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Gryschek RCB, Corral MA, Sitta RB, Gottardi M, Pierrotti LC, Costa SF, Abdala E, Chieffi PP, de Paula FM. Strongyloides infection screening in transplant candidates: What is the best strategy? Transpl Infect Dis 2023; 25:e14153. [PMID: 37750481 DOI: 10.1111/tid.14153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND The potential that Strongyloides stercoralis infection has to cause major morbidity and high mortality when the disseminated form occurs in transplant patients is of particular concern. METHODS In this study, the objective was to observe S. stercoralis infection in patients who are candidates for transplantation by using parasitological, serological, and molecular techniques and to propose an algorithm for the detection of that infection in transplant candidates. RESULTS By parasitological techniques, 10% of fecal samples were positive. Anti-Strongyloides antibodies immunoglobulin G were detected in 19.3% and 20.7% of patients by immunofluorescence assay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, respectively. S. stercoralis DNA was observed in 17.3% of samples by conventional polymerase chain reaction and 32.7% of samples by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). CONCLUSION The set of results allows us to reinforce that a positive result by parasitological techniques and/or qPCR indicates that the specific treatment should be applied. However, the improvement of diagnostic techniques may suggest changes in the screening for strongyloidiasis in these patients.
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- Ronaldo Cesar Borges Gryschek
- Laboratório de Investigação Médica (LIM/06), Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigação Médica (LIM/06), Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigação Médica (LIM/06), Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigação Médica (LIM/06), Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Immunosuppressed Infection Group, Divisão de Moléstias Infecciosas e Parasitárias do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Immunosuppressed Infection Group, Divisão de Moléstias Infecciosas e Parasitárias do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Immunosuppressed Infection Group, Divisão de Moléstias Infecciosas e Parasitárias do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigação Médica (LIM/06), Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Fonseca GRE, Corral MA, Paula FMD, Meisel DMCL, Gryschek RCB, Lescano SAZ. Toxocara canis 30-35 kDa excretory-secretory antigen is an important marker in mice challenged by inocula containing different parasite load levels. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2022; 64:e9. [PMID: 35137903 PMCID: PMC8815846 DOI: 10.1590/s1678-9946202264009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The Western-blotting technique was applied to identify antigenic fractions of excretory-secretory Toxocara canis antigen recognized by IgG antibodies throughout an experimental infection in mice challenged by different inocula. Mice were inoculated with 5, 50 and 500 embryonated eggs and serum samples were collected 15, 30, 60, 90 and 120 days post-infection. Serum samples were analyzed using an excretory-secretory Toxocara antigen. Antibodies recognized antigenic fractions from 30 to 90 kDa. The protein fraction of 30-35 kDa was the most frequently recognized regardless of the size of inoculum and the stage of infection represented by the different collection times, but the antigenic recognition was more evident in groups infected with 50 and 500 eggs. This study presents an antigenic panel of the excretory-secretory antigen of T. canis and suggests that the 30-35 kDa antigenic fraction is a promising marker of the infection and should be further explored in future studies on experimental toxocariasis.
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
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Costa IN, Bosqui LR, Corral MA, Costa-Cruz JM, Gryschek RCB, de Paula FM. Diagnosis of human strongyloidiasis: Application in clinical practice. Acta Trop 2021; 223:106081. [PMID: 34364894 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.106081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Revised: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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This review considers the advantages and disadvantages of parasitological techniques, methods of detecting antibodies and antigens, as well as molecular biology techniques in the diagnosis of human strongyloidiasis. In addition, it elucidates the potential of different techniques for rapid and effective detection of clinical cases, thus enabling early treatment and preventing fatal consequences of this helminthiasis.
