Objective: to know and document the risk of factors for category leishmaniasis. Material and Methods: Cutaneous leishmaniasis is rapidly and easily diagnosed by direct examination of impression smear from lesion. Smear was stained by giemsa or Wright stain. In active lesion amastigote form of parasite are easily recognized intracellularly and extracellularly. Diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis...

We carried out this work with the purpose of studying the effects of protein and vitamin B deficiency on the morphologic and quantitative aspects of the myenteric plexus of the descending colon of adult Rattus norvegicus. Twenty-eight rats were divided in two groups, one of them receiving chow with 22% protein level (control) and the other fed with chow having 8% protein level without vitamin B...

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A 50-year-old woman presented with fever for 1 week, with mild splenomegaly and anemia. Hematological examination showed pancytopenia, but peripheral blood smear examination showed no evidence of parasite. Because of pan-cytopenia, the patient was subjected ...

We report a 63-year-old woman with myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN), who presented with inflammatory involvement of the skin. The white cell count was 31,800/μL and the platelet count was 709×10/μL. The positivity of neutrophil alkaline phosphatase was 100% and the score was 281. The bone marrow was hypercellular with enlarged megakaryocytes with mature cytoplasm and multilobulated nuclei (Pic...

From 1986 to 2002, we examined the chromosomal composition of 916 patients attended by two genetic counseling services in the city of Pelotas, in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul, to determine the genetic causes of their disturbances. Patterns of G-banding using trypsin and Giemsa (GTG) and C-banding using barium and Giemsa (CBG) were studied using phytohemagglutinin M-stimulated lympho...

The somatic chromosomes of common wheat, Triticum aestivum L. (2n = 6x = 42), and those of two of its diploid progenitors and T. speltoides, have been individually identified by a Giemsa staining technique. In wheat, telocentric chromosomes were used to aid the recognition of individual chromosomes, and an ideogram has been constructed depicting the C-band positions. There is no similarity in t...

PURPOSE To report a case of atypical herpes simplex keratitis initially diagnosed as bacterial keratitis, in a contact lens wearer. RESULTS Case report of an 18-year-old woman using contact lenses who presented with pain, redness and gradual decrease in vision in the right eye. Examination revealed a paracentral large stromal infiltrate with a central 2-mm perforation. Corneal and conjunctiva...

OBJECTIVES The main objective of this study was to assess antral brush cytology as an alternate approach for the diagnosis of H. pylori infection as compared to histopathology. METHODS 75 cases with diagnosis of antral gastritis underwent endoscopic antral biopsy as well as antral brushing cytology was included irrespective of age and sex. Cytological slides were stained with Giemsa stain & b...