Prevalence and circulant genotypes of Chlamydia trachomatis in university women from cities in the Brazilian Amazon.

Background: Approximately 80% of infected women infected by Chlamydia trachomatis are asymptomatic, although this infection can lead to serious complications in the female reproductive tract. Few data on Chlamydia infection and genotypes are available in Amazonian communities.

Objectives: To describe the prevalence of and associated factors and to identify the genotypes of sexual C.

Revisiting the clinical and histopathological aspects of patients with chromoblastomycosis from the Brazilian Amazon region.

Background And Aims: Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic fungal infection caused by species of the family Dematiaceae. Fonsecaea pedrosoi is the most common etiological agent. The objective of this study was to describe the epidemiological and mycological profile of patients with chromoblastomycosis from the Amazon region of Brazil and to correlate the clinical forms with the histopathological findings and severity criteria.

Clinical, epidemiological and mycological report on 65 patients from the Eastern Amazon region with chromoblastomycosis.

Background: Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic fungal infection caused by fungi from the Dematiaceae family. According to several studies, Fonsecaea pedrosoi is the most common of these fungi. The infection is more common in tropical countries, with the Brazilian state of Pará having one of the largest infected populations worldwide.