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Kobayashi GS, Brito LA, Moreira DDP, Suzuki AM, Hsia GSP, Pimentel LF, de Paiva APB, Dias CR, Lourenço NCV, Oliveira BA, Manuli ER, Corral MA, Cavaçana N, Mitne-Neto M, Sales MM, Dell’ Aquila LP, Filho AR, Parrillo EF, Mendes-Corrêa MC, Sabino EC, Costa SF, Leal FE, Sgro GG, Farah CS, Zatz M, Passos-Bueno MR. A Novel Saliva RT-LAMP Workflow for Rapid Identification of COVID-19 Cases and Restraining Viral Spread. Diagnostics (Basel) 2021; 11:1400. [PMID: 34441334 PMCID: PMC8391450 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11081400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Revised: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Rapid diagnostics is pivotal to curb SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and saliva has emerged as a practical alternative to naso/oropharyngeal (NOP) specimens. We aimed to develop a direct RT-LAMP (reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification) workflow for viral detection in saliva, and to provide more information regarding its potential in curbing COVID-19 transmission. Clinical and contrived specimens were used to optimize formulations and sample processing protocols. Salivary viral load was determined in symptomatic patients to evaluate the clinical performance of the test and to characterize saliva based on age, gender and time from onset of symptoms. Our workflow achieved an overall sensitivity of 77.2% (n = 90), with 93.2% sensitivity, 97% specificity, and 0.895 Kappa for specimens containing >102 copies/μL (n = 77). Further analyses in saliva showed that viral load peaks in the first days of symptoms and decreases afterwards, and that viral load is ~10 times lower in females compared to males, and declines following symptom onset. NOP RT-PCR data did not yield relevant associations. This work suggests that saliva reflects the transmission dynamics better than NOP specimens, and reveals gender differences that may reflect higher transmission by males. This saliva RT-LAMP workflow can be applied to track viral spread and, to maximize detection, testing should be performed immediately after symptoms are presented, especially in females.
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- Gerson Shigeru Kobayashi
- Centro de Pesquisa Sobre o Genoma Humano e Células-Tronco (HUG-CELL), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil; (L.A.B.); (D.d.P.M.); (A.M.S.); (G.S.P.H.); (L.F.P.); (A.P.B.d.P.); (C.R.D.); (N.C.V.L.); (M.A.C.); (N.C.); (M.Z.)
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- Centro de Pesquisa Sobre o Genoma Humano e Células-Tronco (HUG-CELL), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil; (L.A.B.); (D.d.P.M.); (A.M.S.); (G.S.P.H.); (L.F.P.); (A.P.B.d.P.); (C.R.D.); (N.C.V.L.); (M.A.C.); (N.C.); (M.Z.)
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- Centro de Pesquisa Sobre o Genoma Humano e Células-Tronco (HUG-CELL), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil; (L.A.B.); (D.d.P.M.); (A.M.S.); (G.S.P.H.); (L.F.P.); (A.P.B.d.P.); (C.R.D.); (N.C.V.L.); (M.A.C.); (N.C.); (M.Z.)
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- Centro de Pesquisa Sobre o Genoma Humano e Células-Tronco (HUG-CELL), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil; (L.A.B.); (D.d.P.M.); (A.M.S.); (G.S.P.H.); (L.F.P.); (A.P.B.d.P.); (C.R.D.); (N.C.V.L.); (M.A.C.); (N.C.); (M.Z.)
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- Centro de Pesquisa Sobre o Genoma Humano e Células-Tronco (HUG-CELL), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil; (L.A.B.); (D.d.P.M.); (A.M.S.); (G.S.P.H.); (L.F.P.); (A.P.B.d.P.); (C.R.D.); (N.C.V.L.); (M.A.C.); (N.C.); (M.Z.)
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- Centro de Pesquisa Sobre o Genoma Humano e Células-Tronco (HUG-CELL), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil; (L.A.B.); (D.d.P.M.); (A.M.S.); (G.S.P.H.); (L.F.P.); (A.P.B.d.P.); (C.R.D.); (N.C.V.L.); (M.A.C.); (N.C.); (M.Z.)
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- Centro de Pesquisa Sobre o Genoma Humano e Células-Tronco (HUG-CELL), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil; (L.A.B.); (D.d.P.M.); (A.M.S.); (G.S.P.H.); (L.F.P.); (A.P.B.d.P.); (C.R.D.); (N.C.V.L.); (M.A.C.); (N.C.); (M.Z.)
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- Centro de Pesquisa Sobre o Genoma Humano e Células-Tronco (HUG-CELL), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil; (L.A.B.); (D.d.P.M.); (A.M.S.); (G.S.P.H.); (L.F.P.); (A.P.B.d.P.); (C.R.D.); (N.C.V.L.); (M.A.C.); (N.C.); (M.Z.)
