Browsing FAMED – Faculdade de Medicina by Author "Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski"

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  • Efeitos de doses elevadas da terbinafina e itraconazol em ratos wista 

    Meinerz, Ana Raquel Mano; Cleff, Marlete Brum; Nascente, Patrícia da Silva; Nobre, Márcia de Oliveira; Schuch, Luiz Filipe Damé; Antunes, Tatiana de Ávila; Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Meireles, Mario Carlos Araujo; Mello, João Roberto Braga de (2007)
    Levando em consideração a importância do itraconazol e da terbinafina na terapia antifúngica, o estudo tem como objetivo avaliar os efeitos de altas doses de itraconazol (100 mg/kg) e terbinafina (250 mg/kg) em ratos albinos ...

  • Efficacy of terbinafine and itraconazole on a experimental model of systemic sporothrichosis 

    Meinerz, Ana Raquel Mano; Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Cleff, Marlete Brum; Madrid, Isabel Martins; Nobre, Márcia de Oliveira; Meireles, Mario Carlos Araujo; Mello, João Roberto Braga de (2008)
    Itraconazole is currently considered the drug of choice to treat the diverse clinical presentation of sporotrichosis. On the other hand terbinafine by virtue of its excellent in vitro activity is under comparative evaluation ...

  • Eficácia da clorexidina-cetrimida na desinfecção ambiental contra Aspergillus spp 

    Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Meinerz, Ana Raquel Mano; Cleff, Marlete Brum; Osório, Luiza da Gama; Schuch, Luiz Filipe Damé; Nobre, Márcia de Oliveira; Silva Filho, Rodolfo Pinho da; Meireles, Mario Carlos Araujo (2008)
    Avaliou-se a ação in loco da clorexidina-cetrimida no controle de Aspergillus spp., considerando-se a influência de fatores climáticos e populacionais, em um centro de recuperação de animais marinhos. Durante dois anos, ...

  • Esporotricose experimental sistêmica em ratos wistar: avaliação hematológica e perfil hepático 

    Meinerz, Ana Raquel Mano; Antunes, Tatiana de Ávila; Silva, Flavio Vasconcelos; Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Cleff, Marlete Brum; Meireles, Mario Carlos Araujo (2008)
    Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and alkaline phosphatase (AP) hepatic enzymes,hematological values, and total plasmatic proteins (TPP) of 12 Wistar rats with systemic experimental sporotrichosis were evaluated. Inoculation ...

  • Esporotricose felina com envolvimento humano na cidade de Pelotas, RS, Brasil 

    Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Nobre, Márcia de Oliveira; Sampaio Junior, Daiser Paulo; Antunes, Tatiana de Ávila; Nascente, Patrícia da Silva; Sória, Flávia Biasoli de Araújo; Meireles, Mario Carlos Araujo (2004)
    A esporotricose é uma micose subcutânea, causada pelo fungo dimórfico Sporothrix schenckii. O presente estudo descreve a ocorrência de esporotricose felina na cidade de Pelotas (Rio Grande do Sul - Brasil), e a transmissão ...

  • Esporotricose óssea e cutânea em canino 

    Madrid, Isabel Martins; Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Mattei, Antonella Souza; Carapeto, Luiz Paiva; Antunes, Tatiana de Ávila; Santos Júnior, Ronaldo; Nobre, Márcia de Oliveira; Meireles, Mario Carlos Araujo (2007)
    A esporotricose é uma micose subcutânea causada pelo fungo dimórfico Sporothrix schenckii. Este artigo descreve o primeiro caso de esporotricose óssea e cutânea, em canino, na cidade de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. O animal ...

  • Felino doméstico como transmissor da esporotricose em trabalhador rural - relato de caso 

    Meinerz, Ana Raquel Mano; Nascente, Patrícia da Silva; Schuch, Luiz Filipe Damé; Faria, Renata Osório de; Antunes, Tatiana de Ávila; Cleff, Marlete Brum; Souza, Lorena Leonardo; Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Madrid, Isabel Martins; Meireles, Mario Carlos Araujo; Mello, João Roberto Braga de (2007)
    A esporotricose é uma micose causada pelo fungo geofílico Sporothrix schenckii que pode infectar diferentes espécies de animais, inclusive o homem. A micose tem distribuição mundial, principalmente nas regiões tropicais ...

  • Fungus ball in HIV-infected patients 

    Guazzelli, Luciana Silva; Unis, Gisela; Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Severo, Cecília Bittencourt; Picon, Pedro Dornelles; Severo, Luiz Carlos (2009)
    Aspergillus is a phagocyte opportunistic fungus that causes aspergillosis, an unusual disease in patients with AIDS. Six cases of fungal ball in patients with AIDS are reported here. In this group, all patients had hemoptysis ...

