Protective effects of abdominal electroacupuncture on oxidative stress and inflammation due to testis torsion/detorsion in rats.

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of acupuncture (Ac) and electroacupuncture (EAc) on oxidative stress and inflammation in testis torsion/detorsion (T/D) model in rats.

Methods: Thirty male Wistar rats were randomized into five groups. G1 Group (Sham) served as control.

Coccidioidomycosis in armadillo hunters from the state of Ceará, Brazil.

Coccidioidomycosis is a systemic mycosis with a variable clinical presentation. Misdiagnosis of coccidioidomycosis as bacterial pneumopathy leads to inappropriate prescription of antibiotics and delayed diagnosis. This report describes an outbreak among armadillo hunters in northeastern Brazil in which an initial diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia was later confirmed as coccidioidomycosis caused by Coccidioides posadasii.

Coccidioides posadasii infection in bats, Brazil.

To analyze the eco-epidemiologic aspects of Histoplasma capsulatum in Brazil, we tested 83 bats for this fungus. Although H. capsulatum was not isolated, Coccidioides posadasii was recovered from Carollia perspicillata bat lungs.