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- Centro de Pesquisa Sobre o Genoma Humano e Células-Tronco (HUG-CELL), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil; (L.A.B.); (D.d.P.M.); (A.M.S.); (G.S.P.H.); (L.F.P.); (A.P.B.d.P.); (C.R.D.); (N.C.V.L.); (M.A.C.); (N.C.); (M.Z.)
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- Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05403-000, Brazil; (B.A.O.); (E.R.M.); (M.C.M.-C.); (E.C.S.); (S.F.C.)
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- Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05403-000, Brazil; (B.A.O.); (E.R.M.); (M.C.M.-C.); (E.C.S.); (S.F.C.)
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- Centro de Pesquisa Sobre o Genoma Humano e Células-Tronco (HUG-CELL), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil; (L.A.B.); (D.d.P.M.); (A.M.S.); (G.S.P.H.); (L.F.P.); (A.P.B.d.P.); (C.R.D.); (N.C.V.L.); (M.A.C.); (N.C.); (M.Z.)
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- Centro de Pesquisa Sobre o Genoma Humano e Células-Tronco (HUG-CELL), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil; (L.A.B.); (D.d.P.M.); (A.M.S.); (G.S.P.H.); (L.F.P.); (A.P.B.d.P.); (C.R.D.); (N.C.V.L.); (M.A.C.); (N.C.); (M.Z.)
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- Grupo Fleury, Research and Development, São Paulo 04344-070, Brazil;
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- Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa Prevent Senior, São Paulo 04547-100, Brazil; (M.M.S.); (L.P.D.A.); (A.R.F.); (E.F.P.)
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- Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa Prevent Senior, São Paulo 04547-100, Brazil; (M.M.S.); (L.P.D.A.); (A.R.F.); (E.F.P.)
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- Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa Prevent Senior, São Paulo 04547-100, Brazil; (M.M.S.); (L.P.D.A.); (A.R.F.); (E.F.P.)
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- Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa Prevent Senior, São Paulo 04547-100, Brazil; (M.M.S.); (L.P.D.A.); (A.R.F.); (E.F.P.)
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- Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05403-000, Brazil; (B.A.O.); (E.R.M.); (M.C.M.-C.); (E.C.S.); (S.F.C.)
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- Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05403-000, Brazil; (B.A.O.); (E.R.M.); (M.C.M.-C.); (E.C.S.); (S.F.C.)
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- Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05403-000, Brazil; (B.A.O.); (E.R.M.); (M.C.M.-C.); (E.C.S.); (S.F.C.)
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Municipal de São Caetano do Sul (USCS), São Paulo 09521-160, Brazil;
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil; (G.G.S.); (C.S.F.)
- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-903, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil; (G.G.S.); (C.S.F.)
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- Centro de Pesquisa Sobre o Genoma Humano e Células-Tronco (HUG-CELL), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil; (L.A.B.); (D.d.P.M.); (A.M.S.); (G.S.P.H.); (L.F.P.); (A.P.B.d.P.); (C.R.D.); (N.C.V.L.); (M.A.C.); (N.C.); (M.Z.)
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- Centro de Pesquisa Sobre o Genoma Humano e Células-Tronco (HUG-CELL), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil; (L.A.B.); (D.d.P.M.); (A.M.S.); (G.S.P.H.); (L.F.P.); (A.P.B.d.P.); (C.R.D.); (N.C.V.L.); (M.A.C.); (N.C.); (M.Z.)
