Publications by authors named "Fernanda Paula Dantas Lobo"
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- - Sarcoidosis is a rare chronic inflammatory disease that can affect multiple systems in children, making it hard to diagnose.
- - A case study discusses a five-year-old whose symptoms looked like those of tuberculosis and other diseases.
- - After treatment for the wrong diagnosis didn’t work, a biopsy revealed noncaseating granulomas, confirming sarcoidosis, which led to the correct treatment being initiated.
Combination therapy with liposomal amphotericin b (ambisome), n-methylglucamine antimoniate (glucantime), and pentamidine isethionate in a refractory visceral leishmaniasis case.
Maria Antonia Ferreira Gomes Lana Lira Cantidio de Medeiros Fernanda Paula Dantas Lobo Nathália Rayane Silva Wanderley Ana Paula Rodrigues Matos
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
July 2018
Visceral leishmaniasis is a systemic disease that is potentially severe and endemic in Brazil. It clinically manifests as fever, weight loss, swelling, hepatosplenomegaly, paleness, and edema. In this study, we discuss a case of a 1-year-old child diagnosed with refractory visceral leishmaniasis after being treated with liposomal amphotericin B in two distinct occasions.
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