Schistosomiasis haematobia in Brazilian patients: clinical and renal functional evaluation with 99mTc-DTPA
J. venom. anim. toxins incl. trop. dis
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13(3): 677-685, 2007. graf, tab
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ABSTRACT
The present study was carried out at the Army Central Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from September 2000 to December 2001, employing diethylenetriamine penta-acetic acid labeled with technetium-99m (99mTc-DTPA) to evaluate the renal function of nineteen symptomatic patients infected with S. haematobium during a peace mission in Mozambique. Results evidenced that the most frequent clinical manifestations were hematuria (68.4 percent) and low back pain (68.4 percent) and 73.7 percent patients had altered dynamic renal scintigraphy expressed by an increase in the excretory phase independently of the symptoms duration; furthermore, none of them had mechanical obstructive pattern. Schistosoma haematobium glomerulopathy could be considered a pathological finding without correlation with the disease clinical manifestations.(AU)
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Main subject:
Schistosoma haematobium
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Schistosomiasis haematobia
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Clinical Laboratory Techniques
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Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
J. venom. anim. toxins incl. trop. dis
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Army Central Hospital/BR
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Federal University of Rio de Janeiro/BR
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