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- Laboratorio de Investigacao Medica (LIM06-Laboratorio de Imunopatologia da Equistossomose), Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
- Secao de Helmintologia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical (IMT), Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Laboratorio de Investigacao Medica (LIM06-Laboratorio de Imunopatologia da Equistossomose), Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
- Secao de Helmintologia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical (IMT), Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
- Laboratorio de Investigacao Medica (LIM06-Laboratorio de Imunopatologia da Equistossomose), Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
- Secao de Helmintologia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical (IMT), Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
- Corresponding author. E-mail:
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Apoliano CF, Assone T, Maciel da Silva BC, Andreetta Corral M, de Oliveira ACP, Fonseca LAM, Duarte AJDS, Tang Y, Casseb J. Interferon-γ Secretion Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay Determined Among Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1-Infected Subjects: A Potential Laboratory Marker for Early HTLV-1-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis Diagnosis. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2020; 36:6-7. [PMID: 31474114 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2018.0290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Carlos Fernando Apoliano
- Laboratory of Dermatology and Immunodeficiencies, Department of Dermatology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
- Institute of Tropical Medicine of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Dermatology and Immunodeficiencies, Department of Dermatology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
- Institute of Tropical Medicine of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Dermatology and Immunodeficiencies, Department of Dermatology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
- Institute of Tropical Medicine of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, California
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- Laboratory of Dermatology and Immunodeficiencies, Department of Dermatology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
- Institute of Tropical Medicine of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Andreetta Corral M, de Paula FM, Meisel DMC, Abdala E, Figueiredo Costa S, Camera Pierrotti L, Yamashiro J, do Nascimento Gonçalves EM, Castilho VLP, Chieffi PP, Gryschek RCB. IgG reactivity with 40-35 kDa soluble and membrane antigen of Strongyloides venezuelensis in immunocompromised patients. Acta Trop 2019; 190:357-360. [PMID: 30552879 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2018] [Revised: 11/23/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Immunocompromised patients constitute a risk group for the development of severe clinical forms of human strongyloidiasis. The diagnosis of this infection is primarily performed by parasitological techniques, but with low sensitivity. Serological techniques appear as an alternative, especially with heterologous antigens use. The aim of this study was to perform the Western blot technique by using S. venezuelensis infective third stage larva (iL3) soluble (TS) and membrane (TM) saline antigens to reveal immunoreactive bands in immunocompromised patients with strongyloidiasis. Serum samples from 117 parasitologically well-characterized patients were divided into four groups: S. stercoralis positive and immunocompetent (S + IC); S. stercoralis positive and immunocompromised (S + IP); negative and immunocompetent (S-IC); negative and immunocompromised (S-IP). A 40-35 kDa band was recognized by 100% of patients in the S + IC group in both antigenic fractions, and by 62.5% and 50% in the S + IP group using the TS and TM fractions, respectively. A 29 kDa band was recognized by 86.3% and 72.7% (for TS and TM, respectively) of patients in the S + IC group, and only by 12.5% of patients in the S + IP group on the TM antigen. Regardless of the patients' immunological condition, the 40-35 kDa band from S. venezuelensis was detected more frequently and can be used as an important marker to the immunodiagnosis of human strongyloidiasis.
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Souza MMD, de Paula FM, Hsieh R, Macedo MCMA, Corral MA, Nunes TB, De Paula F, Lourenço SV. Could mucin 16 and colony-stimulating factor 2-receptor beta possible graft versus host disease biomarkers? Medical hypotheses. Med Hypotheses 2017; 100:89-93. [PMID: 28236856 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2017.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2016] [Accepted: 01/26/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Graft versus host disease (GVHD) occurs after bone marrow transplantation and is one of the most important causes of death worldwide. Reviews demonstrated GVHD patients with involvement of various tissues and organs, such as salivary glands. The diagnosis of acute GVHD has been the biopsies and the histopathologic evaluation of tissue from an involved organ. These procedures are invasive. Saliva proteins as possible biomarker for GVHD could facilitate the management and diagnosis accuracy. For support the proposed hypotheses, in this pilot study we collected whole saliva samples from patients with undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) and from healthy subjects. Samples were collected prospectively between pre-transplant, thirty days, one hundred and, two hundred days after transplant. The proteomic profile was analyzed using SDS-PAGE and LCMS-ESI-IT-TOF mass spectrometry. The relevant personal data, past medical history were also recorded. The most relevant proteins found exclusively in GVHD patients were: CSF2RB, Protocadherin (Pcdh) Fat 2 precursor, protein capicua homolog isoform CIC-S, MUC16 and RGPD8_HUMAN RANBP2. This study aims to conduct an initial evaluation of the possible presence of such biomarkers in saliva from GVHD patients, and suggested a potential application of proteomics analysis as a alternative method to diagnose GVHD.
