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Medicina (Kaunas) ; 60(6)2024 Jun 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38929629

RESUMO

Background and Objectives: Malaria continues to be a significant global health challenge. The efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) has declined in many parts of the Greater Mekong Subregion, including Vietnam, due to the spread of resistant malaria strains. This study was conducted to assess the efficacy of the Dihydroartemisinin (DHA)-Piperaquine (PPQ) regimen in treating uncomplicated falciparum malaria and to conduct molecular surveillance of antimalarial drug resistance in Binh Phuoc and Dak Nong provinces. Materials and Methods: The study included 63 uncomplicated malaria falciparum patients from therapeutic efficacy studies (TES) treated following the WHO treatment guidelines (2009). Molecular marker analysis was performed on all 63 patients. Methods encompassed Sanger sequencing for pfK13 mutations and quantitative real-time PCR for the pfpm2 gene. Results: This study found a marked decrease in the efficacy of the DHA-PPQ regimen, with an increased rate of treatment failures at two study sites. Genetic analysis revealed a significant presence of pfK13 mutations and pfpm2 amplifications, indicating emerging resistance to artemisinin and its partner drug. Conclusions: The effectiveness of the standard DHA-PPQ regimen has sharply declined, with rising treatment failure rates. This decline necessitates a review and possible revision of national malaria treatment guidelines. Importantly, molecular monitoring and clinical efficacy assessments together provide a robust framework for understanding and addressing detection drug resistance in malaria.


Assuntos
Antimaláricos , Artemisininas , Malária Falciparum , Plasmodium falciparum , Quinolinas , Humanos , Artemisininas/uso terapêutico , Quinolinas/uso terapêutico , Vietnã , Antimaláricos/uso terapêutico , Malária Falciparum/tratamento farmacológico , Masculino , Feminino , Adulto , Plasmodium falciparum/efeitos dos fármacos , Plasmodium falciparum/genética , Resistência a Medicamentos/genética , Adolescente , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Quimioterapia Combinada/métodos , Adulto Jovem , Proteínas de Protozoários/genética , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real , Mutação , Piperazinas
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Langmuir ; 39(44): 15799-15807, 2023 Nov 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37883714

RESUMO

Cyanides, which are extremely toxic chemicals that are rapidly absorbed into the human body and interact with cytochrome oxidase, strongly inhibit cellular respiration to body death with convulsions. Cyanide ions that exist in many forms in nature such as those found in apricot kernels, cassava roots, and bamboo shoots as cyanogenic glycosides are inevitably used in various industries, including gold and silver mining as well as in dyes and plastic industries. In this study, for the sake of developing ultrahigh-sensitive sensors for cyanide monitoring in a simple manner, we chemically synthesize Aucore-Agshell hybrid nanomaterials of different core/shell thicknesses for colorimetric sensors and fiber optical sensors. Their sensing principle relies on the formation of the Ag/Au cyanocomplex upon cyanide injection. The generated metal cyanocomplex induced changes in refractive indices, causing changes in properties of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR), i.e., optical absorbance change for the colorimetric sensors. For fiber optical sensors, the hybrid metal nanoparticles were immobilized on the fiber core surface and the metal cyanocomplex formation induced changes in the fiber cladding refractive index, enabling quantitative cyanide detection with ultrahigh sensitivity. The LSPR-based colorimetric sensor provided the lowest detectable cyanide concentration of 5 × 10-6 M, whereas the value for the fiber-based sensor was 8 × 10-11 M.

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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36817495

RESUMO

As authorities braced for the arrival of the Omicron variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), infrastructure investments and government directives prompted action in central Viet Nam to establish capacity for genomic surveillance sequencing. From 17 November 2021 to 7 January 2022, the Pasteur Institute in Nha Trang sequenced 162 specimens from 98 150 confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases in the region collected from 8 November to 31 December 2021. Of these, all 127 domestic cases were identified as the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant, whereas 92% (32/35) of imported cases were identified as the B.1.1.529 (Omicron) variant, all among international flight passengers. Patients were successfully isolated, enabling health-care workers to prepare for additional cases. Most (78%) of the 32 Omicron cases were fully vaccinated, suggesting continued importance of public health and social measures to control the spread of new variants.


