from asymptomatic to the development of alterations in various organs (including the liver and kidneys) which may be irreversible, and lead to the death of the host. Whereas homeopathy is an alternative and effective method for treating various diseases, including those caused by protozoa, we questioned the effect of using Lycopodium clavatum in mice infected with T. gondii.
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November 2017
Studies show that highly diluted medications demonstrate benefits in treating infections, constituting an alternative for their treatment. The present study evaluated the effects of Lycopodium clavatum, dynamization 13c, in Wistar rats infected with T. cruzi.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To evaluate the effects of dynamized ethyl alcohol (Ethylicum)6cH and 30cH in mice infected with T. cruzi.
Methods: In a blind, randomized and controlled assay, 63 eight-week-old, Swiss, male mice, infected with IP (1400 trypomastigotes, T.
Aim: This study evaluates and correlates the number of myocarditis focuses and production of cytokines in Rattus norvegicus (Wistar lineage), experimentally infected with T. Cruzi and treated with Phosphorus.
Methods: In two blind, controlled and randomized trials, 53 45-day-old, male animals were allocated into groups Control (n=24): Control group infected and treated with 7% hydroalcoholic solution, the preparation vehicle of the test medication; and Phosphorus (n=24 on days 0, 5, 10 and 24 after infection): group infected and treated with Phosphorus 13cH, diluted 10 and dynamized (test medication).
Microb Pathog
September 2017
Recent evidence includes apoptosis as a defense against Trypanosoma cruzi infection, which promotes an immune response in the host induced by T cells, type 1, 2 and 17. Currently, there is no medicine completely preventing the progression of this disease. We investigated the immunological and apoptotic effects, morbidity and survival of mice infected with T.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The study evaluated qualitative PCR, primers 121-122 as a tool to follow up evolution parasite load of .
Methods: The study was conducted at the State University of Maringa, in 2015. Step 1, dilutions 1/10 were performed from -Y strain to obtain preparations of 50,000-0.
Background: The use of biotherapies in Trypanosoma cruzi infection can provide an understanding about effects of these highly diluted medications.
Objectives: To evaluate different treatment schemes and dynamizations of biotherapies prepared from blood trypomastigotes (buffy coat) in mice infected with T. cruzi.
Pathol Res Pract
January 2017
In many cases, symptoms of toxoplasmosis are mistaken for the ones of other infectious diseases. Clinical signs are rare in immunocompetent people. However, when they arise, in the acute phase of infection, several organs are affected due to the rapid spread of tachyzoites through the bloodstream.
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December 2016
We investigated the number of megakaryocytes, Kupffer cells and ratios of Th1/Th2 and Th1/Th17 cytokines in survival of mice infected with Y strain of Trypanosoma cruzi and treated with Lycopodium clavatum. In a blind, randomized and controlled assay, Swiss male mice, 8weeks-old, infected with 1400 trypomastigotes (Y strain) were divided into groups and treated with: GLy - Lycopodium clavatum dynamization13c and GCI - alcohol solution 7° GL (vehicle medicine). The treatment was offered two days before infection and on the 2nd, 4th and 6th days after infection, overnight (1mL/100mL) and ad libitum.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To evaluate the effects of Kalium causticum, Conium maculatum, and Lycopodium clavatum 13cH in mice infected by Trypanosoma cruzi.
Materials And Methods: In a blind, controlled, randomized study, 102 male Swiss mice, 8 weeks old, were inoculated with 1400 trypomastigotes of the Y strain of T. cruzi and distributed into the following groups: CI (treated with 7% hydroalcoholic solution), Ca (treated with Kalium causticum 13cH), Co (treated with Conium maculatum 13cH), and Ly (treated with Lycopodium clavatum 13cH).
Unlabelled: This study evaluates the effect of Trypanosoma cruzi biotherapy 17dH (BIOT) on mice of different ages, infected with the protozoa concerned.
Method: Performing a blind, controlled, randomized by drawing experiment, 110 animals four or eight-week-old, Swiss, male mice were divided into infected control treated hydroalcoholic 7% (CI-4 = 34 or CI-8 = 21 animals) and infected control treated with biotherapy 17dH-0.2 mL/animal/20 consecutive days/oral regimen (BIOT-4 = 33 or BIOT-8 = 21 animals).
Background: There is no published information about the use of different protocols to administer a highly diluted medication.Evaluate the effect of different protocols for treatment with biotherapic T. cruzi 17 dH (BIOT(Tc17dH)) on clinical/parasitological evolution of mice infected with T.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the effects of different forms of administration of the blood trypomastigotes biotherapy 7dH in mice experimentally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi.
Material And Methods: Male swiss mice were inoculated with 1400 blood trypomastigotes of the Y strain of T. cruzi and allocated into 5 treatment groups: IC (distilled water); TCBZ (benznidazole); TBA(7dH) (biotherapy 7dH 20 days after infection); TBB(7dH)7 (biotherapy 7dH seven days before infection); TBB(7dH)30 (biotherapy 7dH 30 days before infection).
Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, involves immunomediated processes. Canova (CA) is a homeopathic treatment indicated in the diseases in which the immune system is depressed. This study evaluated the Random Amplification of Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) profile of T.
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