Browsing by Subject "BCG"

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    • B-1 cell protective role in murine primary Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guerin infection 

      Russo, Ricardo T.; Mariano, Mario [UNIFESP] (Elsevier B.V., 2010-12-01)
      B-1 cells were first described in the early 1980s and are distinct from conventional B lymphocytes in respect to phenotype, morphology, ontogeny, tissular distribution and function. Although many years have been past since ...

    • BCG vaccination in patients with severe combined immunodeficiency: Complications, risks, and vaccination policies 

      Marciano, Beatriz E.; Huang, Chiung-Yu; Joshi, Gyan; Rezaei, Nima; Costa-Carvalho, Beatriz Tavares [UNIFESP]; Allwood, Zoe; Ikinciogullari, Aydan; Reda, Shereen M.; Gennery, Andrew; Thon, Vojtech; Espinosa-Rosales, Francisco; Al-Herz, Waleed; Porras, Oscar; Shcherbina, Anna; Szaflarska, Anna; Kilic, Sebnem; Franco, Jose L.; Gomez Raccio, Andrea C.; Roxo, Persio; Esteves, Isabel; Galal, Nermeen; Grumach, Anete Sevciovic; Al-Tamemi, Salem; Yildiran, Alisan; Orellana, Julio C.; Yamada, Masafumi; Morio, Tomohiro; Liberatore, Diana; Ohtsuka, Yoshitoshi; Lau, Yu-Lung; Nishikomori, Ryuta; Torres-Lozano, Carlos; Mazzucchelli, Juliana T. L. [UNIFESP]; Vilela, Maria M. S. [UNIFESP]; Tavares, Fabiola S. [UNIFESP]; Cunha, Luciana; Pinto, Jorge A.; Espinosa-Padilla, Sara E.; Hernandez-Nieto, Leticia; Elfeky, Reem A.; Ariga, Tadashi; Toshio, Heike; Dogu, Figen; Cipe, Funda; Formankova, Renata; Enriqueta Nunez-Nunez, M.; Bezrodnik, Liliana; Marques, Jose Goncalo; Pereira, Maria I.; Listello, Viviana; Slatter, Mary A.; Nademi, Zohreh; Kowalczyk, Danuta; Fleisher, Thomas A.; Davies, Graham; Neven, Benedicte; Rosenzweig, Sergio D. (Elsevier B.V., 2014-04-01)
      Background: Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is a syndrome characterized by profound T-cell deficiency. BCG vaccine is contraindicated in patients with SCID. Because most countries encourage BCG vaccination at birth, ...

    • Chronic granulomatous disease in Latin American patients: Clinical spectrum and molecular genetics 

      Agudelo-Florez, P.; Prando-Andrade, C. C.; Lopez, J. A.; Costa-Carvalho, B. T.; Quezada, A.; Espinosa, F. J.; Paiva, MAD; Roxo, P.; Grumach, A.; Jacob, C. A.; Carneiro-Sampaio, MMS; Newburger, P. E.; Condino-Neto, A. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2006-02-01)
      Background. Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a primary immunodeficiency characterized by early onset of recurrent and severe infections. the molecular defects causing CGD are heterogeneous and lead to absence, low ...

    • Different inflammatory stimuli in the footpad of mice influence the kinetics of resident peritoneal cells 

      Palos, M. C. [UNIFESP]; Azevedo, M. C. A. [UNIFESP]; Thies, F. G. [UNIFESP]; Osugui, L. [UNIFESP]; Alvares, A. M. [UNIFESP]; Laurindo, M. F. [UNIFESP]; Russo, R. T. [UNIFESP]; Popi, A. F. [UNIFESP]; Mariano, M. [UNIFESP] (Springer, 2012-11-01)
      Evidence from the literature that inflammation is a systemic biological phenomenon prompted us to investigate whether inoculation of different irritants to the footpad of mice might influence the kinetics of resident ...

    • Experimental Leishmania (L.) amazonensis leishmaniasis: Characterization and immunogenicity of subcellular fractions 

      Valle, T. Zaverucha do; Gaspar, Emanuelle Baldo [UNIFESP]; Souza-Lemos, C.; Souza, C. S. F.; Marquez, F. B. Zamora; Baetas-da-Cruz, W.; d'Escofier, L. N.; Corte-Real, S.; Calabrese, K. S.; Costa, S. C. Goncalves da (Taylor & Francis Inc, 2007-01-01)
      A technique developed in Trypanosoma cruzi biochemical studies was successfully used to fractionate Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis promastigotes. Ultrastructural analyses revealed a membrane fraction (MF) associated ...

    • A multicenter evaluation of tuberculin skin test positivity and conversion among health care workers in Brazilian hospitals 

      Roth, V. R.; Garrett, D. O.; Laserson, K. F.; Starling, C. E.; Kritski, Afranio Lineu [UNIFESP]; Medeiros, Eduardo Alexandrino Servolo de [UNIFESP]; Binkin, N.; Jarvis, W. R. (Int Union Against Tuberculosis Lung Disease (i U A T L D), 2005-12-01)
      SETTING: Four general Brazilian hospitals.OBJECTIVE: To assess the occupational risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) in participating hospitals.DESIGN: In phase one of this longitudinal study, a cross-sectional survey ...

    • Rate of tuberculosis infection in children and adolescents with household contact with adults with active pulmonary tuberculosis as assessed by tuberculin skin test and interferon-gamma release assays 

      Ferrarini, M. A. G. [UNIFESP]; Spina, F. G. [UNIFESP]; Weckx, L. Y. [UNIFESP]; Lederman, H. M. [UNIFESP]; De Moraes-Pinto, M. I. [UNIFESP] (Cambridge Univ Press, 2016)
      Tuberculosis (TB) infection was evaluated in Brazilian immunocompetent children and adolescents exposed and unexposed (control group) to adults with active pulmonary TB. Both groups were analysed by clinical and radiological ...

    • Sepse por Salmonella associada à deficiência do receptor da Interleucina-12 (IL-12Rbeta1) 

      Costa-Carvalho, Beatriz Tavares [UNIFESP]; Iazzetti, Antônio V.; Ferrarini, Maria Aparecida G.; Campos, Sandra de Oliveira [UNIFESP]; Iazzetti, Marco Antônio; Carlesse, Fabianne Altruda de Moraes Costa [UNIFESP] (Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria, 2003-06-01)
      OBJECTIVE: to present a case report of a child who developed sepsis by Salmonella enteritidis associated with the diagnosis of primary immunodeficiency. DESCRIPTION: a twenty-one months old boy presenting fever and skin ...

    • TST reversion in a BCG-revaccinated population of nursing and medical students, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1997-2000 

      Levy, M. Z.; Medeiros, Eduardo Alexandrino Servolo de [UNIFESP]; Shang, N.; Soares, MCS [UNIFESP]; Homenko, A. S. [UNIFESP]; Almeida, R. M. [UNIFESP]; Garrett, D. O.; Roth, V. R.; Jarvis, W. R.; Wells, C. D.; Binkin, N.; Laserson, K. F. (Int Union Against Tuberculosis Lung Disease (i U A T L D), 2005-07-01)
      SETTING: A major university in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where vaccination against tuberculosis (TB) with bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) was routinely offered to first-year medical and nursing students.OBJECTIVES: To estimate the ...