Publications by authors named "Luciana Cavalcante Trindade"
Article Synopsis
- Leprosy is a contagious disease causing physical disabilities and inflammatory episodes, but lacks definitive lab markers for diagnosing leprosy reactions, complicating its management.
- A study analyzed 67 patients with multibacillary leprosy, focusing on inflammatory biomarkers like lymphocyte-platelet ratio and systemic immune-inflammation index, using various diagnostic methods.
- Results indicated a positive association between leprosy reactions and the lymphocyte-platelet ratio, suggesting it could be a potential early indicator for recognizing these reactions, highlighting the need for further research.
Rapidly progressive Kaposi's sarcoma associated with human immunodeficiency syndrome.
An Bras Dermatol
February 2023
Primary cutaneous lymphomas are defined as the ones that exclusively affect the skin for up to 6 months after the diagnosis. B-cell lymphomas represent 20-25% of primary cutaneous lymphomas and have, among its subtypes, the leg type, which represents 10 to 20% of cutaneous B-cell lymphomas, generally affecting elderly people and with an intermediate prognosis. This is the report of a rare case of a leg-type B-cell lymphoma with an exuberant clinical presentation affecting a young male patient.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLeprosy and tuberculosis are endemic in several countries. The aim of this study was to describe factors associated with co-infection among both diseases. A systematic review was carried out, following the Quality of Reporting of Meta-analyses, with the PubMed and Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS) portals as sources, under eligibility criteria: cross-sectional, cohort, case-control studies or case reports, published in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish, from 2015 to 2020.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance of epidemiological surveillance of leprosy: analysis of the occurrence of leprosy in intra-domiciliary contacts in a capital in the Brazilian northeast region.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
April 2020
Introduction: Intra-domiciliary contacts are a group with the highest risk of developing leprosy.
Methods: A cross-sectional study of intra-domiciliary contacts of new leprosy cases was conducted. A descriptive analysis of the variables was performed.