Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - RSBMT

10/09/2024

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A 25-year-old female from Rio de Janeiro presented with thick, gray, crusty keratotic scales on the skin throughout the body and mild itching at night (Figures 1 and 2). This immunocompromised, malnourished patient had manifested the disease for 1 month. Family members denied having similar signs an...

10/09/2024

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ABSTRACT Acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare life-threatening disorder...

10/09/2024

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ABSTRACT Background: Global dengue cases are rising, notably in Brazil. Methods: By using...

10/09/2024

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ABSTRACT Background: Vectorial transmission through hematophagous triatomine insects remains the...

10/09/2024

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ABSTRACT Background: Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. It is a...

10/09/2024

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ABSTRACT Background: Triatomines are biological vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological...

12/02/2024

UNUSUAL CAUSE OF RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT PAIN: HEPATIC AMOEBIC ABSCESS
Gündoğdu, Elif

A 66-year-old female, with no significant history, presented with a two-week history of right upper quadrant pain and chills. Her temperature was 36.8°C, and other vital signs were within normal limits. Physical examination revealed tenderness to palpation in the right upper quadrant. Laboratory te...

12/02/2024

EMPHYSEMATOUS ABDOMINAL AORTITIS
Gündoğdu, Elif; Kırmızıgül, Hilal; Demir, Serhat

A 71-year-old male patient presented to the emergency department with complaints of lower left quadrant and back pain, chills, shivering, and nausea persisting for the past two days. The patient's medical history included diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, and vascular intervention for aort...

12/02/2024

A RARE COMPLICATION OF BRUCELLOSIS: SUPERINFECTION OF A MATURE OVARIAN CYSTIC TERATOMA
Karaşahin, Ömer; Ilgen, Orkun; Karaşahin, Emine Füsun

A 43-year-old woman rural dweller working in animal husbandry presented with high fever, chills, nausea, and vomiting. She was diagnosed with brucellosis based on the Brucella standard tube agglutination test and blood culture results. Due to persistent vomiting, she was treated with intravenous tig...

12/02/2024

DIFFUSE ALVEOLAR HEMORRHAGE AS A PRESENTATION OF SEVERE ANICTERIC LEPTOSPIROSIS
Torres, Andrés Eduardo Prieto; Bolívar-Lozano, Sergio Andrés; Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A.

An 18-year-old Colombian male soldier was referred to our institution for a febrile illness that had progressively worsened over 8 days. His symptoms included fever, general malaise, cough, and hemoptysis, which progressed to respiratory distress, necessitating orotracheal intubation. Chest radiogra...

12/02/2024

GRANULOMATOUS PROSTATITIS ASSOCIATED WITH INTRAVESICAL BACILLUS CALMETTE GUERIN THERAPY
Gündoğdu, Elif
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0561-2023

12/02/2024

LUMBAR TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLODISCITIS WITH ABSCESS FORMATION
Alay, Handan; Çankaya, Bahar Yılmaz; Özden, Kemalettin
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0502-2023