Assuntos
COVID-19 , Humanos , SARS-CoV-2 , Vietnã , Pessoal de Saúde
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J Nanosci Nanotechnol ; 21(4): 2582-2587, 2021 04 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33500079

RESUMO

We successfully synthesized ZnSe nanoparticles (NPs) by using a hydrothermal method. Careful analyses of X-ray diffraction pattern and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy images showed that the synthesized ZnSe NPs with the size of ˜100 nm and sphere-like morphology crystallized in the zincblende/cubic structure (the F-43m space group). This was also confirmed based upon characteristic vibration modes recorded by using Raman scattering spectroscopy. The study on room-temperature absorption and photoluminescence (PL) spectra proved ZnSe NPs having high crystal quality with the band gap energy Eg≈2.63 eV at 300 K and excitonic emission peaked at ˜2.64 eV (469 nm). Particularly, as studying temperature-dependent PL spectra, we found the shift of the emission peak towards lower energies while the PL intensity decreased when temperature increased from 15 to 300 K. The PL spectral parameters were analyzed by using the Arrhenius and Varshni laws.

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Nat Prod Commun ; 9(5): 659-60, 2014 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25026714

RESUMO

Two new fungal pigments named schweinitzins A and B (1-2), together with (S)-torosachrysone-8-O-methyl ether (3) and emodin-6,8-di-O-methyl ether (4) have been isolated from the methanolic extract of the fruit bodies of Xylaria schweinitzii (Xylariaceae) collected in Cuc Phuong national park, Ninh Binh province, Vietnam, by silica gel column chromatography and preparative HPLC. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis such as IR, UV-Vis, 2D NMR and FT-ICR-MS. In addition, two compounds (1 and 3) showed strong cytotoxicity against all four cancer cell lines, KB (a human epidermal carcinoma), MCF7 (human breast carcinoma), SK-LU-I (human lung carcinoma) and HepG2 (hepatocellular carcinoma).


Assuntos
Antracenos/isolamento & purificação , Antineoplásicos/isolamento & purificação , Naftalenos/isolamento & purificação , Xylariales/química , Antracenos/química , Antracenos/farmacologia , Antineoplásicos/química , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Humanos , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Naftalenos/química , Naftalenos/farmacologia , Vietnã
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Fitoterapia ; 91: 125-127, 2013 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24001711

RESUMO

Three novel steroids (1-3), named cattienoids A-C together with schisanlactone A (4), were isolated from fruiting bodies of Tomophagus cattienensis (Ganodermataceae)-a new mushroom recently collected from Cattien National Park, in Viet Nam. They possess an unusual seven membered lactone ring, derived from lanostane-type triterpenoids. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic methods. In addition, compounds 2 and 4 showed cytotoxicity against KB (a human epidermal carcinoma) cells with their IC50 values of 91.2 and 63.3 µM, respectively. These compounds have neither antimicrobial activity nor inhibition of the tyrosinase.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/tratamento farmacológico , Polyporales/química , Esteroides/isolamento & purificação , Esteroides/uso terapêutico , Antineoplásicos/química , Antineoplásicos/isolamento & purificação , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Produtos Biológicos/química , Produtos Biológicos/farmacologia , Produtos Biológicos/uso terapêutico , Carpóforos , Humanos , Concentração Inibidora 50 , Células KB , Estrutura Molecular , Esteroides/química , Esteroides/farmacologia
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J Clin Microbiol ; 46(3): 996-1004, 2008 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18174300

