Correspondence to: Claudio Maranhão Pereira Faculdade de Odontologia de PiracicabaUNICAMP Semiologia e Patologia Oral -Diagnóstico Oral Av. Limeira, 901 Areião Caixa Postal 52 CEP: 13414-900 Piracicaba/SP Brazil + 55 19 3412 5213; Fax: + 55 19 3412 5218 E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Paracoccidioidomycosis is a deep mycosis caused by the Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and it has be...

A phase II study was undertaken to assess whether continuous infusion of high-dose recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2) alone was active against different histologic subtypes of heavily pretreated lymphoma. Sixty one lymphomas were included in the study. rIL-2 (Roussel UCLAF, Romainville, France) was administered by continuous infusion at 20 x 10(6) IU/m2 for three cycles of 5 days, 4 days, and 3 ...

ABSTRACT: In this retrospective study, the clinical and anatomopathological findings of fungal diseases in dogs cats Northeastern Brazil are described. During study period, 6,827 histopathological examinations (4,090 necropsies 2,737 biopsies) companion animals were reviewed, infections diagnosed 54 cases. Of these, 32 cases 22 dogs. Sporotrichosis was most prevalent mycosis (19/54), followed b...

Mycosis of the skin, also called dermatomycosis, affects a large part of the world’s population and they had a considerable influence on health in Europe until the middle of the 20 century. Many of these infections occur as hyperendemic diseases capable of producing epidemic outbreaks in susceptible populations, especially in children and teenagers [2]. These infections now mainly affect less-d...

Mycosis fungoides is the most common form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Both large-cell transformed mycosis fungoides and mycosis fungoides bullosa are rare presentations and predict unfavorable prognosis. We report the case of a 61-year-old woman who presented with generalized erythematous scaly annular plaques, and histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of mycosis fungoides. She was treated w...

honey is a by-product of flower nectar and the upper aero-digestive tract of the honey bee, which is concentrated through a dehydration process inside the bee hive. honey has a very complex chemical composition that varies depending on the botanical source. it has been used both as food and medicine since ancient times. human use of honey is traced to some 8000 years ago as depicted by stone ag...

White piedra is a superficial mycosis caused by the genus Trichosporon. It is characterized by nodules on the hair shaft. Pediculosis capitis is caused by Pediculus humanus var. capitis of the suborder Anoplura. Whereas pediculosis is a common infestation, clinical reports of white piedra are rare. Molecular biology procedures identified T. inkin as the agent of white piedra in this case report...

Mycosis fungoides (MF) is the most common type of cutaneous Tcell lymphoma. The diagnosis of classic MF is based on a combination of clinical presentation, histopathology, immunohistochemistry, and T-cell monoclonality detected by molecular studies. However, the diagnosis can be difficult in some cases. We report a case of hyperpigmented mycosis fungoides. A 60-year-old woman, phototype IV, pre...

phaeohyphomycosis is an amalgam of clinical diseases caused by a wide variety of dematiaceous fungi. we are reporting on a 16 year-old patient from amol with subcutaneous cervical nodes and nasopharyngeal lesions of phaeohypho mycosis that were confirmed by pathological examination, direct smear, and culture. after treatment with an oral triazole (itraconazole) for 4 months, all nodes and lesio...