Publications by authors named "Maria Goretti Lins Monteiro"
Article Synopsis
- - 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 Maria Goretti Lins Monteiro
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.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKodamaea (Pichia) ohmeri is a yeast species that has not been reported to be a frequent cause of human infections. The current report describes a case of fungemia caused by K. ohmeri in a 3-year-old female patient hospitalized in the public hospital Maria Alice Fernandes, Natal, RN, Brazil.
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