RESUMO

This case-control study detected and characterized Shigella and diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) types among Vietnamese children less than 5 years old. In 249 children with diarrhea and 124 controls, Shigella spp. was an important cause of diarrhea (P < 0.05). We used multiplex PCR and DNA probes to detect enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC), enteroaggregative E. coli (EAggEC), enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC), attaching and effacing E. coli (A/EEC), verocytotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC), and enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC). The prevalences of DEC in the diarrhea and control groups were 25.7 and 10.5%, respectively. In 62 children with diarrhea, 64 DEC strains included 22 EAggEC (8.8%), 2 EIEC (0.8%), 23 A/EEC (9.2%), 7 EPEC (2.8%), and 10 ETEC strains (4.0%). Among controls, 13 DEC strains included 5 EAggEC strains (4.0%), 7 A/EEC strains (5.6%), and 1 EPEC strain. The characterization of DEC by serotypes, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, virulence genes, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed the occurrence of many different and highly heterogenic DEC subtypes, but common serotypes were found among ETEC, EIEC and EPEC, respectively. Serotyping was used to distinguish between A/EEC and EPEC. However, A/EEC, EPEC, and EAggEC were isolated at high frequency from both cases and controls. Further in-depth studies are needed to better understand important virulence factors of DEC, especially A/EEC, EPEC, and EAggEC.


Assuntos
Diarreia/epidemiologia , Diarreia/microbiologia , Escherichia coli/classificação , Escherichia coli/isolamento & purificação , Shigella/classificação , Shigella/isolamento & purificação , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Pré-Escolar , Disenteria Bacilar/epidemiologia , Disenteria Bacilar/microbiologia , Eletroforese em Gel de Campo Pulsado , Escherichia coli Enteropatogênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Escherichia coli Enteropatogênica/isolamento & purificação , Escherichia coli Enterotoxigênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Escherichia coli Enterotoxigênica/isolamento & purificação , Escherichia coli/efeitos dos fármacos , Infecções por Escherichia coli/epidemiologia , Infecções por Escherichia coli/microbiologia , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/genética , Hospitalização , Humanos , Lactente , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Prevalência , Sorotipagem , Shigella/efeitos dos fármacos , Shigella/genética , Vietnã/epidemiologia , Fatores de Virulência/genética
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J Med Microbiol ; 56(Pt 8): 1086-1096, 2007 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17644717

RESUMO

A case-control study was conducted to identify the aetiology of diarrhoeal diseases in pre-school children in a suburban area of Hanoi where the use of untreated wastewater in agriculture and aquaculture is a common practice. Stool specimens and clinical information were collected from 111 pairs of children with diarrhoea and healthy controls. A total of 73 cases (66 %) and 41 controls (36 %) had an enteric pathogen. The pathogens most often associated with diarrhoea were rotavirus (17 % of cases) and Entamoeba histolytica (15 %), followed by Shigella (5 %). Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) was found in 23 % of both patients and controls. Characterization of DEC by serotyping, antimicrobial susceptibility test and PFGE showed that DEC represented by different pathotypes belonged to various serotypes. Except for three enterotoxigenic E. coli strains, typing by PFGE revealed no correlation between pathotype and serotype of DEC strains. This suggests a high prevalence of a variety of DEC subtypes in this area. For this particular region, vaccine development strategies targeting rotavirus and Shigella are likely to be of public health benefit, whereas the role of DEC and preventive measures need to be further elaborated.


Assuntos
Diarreia/epidemiologia , Disenteria Bacilar/epidemiologia , Entamoeba histolytica/isolamento & purificação , Entamebíase/epidemiologia , Infecções por Escherichia coli/epidemiologia , Escherichia coli/isolamento & purificação , Infecções por Rotavirus/epidemiologia , Rotavirus/isolamento & purificação , Shigella/isolamento & purificação , Animais , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Diarreia/etiologia , Disenteria Bacilar/microbiologia , Entamebíase/parasitologia , Escherichia coli/classificação , Escherichia coli/efeitos dos fármacos , Infecções por Escherichia coli/microbiologia , Fezes/microbiologia , Feminino , Jardinagem , Humanos , Incidência , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Infecções por Rotavirus/virologia , Sorotipagem , População Suburbana , Vietnã/epidemiologia , Gerenciamento de Resíduos
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