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Association of Parasite Load Levels in Amniotic Fluid With Clinical Outcome in Congenital Toxoplasmosis by Yamamoto, Lidia, Targa, Lília S., Sumita, Laura M., Shimokawa, Paulo T., Rodrigues, Jonatas C., Kanunfre, Kelly A., Okay, Thelma S.

“…OBJECTIVE:To correlate neonatal and infant clinical outcome with parasite load in amniotic fluid (AF). METHODS:We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 122…”
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SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 disease: a mini review on diagnostic methods by Oliveira, Beatriz Araujo, Oliveira, Lea Campos de, Sabino, Ester Cerdeira, Okay, Thelma Suely

“…Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease initially reported in China and currently worldwide dispersed caused by a new coronavirus…”
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A multiplex nested PCR for the detection and identification of Candida species in blood samples of critically ill paediatric patients by Taira, Cleison Ledesma, Okay, Thelma Suely, Delgado, Artur Figueiredo, Ceccon, Maria Esther Jurfest Rivero, de Almeida, Margarete Teresa Gottardo, Del Negro, Gilda Maria Barbaro

“…Nosocomial candidaemia is associated with high mortality rates in critically ill paediatric patients; thus, the early detection and identification of the…”
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A PCR and RFLP-based molecular diagnostic algorithm for visceral leishmaniasis by de Godoy, Natalia, Lima-Junior, Manoel, Lindoso, José, Pereira-Chioccola, Vera, Okay, Thelma, Braz, Lucia

“…Objective: To determine an algorithm for molecular diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) by kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) (RV1/ RV2) and internal transcriber…”
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Hospital Malnutrition and Inflammatory Response in Critically Ill Children and Adolescents Admitted to a Tertiary Intensive Care Unit by Delgado, Artur F., Okay, Thelma S., Leone, Claudio, Nichols, Buford, Del Negro, Gilda Maria, Vaz, Flávio Adolfo Costa

“…Critical illness has a major impact on the nutritional status of both children and adults. A retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the incidence of…”
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Myocarditis in children and detection of viruses in myocardial tissue: Implications for immunosuppressive therapy by Camargo, Paulo Roberto, Okay, Thelma Suely, Yamamoto, Lídia, Del Negro, Gilda Maria Bárbaro, Lopes, Antonio Augusto

“…Abstract Background There is scarce information on the potential benefits of immunosuppression in children with myocarditis and viral genomes in myocardium. We…”
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The new mutation L321F in Candida albicans ERG11 gene may be associated with fluconazole resistance by Oliveira Carvalho, Vagner, Okay, Thelma S, Melhem, Márcia S.C, Walderez Szeszs, Maria, del Negro, Gilda M.B

“…Abstract Background For many years fluconazole has been commonly used to treat Candida infections. However, the indiscriminate use of this antimycotic therapy…”
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TRIBUTE TO PROF. CARLOS DA SILVA LACAZ by Okay, Thelma Suely

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Unusual Clinical Manifestations of Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi in an HIV-coinfected Patient and the Relevance of ITS1-PCR-RFLP: A Case Report by Natalia Souza DE, De Godoy, Vera Demarchi, Aiello, Regina Maia, de Souza, Thelma, Okay, Lucia Maria Almeida, Braz

“…Patients coinfected with /HIV can develop atypical forms of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), making it indispensable to identify the etiological agent. We are…”
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A case-series of Toxoplasmosis in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: still a concern for endemic countries by Prestes, Daniel P., Mendes, Clara, Batista, Marjorie V., Ramos, Jéssica F., Junior, Jayr Schimidt, Okay, Thelma Suely, Caiaffa, Helio, Rocha, Vanderson G., Costa, Silvia Figueiredo

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SARS-CoV-2 infections with emphasis on pediatric patients: a narrative review by Yamamoto, Lidia, Santos, Emilly Henrique Dos, Pinto, Lacyane Silva, Rocha, Mussya Cisotto, Kanunfre, Kelly Aparecida, Vallada, Marcelo Genofre, Okay, Thelma Suely

“…This narrative review summarizes the main aspects underlying the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, its epidemiology, pathophysiology, pointing to differences of…”
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Assessment and comparison of bacterial load levels determined by quantitative amplifications in blood culture-positive and negative neonatal sepsis by Stranieri, Inês, Kanunfre, Kelly Aparecida, Rodrigues, Jonatas Cristian, Yamamoto, Lidia, Nadaf, Maria Isabel Valdomir, Palmeira, Patricia, Okay, Thelma Suely