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- Milena Monteiro de Souza
- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, 255, Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar Avenue, 3° Floor, 05403-900, Cerqueira Cesar, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Departament of Immunology of Schistosomiasis, Hospital das Clínicas, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Departament of General Pathology, Dental School, University of São Paulo, 2227, Prof. Lineu Prestes Avenue, 05508-000, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Blone Marrow Transplantation, Brazilian Institute of Cancer Control, 2576, Alcântara Machado Avenue, 03102-000, Brás, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Departament of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, 255, Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar Avenue, 05403-000, Cerqueira Cesar, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Departament of Diagnostic Oral, Dental School, University of São Paulo, 2227, Prof. Lineu Prestes Avenue, 05508-000, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Departament of Diagnostic Oral, Dental School, University of São Paulo, 2227, Prof. Lineu Prestes Avenue, 05508-000, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Departament of General Pathology, Dental School, University of São Paulo, 2227, Prof. Lineu Prestes Avenue, 05508-000, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Paula FMD, Malta FM, Corral MA, Marques PD, Gottardi M, Meisel DMCL, Yamashiro J, Pinho JRR, Castilho VLP, Gonçalves EMDN, Gryschek RCB, Chieffi PP. DIAGNOSIS OF Strongyloides stercoralis INFECTION IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS BY SEROLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR METHODS. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2016; 58:63. [PMID: 27680168 PMCID: PMC5048634 DOI: 10.1590/s1678-9946201658063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Strongyloidiasis is a potentially serious infection in immunocompromised patients.
Thus, the availability of sensitive and specific diagnostic methods is desirable,
especially in the context of immunosuppressed patients in whom the diagnosis and
treatment of strongyloidiasis is of utmost importance. In this study, serological and
molecular tools were used to diagnose Strongyloides stercoralis
infections in immunosuppressed patients. Serum and stool samples were obtained from
52 patients. Stool samples were first analyzed by Lutz, Rugai, and Agar plate culture
methods, and then by a quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Serum
samples were evaluated by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using a
soluble (AS) or a membrane fractions antigen (AM) obtained from alkaline solutions of
the filariform larvae of Strongyloides venezuelensis. Of the 52
immunosuppressed patients, three (5.8%) were positive for S.
stercoralis by parasitological methods, compared to two patients (3.8%)
and one patient (1.9%) who were detected by ELISA using the AS and the AM antigens,
respectively. S. stercoralis DNA was amplified in seven (13.5%)
stool samples by qPCR. These results suggest the utility of qPCR as an alternative
diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of S. stercoralis infection in
immunocompromised patients, considering the possible severity of this helminthiasis
in this group of patients.
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- Fabiana Martins de Paula
- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mails: ; ; ; ; .,Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Laboratório de Investigação Médica. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mails: ; ; ; ; ;
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mails: ; ; ; ; .,Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina Laboratório de Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia Tropical. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mail: ;
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Laboratório de Investigação Médica. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mails: ; ; ; ; ;
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mails: ; ; ; ; .,Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Laboratório de Investigação Médica. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mails: ; ; ; ; ;
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Laboratório de Investigação Médica. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mails: ; ; ; ; ;
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Laboratório de Investigação Médica. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mails: ; ; ; ; ;
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Laboratório de Investigação Médica. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mails: ; ; ; ; ;
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mails: ; ; ; ; .,Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina Laboratório de Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia Tropical. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mail: ;
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Seção de Parasitologia, Divisão de Laboratório Central. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mails: ;
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Seção de Parasitologia, Divisão de Laboratório Central. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mails: ;
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mails: ; ; ; ; .,Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Laboratório de Investigação Médica. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mails: ; ; ; ; ;
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mails: ; ; ; ; .,Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Santa Casa. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mail:
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Corral MA, Paula FMD, Gottardi M, Meisel DMCL, Castilho VLP, Gonçalves EMDN, Chieffi PP, Gryschek RCB. IMMUNODIAGNOSIS OF HUMAN STRONGYLOIDIASIS: USE OF SIX DIFFERENT ANTIGENIC FRACTIONS FROM Strongyloides venezuelensis PARASITIC FEMALES. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2016; 57:427-30. [PMID: 26603231 PMCID: PMC4660453 DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652015000500010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2015] [Accepted: 06/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate six different antigenic fractions from Strongyloides venezuelensis parasitic females for the immunodiagnosis of human strongyloidiasis. Soluble and membrane fractions from S. venezuelensis parasitic females were prepared in phosphate-buffered saline (SSF and SMF, respectively), Tris-HCl (TSF and TMF, respectively), and an alkaline buffer (ASF and AMF, respectively). Serum samples obtained from patients with strongyloidiasis or, other parasitic diseases, and healthy individuals were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Soluble fractions SSF, TSF, and ASF showed 85.0%, 75.0%, and 80.0% sensitivity and 93.1%, 93.1%, and 87.5% specificity, respectively. Membrane fractions SMF, TMF, and AMF showed 80.0%, 75.0%, and 85.0% sensitivity, and 95.8%, 90.3%, and 91.7% specificity, respectively. In conclusion, the present results suggest that the fractions obtained from parasitic females, especially the SSF and SMF, could be used as alternative antigen sources in the serodiagnosis of human strongyloidiasis.
