Aspectos epidemiológicos da teníase-cisticercose na área endêmica de Lagamar, MG / Epidemiological aspects of cysticercosis due to Taenia solium in the endemic area of Lagamar, MG

An epidemiological inquiry of humancysticercosis due to Taenia solium was carried out in Lagamar, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, in 1992. A survey of 1109 houses with 3344 inhabitants was made. The inquiry included 875 (86 per cent) families and the questionnaire was answered by an informer, who was the father in 80 per cent of the cases. One hundred pigsties, sheltering 406 swines in extremely precarious conditions, were found in 100 (11.4 per cent) houses. A history on taeniasis in some member of the family was verified in 300 (34.2 per cent) houses. A history of seizures was referred to by 125 (14.2 per cent) of families. The outset of convulsion in adult age was characterized in 39 (37.8 per cent) families. A history of mental disorder was reported in 53 (6.0 per cent) of houses. Stool examinations were positive for Taenia spp in 24 (1.3 per cent) of samples examined per cent.

Achados neurologicos e laboratoriais em populacao de area endemica para teniase-cisticercose, lagamar, M.G, Brasil / Neurologic and laboratory findings in population of endemic area for teniasis-cysticercosis, Lagamar, MG, Brazil (1992-1993)

Realizou-se um inquerito clinico-epidemiologico em area endemica para teniase-cisticercose. Foram examinados 1080 (32,2 por cento) individuos da populacao total, encontrando-se 198 (18,3 por cento) individuos referindo antecedente de teniase, e 103 (9,5 por cento) apresentaram historia anterior ou atual de convulsoes. Destes ultimos, 39 (37,8 por cento) referiram inicio das crises na vida adulta, e 62 (60 por cento) foram avaliados laboratorialmente. Em 21 (33,8 por cento) casos, o resultado da tomografia mostrou calcificacoes intracranianas compativeis com neurocisticercose, em numero e localizacao variaveis, mas sem evidencia de atividade da doenca....

Provas de atividade inflamatória no penfigo foliáceo endêmico / Tests of inflammatory activity in endemic pemphigus foliaceus

Endemic pemphigus foliaceus (EPF) has its pathogenesis frequently associated to autoimmune phenomena. In this paper, a few routine laboratory tests, usually disturbed in some autoimmune diseases, were taken in 20 patients with EPF, which were screened for antinuclear antibodies (ANA), rheumatoid factor (RF), C-reactive protein (CRP) and changes of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), serologic proteins electrophoresis and total leucocyte count. The CRP was found in 60 per cent of cases, leukocytosis in 85 per cent , high ESR in all of them and mild alterations in serologic proteins analysis. No ANA or RF was found. Although widely accepted as nonspecific tests, we believe that an association of the laboratory routine tests with clinical findings, can prove to be helpful in the follow up care of these patients