  • Galactomannan detection from piperacillin-tazobactam brands available in the brazilian market 

    Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Pasqualotto, Alessandro Comarú; Aquino, Valério Rodrigues; SukiennikI, Teresa Cristina Teixeira; Severo, Luiz Carlos (2009)
    Piperacillin-tazobactam is a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent that can cause false-positive results in the commercial Platelia Aspergillus EIA test. So far, no study has been performed in Latin America to evaluate the ...

  • Hemocultura e urocultura no diagnóstico de candidemia 

    Santin, Rosema; Mattei, Antonella Souza; Albano, Ana Paula Neuschrank; Fonseca, Anelise Oliveira da Silva; Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Faria, Renata Osório de; Nascente, Patrícia da Silva; Mello, João Roberto Braga de; Meireles, Mario Carlos Araujo; Cleff, Marlete Brum (2008)

  • Histoplasmose disseminada em centro de referência para aids no extremo sul do Brasil 

    Basso, Rossana Patricia (2021)
    A histoplasmose, causada pelo fungo dimórfico Histoplasma capsulatum, pode assumir caráter disseminado no paciente imunodeprimido. Mais de 90% dos pacientes com histoplasmose disseminada têm infecção pelo vírus da ...

  • Histoplasmosis in children 

    Fischer, Gilberto Bueno; Mocelin, Helena; Severo, Cecília Bittencourt; Oliveira, Flávio de Mattos; Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Severo, Luiz Carlos (2009)
    Histoplamosis is the most common primary systemic mycosis in the USA and is becomingmore common as an opportunistic infection in HIV patients worldwide. In children the rate of asymptomatic infection is high. However, in ...

  • In vitro activity of origanum vulgare essential oil against candida species 

    Cleff, Marlete Brum; Meinerz, Ana Raquel Mano; Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Schuch, Luiz Filipe Damé; Meireles, Mario Carlos Araujo; Rodrigues, Maria Regina Alves; Mello, João Roberto Braga de (2010)
    The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro activity of the essential oil extracted from Origanum vulgare against sixteen Candida species isolates. Standard strains tested comprised C. albicans (ATCC strains 44858, ...

  • Invasive aspergillus flavus sinusitis: case report in a patient with biphenotypic acute leukemia 

    Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Oliveira, Flávio de Mattos; Almeida, Valdir de; Prolla, Gabriel; Severo, Luiz Carlos (2009)
    Here we report a case of invasive pansinusitis with proptosis of the right eye caused by Aspergillus flavus in an immunocompromised patient with acute biphenotypic leukemia without aggressive therapy response.

  • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis due to a mixed infection caused by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus fumigatus 

    Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Pasqualotto, Alessandro Comarú; Sales, Maria da Penha Uchoa; Severo, Cecília Bittencourt; Camargo, José Jesus Peixoto; Severo, Luiz Carlos (2008)
    Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is typically caused by a single Aspergillus species, most frequently Aspergillus fumigatus. Here we report that a lung transplant recipient developed invasive aspergillosis due to a mixed ...

  • Laboratory diagnosis of pulmonary mycoses 

    Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Oliveira, Flávio de Mattos; Severo, Luiz Carlos (2009)
    In this era of immunosuppression and transplantation, it is imperative that laboratory scientists remain in close communication with physicians. In patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy, the diagnosis of mycoses ...

  • Onychomycosis: clinical, mycological and in vitro susceptibility testing of isolates of Trichophyton rubrum 

    Azambuja, Christiane Venske de Almeida; Klafke, Gabriel Baracy; Pimmel, Luciana Alves; Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski (2014)
    BACKGROUND: Onychomycosis or nail fungal infection is the most common nail disease. Despite the wide range of studies on this condition, it remains difficult to establish the correct diagnosis and effective treatment. ...

  • Paracoccidioidomycosis in southern Rio Grande do Sul: A retrospective study of histopathologically diagnosed cases 

    Souza, Silvana Pereira de; Jorge, Valéria Magalhães; Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski (2014)
    Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic mycosis caused by the fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and is endemic to Brazil. The aim of this study was to perform a retrospective analysis of the PCM cases in the ...

  • Prevalence of Candida spp. in cervical-vaginal samples and the in vitro susceptibility of isolates 

    Brandolt, Tchana Martinez; Klafke, Gabriel Baracy; Gonçalves, Carla Vitola; Bitencourt, Laura Riffel; Martinez, Ana Maria Barral de; Mendes, Josiara Furtado; Meireles, Mario Carlos Araujo; Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski (2016)
    Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is an infection of the genital mucosa caused by different species of the genus Candida. Considering the lack of data on this topic in the south of Brazil, this study aimed to assess the ...

  • Reprodutibilidade de distintas técnicas associadas à filtração na padronização de inóculo de conídios de Aspergillus fumigatus 

    Lobato, Rubens Caurio; Klafke, Gabriel Baracy; Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski (2016)
    O objetivo deste estudo foi testar a reprodutibilidade de distintos métodos de padronização de inóculo de Aspergillus fumigatus. Foram utilizadas colônias jovens de A. fumigatus (AF 294) subcultivadas em Agar batata (PDA) ...