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- Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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- Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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Corral MA, Paula FM, Gottardi M, Meisel DMCL, Chieffi PP, Gryschek RCB. Membrane fractions from Strongyloides venezuelensis in the immunodiagnosis of human strongyloidiasis. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2015; 57:77-80. [PMID: 25651330 PMCID: PMC4325527 DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652015000100011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Strongyloides venezuelensis is a parasitic nematode of rodents
frequently used to obtain heterologous antigens for the immunological diagnosis of
human strongyloidiasis. The aim of this study was to evaluate membrane fractions from
S. venezuelensis for human strongyloidiasis immunodiagnosis.
Soluble and membrane fractions were obtained in phosphate saline (SS and SM) and
Tris-HCl (TS and TM) from filariform larvae of S. venezuelensis.
Ninety-two serum samples (n = 92) were obtained from 20 strongyloidiasis patients
(Group I), 32 from patients with other parasitic diseases (Group II), and 40 from
healthy individuals (Group III), and were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent
assay (ELISA). Soluble fractions (SS and TS) showed 90.0% sensitivity and 88.9%
specificity, whereas the membrane fractions (SM and TM) showed 95.0% sensitivity and
94.4% specificity. The present results suggest the possible use of membrane fractions
of S. venezuelensis as an alternative antigen for human
strongyloidiasis immunodiagnosis.
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- Laboratório de Investigação Médica (LIM-06), Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Paula FM, Sitta RB, Malta FM, Gottardi M, Corral MA, Gryschek RCB, Chieffi PP. Parasitological and molecular diagnosis in experimental Strongyloides venezuelensis infection. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2013; 55:141-3. [PMID: 23563772 DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652013000200015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2012] [Accepted: 12/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Strongyloides venezuelensis is a parasitic nematode of rats which is frequently used as a model to study human and animal strongyloidiasis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between parasitological and molecular diagnosis in Strongyloides venezuelensis infection. PCR assays were used to detect S. venezuelensis DNA in fecal samples obtained from experimentally infected Rattus norvegicus. The results showed a higher sensitivity of the PCR assay in detecting the infection compared to parasitological methods.
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- Fabiana Martins Paula
- Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Paula FMD, Gottardi M, Corral MA, Chieffi PP, Gryschek RCB. IS THE AGAR PLATE CULTURE A GOOD TOOL FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF Strongyloides stercoralis IN CANDIDATES FOR TRANSPLANTATION? Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2013. [DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652013000400013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
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- Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Brazil
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Encinas J, Corral MA, Fernández GC, Agueda DS, de Castro FJ. [Radiological diagnostic approach to idiopathic interstitial pneumonias: findings in high resolution computed tomography]. Radiologia 2011; 54:73-84. [PMID: 21978408 DOI: 10.1016/j.rx.2011.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2010] [Revised: 03/26/2011] [Accepted: 03/29/2011] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A review is presented on the histological and radiological findings in idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, which are included among the diffuse parenchymal lung diseases. Although they may affect other compartments, the lung interstitium is the initial substrate of the parenchymal lesion due to different patterns of inflammation and fibrosis. The current classification, proposed in 2002 as an international multidisciplinary consensus document promoted by the American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society, includes 7 conditions. Based on histological criteria, each histological pattern is associated with an image pattern. They are a group of conditions of unknown origin with common characteristics and differential features that enable them to be individualised as diseases with a different prognosis and treatment. They are rare as idiopathic forms, but share a morphological substrate with other more common diseases of unknown cause, which means they have to be excluded to reach a definitive diagnosis. For this reason it is important that the radiologist is familiar with their characteristic imaging findings.
