Successful treatment of feline leishmaniosis using an association of allopurinol and N-methyl-glucamine antimoniate

Authors: Basso MA, Carreira LM, Duarte A, Fonseca Pereira I, Gomes L, Marques C, Pissarra H, Santos M, Santos-Gomes G, Tavares L, Valério-Bolas A
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports
Link: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2055116916630002

This work describes the diagnosis and successful treatment of a 2-year-old domestic cat infected with Leishmania species and presenting fever, and ulcerative and nodular skin lesions after being treated for pyodermatitis for 1 year without clinical improvement. After anamnesis the cat was submitted to a complete clinical examination. Blood was collected for determination of haematological […]
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Guidelines for the Detection of Babesia and Theileria Parasites

Authors: Antunes S, Baneth G, Beck R, Domingos A, Duarte A, Fonseca I, Gomes J, Holman P, Lempereur L, Marques C, Santos M, Silaghi C, Walder G, Zintl A, Zúquete S
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
Link: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/vbz.2016.1955%20

The genera Babesia and Theileria (phylum Apicomplexa, order Piroplasmida) are mainly transmitted by Ixodid ticks in which the sexual part of their life cycle followed by sporogony takes place. They include protozoan parasites that infect erythrocytes of a variety of vertebrate hosts, including domestic and wild animals, with some Babesia spp. also infecting humans. Babesia […]
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Enhancing activity of antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus: Zanthoxylum capense constituents and derivatives

Authors: Cabral V, Costa SS, Couto I, Duarte A, Ferreira M-JU, Junqueira E, Luo X, Mulhovo S, Viveiros M
Publication Year: 2015
Journal: Phytomedicine
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0944711315000495?via%3Dihub

Six compounds (1-6), isolated from the methanol extract of the roots of the African medicinal plant Zanthoxylum capense Thunb. (Rutaceae), and seven ester derivatives (7-13) were evaluated for their antibacterial activities and modulatory effects on the MIC of antibiotics (erythromycin, oxacillin, and tetracycline) and ethidium bromide (EtBr) against a Staphylococcus aureus reference strain (ATCC 6538). […]
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Routine screening of harmful microorganisms in beach sands: implications to public health

Authors: Brandão J, Carneiro C, Costa I, Cunha M, Duarte A, Faria N, Ferreira FC, Gargaté MJ, Júlio C, Martins ML, Nevers MB, Oleastro M, Rodrigues R, Sabino R, Solo-Gabriele H, Veríssimo C, Viegas C, Whitman RL
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Science of the Total Environment
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24355396

Beaches worldwide provide recreational opportunities to hundreds of millions of people and serve as important components of coastal economies. Beach water is often monitored for microbiological quality to detect the presence of indicators of human sewage contamination so as to prevent public health outbreaks associated with water contact
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Successful treatment of feline leishmaniosis using an association of allopurinol and N-methyl-glucamine antimoniate

Guidelines for the Detection of Babesia and Theileria Parasites

Enhancing activity of antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus: Zanthoxylum capense constituents and derivatives

Routine screening of harmful microorganisms in beach sands: implications to public health

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