Author | Bittencourt, Achilea Candida Lisboa | |
Author | Freitas, Luiz Antonio Rodrigues de | |
Author | Pompeu, Margarida Maria de Lima | |
Author | Vieira, Maria Lucia | |
Author | Barral, Aldina Maria Prado | |
Access date | 2014-07-10T17:47:54Z | |
Available date | 2014-07-10T17:47:54Z | |
Document date | 1990 | |
Citation | BITTENCOURT, Achilea Candida Lisboa et al. Distinct ultrastructural aspects in different biopsies of a single patient with diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 85, n. 1, p. 53-59, 1990. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0074-0276 | |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/7910 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Fiocruz | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Title | Distinct ultrastructural aspects in different biopsies of a single patient with diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1590/S0074-02761990000100008 | pt_BR |
Abstract | The authors investigated the relation between parasites and host-cells in active and regressed lesions of a patient with diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis, evaluating the frequency of different cell types, and the location and integrity of amastigotes. No correlation was found between parasite integrity and size of parasitophorous vacuoles. They observed ultrastructural findings characterizing a cell mediated immune response: macrophages lysis, parasitic destruction inside macrophages, close contact between parasitized macrophages and lymphocytes and between parasites and lymphocytes, lymphocytic infiltration and fibrosis. They suggest that in DCL there is a limited cellular immune response, although insufficient to control infection. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal da Bahia. Hospital Universitário Prof. Edgard Santos. Departamento de Anatomia Patologica. Salvador, BA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Ceará. Departamento de Patologia. Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal da Bahia. Hospital Universitário Prof. Edgard Santos. Laboratório de Imunologia. Salvador, BA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis | pt_BR |
Subject | Human leishmaniasis | pt_BR |
Subject | Leishmania | pt_BR |
Subject | Skin biopsie | pt_BR |
DeCS | Leishmaniose/patologia | pt_BR |
DeCS | Pele/ultraestrutura | pt_BR |
DeCS | Adulto | pt_BR |
DeCS | Animais | pt_BR |
DeCS | Biópsia | pt_BR |
DeCS | Humanos | pt_BR |
DeCS | Leishmania/isolamento & purificação | pt_BR |
DeCS | Leishmaniose/parasitologia | pt_BR |
DeCS | Macrófagos/parasitologia | pt_BR |
DeCS | Macrófagos/ultraestrutura | pt_BR |
DeCS | Masculino | pt_BR |