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- J Encinas
- Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Complejo Asistencial de Ávila, Ávila, España.
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Paquette LA, Owen DR, Bibart RT, Seekamp CK, Kahane AL, Lanter JC, Corral MA. 1-Oxaspiro[4.4]nonan-6-ones. Synthetic access via oxonium ion technology, optical resolution, and conversion into enantiopure spirocyclic alpha,beta-butenolides. J Org Chem 2001; 66:2828-34. [PMID: 11304208 DOI: 10.1021/jo010026o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
A general approach to the synthesis of enantiomerically pure spirocyclic alpha,beta-butenolides is presented where the fundamental framework is rapidly elaborated by acid- or bromonium ion-induced rearrangement of the carbinol derived by addition of 2-lithio-4,5-dihydrofuran to cyclobutanone. Subsequent resolution of the resulting ketones by either sulfoximine or mandelate acetal technology has been applied effectively. The availability of these building blocks makes possible in turn the acquisition of the enantiomers of dihydrofurans typified by 17, 35, and 38 and lactones such as 25 and 31, as well as the targeted title compounds. Complementary reductions of the early intermediates provide the added advantage that the alpha- and beta-stereoisomeric carbinol series can be obtained on demand. These capabilities have been coordinated to allow the crafting of any member of the series in relatively few steps.
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- L A Paquette
- Evans Chemical Laboratories, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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Palomo JC, Jiménez C, Moreno E, García MA, Bercedo J, Loinaz C, Palma F, Ibañez J, Corral MA. Effects of intraoperative blood transfusion on rejection and survival after orthotopic liver transplantation. Transplant Proc 1995; 27:2326-7. [PMID: 7652829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- J C Palomo
- University Hospital 12 de Octubre, General and Digestive Surgery Service, Madrid, Spain
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Colina F, Lopez-Carreira M, Moreno E, Garcia I, Corral MA, Fiaño C, Garcia-Muñoz H, Gomez-Sanz R. A clinopathologic review of 8 liver graft primary nonfunctions. Hepatogastroenterology 1995; 42:212-21. [PMID: 7590568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
In a group of 276 consecutive liver transplants 8 primary graft nonfunctions were identified (2.9%). Recipients showed a progressive elevation of transferases (mean maximum value ALT: 5000 +/- 1892 U/l) and bilirubin (mean maximum value: 20 +/- 11.8 mg/dl) and a decrease in the percent prothrombin time (mean minimum value 26 +/- 13 min.) in the post-implantation survival time of the 8 grafts (range 1-5 days). No statistically significant differences were observed between mean cold and warm-ischemia times for these 8 donor organs and those of a control group of 92 consecutive grafts. All organs except one were ABO isogroup and all except another one displayed negative lymphocytotoxic crossmatch. Predominantly small-droplet hepatocytic vacuolization with no nuclear displacement was observed in plastic-embedded semithin sections of all post-primary nonfunction liver tissues (severe in 4 grafts, centri-mediozonal in 2, and centrolobular in 2). In 3 cases where fresh liver tissue was available the lipidic nature of the vacuoles was confirmed with electron microscopy and with frozen sections stained with Sudan III. Other microscopic lesions were also observed: spotty monocellular coagulative necroses, variable extension of zonal coagulative necroses and hemorrhages, cholestasis and minor mixed inflammatory infiltrate. Comparative microscopic study of these tissues with the protocol biopsy specimens obtained 2-4 hours after reperfusion demonstrated previous liver cell-vacuolization in only 3 cases. In conclusion, an acute progressive microvascular steatosis developed in this primary nonfunction series. No specific etiopathogenic factors were identified.
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- F Colina
- Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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