Chikungunya on Kidney Transplant Recipients: Is It the Same?

Background: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection is an acute febrile illness with polyarthralgia and arthritis. There are few data about CHIKV infection in kidney transplant recipients (KTR). We report the largest case series of CHIKV infection in this population.

Dengue in renal transplant recipients: Clinical course and impact on renal function.

Aim: To present clinical characteristics from renal transplant recipients with dengue fever and its impact on graft function.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 11 renal transplant recipients (RTR) with dengue infection confirmed by laboratory test, between January 2007 and July 2012, transplanted in the Renal Transplant Center of Walter Cantídio University Hospital from Federal University of Ceará.

Results: Positive dengue serology (IgM) was found in all patients.

Comparative study between kidney transplantation with deceased donor expanded criteria and donor standard criteria in a single center in Brazil.

Introduction: Kidney transplants with expanded criteria donor have been associated with improved patient survival compared to those who remain on dialysis.

Objective: To compare renal function and survival of the kidney graft of deceased donor with expanded criteria and standard criteria over a year in a single transplant center.

Methods: 255 kidney transplant recipients with deceased donor were included in the study between the years 2011 to 2013 and they were separated into two groups according to the type of donor (expanded criteria donor - ECD - and standard criteria donor - SCD).

Acute kidney injury due to excessive and prolonged intramuscular injection of veterinary supplements containing vitamins A, D and E: A series of 16 cases.

Background: Despite well-documented risks, injectable supplements containing high doses of vitamins are commonly used.

Objectives: To describe acute kidney injury (AKI) as a complication of vitamin intoxication.

Methods: Our series consisted of 16 patients with kidney complications resulting from the use of veterinary intramuscular injection supplements of vitamin A, D and E.

Evaluation of the anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of green tea (Camellia sinensis) in mice.

Purpose: To evaluate the anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of green tea (Camellia sinensis) in mice.

Methods: The anti-inflammatory effect of alcoholic extracts of green tea (AE) was evaluated in a cell migration assay with four groups of six Swiss mice receiving 0.07 g/Kg or 0.

Red blood cell and leukocyte alloimmunization in patients awaiting kidney transplantation.

Objective: To determine the rates of red blood cell and leukocyte alloimmunization in patients with chronic kidney disease awaiting kidney transplantation.

Methods: In this cross-sectional and prospective study, the serum of 393 chronic kidney disease patients on a transplant waiting list in Ceará, Northeastern Brazil were tested for red cell and leukocyte antibodies. In addition, demographic, clinical and laboratory data were collected.

Resolution of hypercalcemia and acute kidney injury after treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis without the use of corticosteroids.

Abstract. Hypercalcemia caused by tuberculosis is rare and it is usually asymptomatic. Tuberculosis (TB) -related hypercalcemia associated with acute kidney injury (AKI) is rarely reported.

Growth inhibition of Walker carcinosarcoma 256 with alcoholic extract of green tea leaves (Camellia sinensis).

Purpose: To evaluate the antitumor activity of alcoholic extracts of green tea (Camella sinensis).

Methods: Four groups of six Wistar rats were inoculated intramuscularly with 10(6) Walker tumor cells/mL. During 10 days, the animals received by gavage either 0.

[Demographic, clinical and laboratory data of patients with urinary lithiasis in Fortaleza, Ceará].

Objective: To describe the demographic, clinical and laboratory data of patients with urolithiasis in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.

Patients And Methods: Secondary data were collected from the medical records of 197 patients with urolithiasis, during the period 1996-2006. Clinical evaluation and 24-h urine collection for measurements of urinary volume, creatinine, calcium, phosphorous, uric acid, sodium, potassium and magnesium were performed.

Acute kidney injury after trauma: Prevalence, clinical characteristics and RIFLE classification.

Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an uncommon but serious complication after trauma. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence, clinical characteristics and outcome of AKI after trauma.

Patients And Methods: This was a retrospective study performed from January 2006 to January 2008 in an emergency specialized hospital in Fortaleza city, northeast of Brazil.

Chemical and morphological analysis of kidney stones: a double-blind comparative study.

Purpose: To compare chemical to morphological kidney stone composition analysis based on a sample of 50 stones retrieved from patients at a nephrology service.

Methods: The chemical analysis was performed with a Bioclin® kit, while a 10-mm magnifying glass (10x; Prolabo, Paris, France) was employed in the morphological analysis. Findings obtained with the two methods were compared and classified as concordant (100% agreement), partly concordant (concordant for major components, discordant for minor components) or discordant (discordant for major components).

Determination of urinary stone composition based on stone morphology: a prospective study of 325 consecutive patients in an emerging country.

Background: Urolithiasis is a common disease that is increasing throughout the world. This study aimed at determining the composition of urinary stones in patients with renal lithiasis in an emerging country.

Methods: A morphological analysis was performed on 340 urinary stones from 325 consecutive patients from Brazil with lithiasis.

Clinical presentation and renal evaluation of human visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar): a retrospective study of 57 patients in Brazil.

Visceral leishmaniasis is an endemic disease caused by various species of Leishmania. We made a retrospective study of 57 consecutive patients with visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil. Patients with visceral leishmaniasis were identified using the registries of the São José Infectious Diseases Hospital.

End-stage renal disease due to delayed diagnosis of renal tuberculosis: a fatal case report.

Renal TB is difficult to diagnose, because many patients present themselves with lower urinary symptoms which are typical of bacterial cystitis. We report a case of a young woman with renal TB and ESRD. She was admitted with complaints of adynamia, anorexia, fever, weight loss, dysuria and generalized edema for 10 months.

Glutamine or whey-protein supplementation on alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Effects on CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes.

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of glutamine (L-Gln) or whey-protein supplementation on CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes in alloxan-induced diabetic rats.

Methods: Thirty-two healthy male Wistar rats were used in the experiment. Eight rats served as baseline controls (G-1).

[A novel model for isolation of Walker's tumoral cells using the Ficoll-Hypaque gradient].

Purpose: The purpose was to evaluate a novel technique for isolation of Walker's tumoral cells using a Ficoll-Hypaque gradient and its further influence on tumor development.

Methods: Twenty male Wistar rats have been divided in 2 groups: G1= without ficoll, G2= with ficoll. Tumor was excised, homogenized and suspended in lactate ringer.