Publications by authors named "Luine Rosele Vidal"
Introduction: We report the results of the active surveillance of influenza infections in hospitalized patients and the evaluation of the seasonality and correlation with temperature and rainfall data.
Methods: During the 2-year study period, 775 patients were tested for 15 respiratory viruses (RVs).
Results: Most of the 57% of (n=444) virus-positive samples were human rhinovirus and respiratory syncytial virus.
Article Synopsis
- Human adenovirus (HAdV) is a notable viral pathogen linked to neurological diseases, especially in patients with weakened immune systems, but its role in meningoencephalitis is still unclear.
- A study analyzed 373 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from patients with suspected viral neurological infections, finding that HAdV was present in only 1.08% of cases, primarily in women with underlying health issues.
- HAdV infections typically occurred in the fall and winter, and although it was infrequently detected in CNS infections, it should be considered in immunocompromised patients due to potential encephalitis.
Reactivation of herpes simplex virus-1 following epilepsy surgery.
Epilepsy Behav Case Rep
November 2015
Purpose: The present study reports a case of encephalitis due to herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1), following surgical manipulation of the site of a primary infection.
Methods: Herpes simplex virus-1 infection was confirmed by CSF PCR and DNA sequencing.
Results: The patient was an 11-year-old girl who required temporal lobe surgery for epilepsy.
Background: Approximately 40% of HIV infected patients have chronic meningitis at various stages during the infection, 59% are asymptomatic. This is a diagnosis of exclusion and a confounding factor in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis, any other causes of chronic meningitis by opportunistic or co-infection must be ruled out. The aim of this study was to analyze CSF lactic acid (LA) as an adjuvant biomarker in chronic meningitis due to HIV.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) clades B and C account for more than 60% of the HIV-1 infections worldwide. In this paper, we describe the profiles of patients infected with subtypes of HIV-1 from the state of Paraná, Southern Brazil, and correlate them with demographic and epidemiological findings. A retrospective analysis of HIV cases reported from 1999-2007 was also performed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The differential diagnosis between bacterial and viral meningitis is not easy in some cases. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is essential for establishing this diagnosis. The objectives were to quantitate lactic acid (LA) concentrations in bacterial and viral meningitis, and other central nervous system (CNS) diseases in order to evaluate the diagnostic utility of CSF LA for discriminating bacterial from viral meningitis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMeningitis is the main infectious central nervous system (CNS) syndrome. Viruses or bacteria can cause acute meningitis of infectious etiology. The term "Aseptic Meningitis" denotes a clinical syndrome with a predominance of lymphocytes in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), with no common bacterial agents identified in the CSF.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) has been described as an etiologic agent of acute respiratory infections (ARI), mainly in pediatric patients. Viral isolation is difficult and has low sensitivity, and consequently RT-PCR assays are currently used for detection.
Objectives: Detect hMPV in ARI in hospitalized children in Southern Brazil; standardize a RT-PCR for routine hMPV diagnosis; validate a positive control for molecular tests; and perform phylogenetics analyses.