Publications by authors named "Leticia Silveira Goulart"
Objective: To evaluate quality of life and associated factors in patients with leprosy.
Methods: A cross-sectional study with 63 people diagnosed as leprosy, seen at a reference service for the disease in the southeastern region of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The questionnaire World Health Organization Quality of Life Bref was used to evaluate quality of life.
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- The study aimed to examine antifungal resistance and factors linked to oral colonization by Candida species in HIV-positive patients in Brazil.
- Out of 197 patients, more than half (51.3%) were found to carry Candida, with Candida albicans being the most common strain.
- Older age groups (45 years and above) showed a significantly higher risk of colonization, while antifungal resistance rates to azoles were low, suggesting good prospects for treatment in these patients.
Introduction: Vaginal candidiasis is a condition that affects innumerous fertile women. Candida albicans is the most frequently isolated species from vaginal discharge; however, other different species that are more resistant to antifungal drugs can be identified in vaginal clinical samples.
Methods: The species of 30 vaginal Candida isolates was identified by PCR using the universal ITS4 primer and species-specific primers for C.
Cryptococcus neoformans is a basidiomycetous fungus and an opportunistic human pathogen that causes infections in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts. The ability to survive and proliferate at the human body temperature is an essential virulence attribute of this microorganism. Representational difference analysis (RDA) was used to profile gene expression in C.
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