“…Bacterial sepsis remains a major cause of mortality and blood cultures are the gold standard of laboratory diagnosis even though they lack sensitivity in…”
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Silent circulation of Chikungunya virus among pregnant women and newborns in the Western Brazilian Amazon before the first outbreak of chikungunya fever by Kanunfre, Kelly Aparecida, Rocha, Mussya Cisotto, Malta, Maíra Barreto, Souza, Rodrigo Medeiros de, Castro, Marcia Caldas, Boscardin, Silvia Beatriz, Souza, Higo Fernando Santos, Witkin, Steven S, Cardoso, Marly Augusto, Okay, Thelma Suely

“…The prevalence of immunity to Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in pregnant women and newborns in the Western Brazilian Amazon was assessed at a time when previous…”
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Coxsackievirus A6 strains causing an outbreak of hand-foot-and-mouth disease in Northeastern Brazil in 2018 by Luchs, Adriana, Azevedo, Lais Sampaio de, Souza, Ellen Viana de, Medeiros, Roberta Salzone, Souza, Yasmin França Viana Pires de, Teixeira, Dalane Loudal Florentino, Carneiro, Thiago Franco de Oliveira, Alencar, Gabriela Maria Fernandes de, Morais, Fernanda Lúcia de Sousa Leite, Pinto, Diana de Fátima Alves, Okay, Thelma Suely, Yamamoto, Lidia, Morais, Vanessa Dos Santos, Araújo, Emerson Luiz Lima, Leal, Elcio, Costa, Antonio Charlys da

“…Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) is a highly contagious viral disease commonly associated to Enteroviruses (EV). During 2018, Brazil faced massive HFMD…”
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Saliva: an important alternative for screening and monitoring of COVID-19 in children by Santos, Catielma Nascimento, Rezende, Karla Mayra, Oliveira Neto, Nilson Ferreira de, Okay, Thelma Suely, Braz-Silva, Paulo Henrique, Bönecker, Marcelo

“…The increasing number of cases of COVID-19 worldwide poses challenges to healthcare systems not only in effectively identifying individuals positive for…”
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TNF-α and IL-6 in the Diagnosis of Bacterial and Aseptic Meningitis in Children by Mukai, Adriana O., Krebs, Vera L.J., Bertoli, Ciro J., Okay, Thelma S.

“…The objective of this study was to analyze the usefulness of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6 cerebrospinal fluid concentrations for the…”
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The performance of four molecular methods for the laboratory diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis in amniotic fluid samples by Teixeira, Leandro Emídio, Kanunfre, Kelly Aparecida, Shimokawa, Paulo Tadashi, Targa, Lília Spaleta, Rodrigues, Jonatas Cristian, Domingues, Wilson, Yamamoto, Lidia, Okay, Thelma Suely

“…Toxoplasmosis may be life-threatening in fetuses and in immune-deficient patients. Conventional laboratory diagnosis of toxoplasmosis is based on the presence…”
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PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE PUTATIVE ASSOCIATION OF IL10 -3575 T/A GENETIC POLYMORPHISM WITH MALARIA SYMPTOMS by Domingues, Wilson, Kanunfre, Kelly Aparecida, Rodrigues, Jonatas Cristian, Teixeira, Leandro Emidio, Yamamoto, Lidia, Okay, Thelma Suely

“…Only a small percentage of individuals living in endemic areas develop severe malaria suggesting that host genetic factors may play a key role. This study has…”
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The effects of exposing rats to cigarette smoke on milk production and growth of offspring by Mello, Paulo R B, Okay, Thelma S, Botelho, Clóvis

“…To analyze the effects of exposure to cigarette smoke during gestation and lactation on the milk production of rats and on the weight gain and linear growth of…”
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Serum Soluble Interleukin-2 Receptor, Interleukin-6, and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Levels in Children with Celiac Disease: Response to Treatment by Romaldini, Ceres C, Barbieri, Dorina, Okay, Thelma S, Raiz, Roberto, Cançado, Eduardo L. R

“…OBJECTIVEST-cell mediated immune response to dietary gluten and cytokines release are important for the enteropathy seen in celiac disease. We investigated the…”
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