title: Infectious diseases in paediatric pathology: experience from a developing country.
abstract: Infectious and parasitic diseases have always challenged man. Although many of them are typically seen in some areas of the world and can be adequately managed by just improving socioeconomic status and sanitary conditions, they are still quite prevalent and may sometimes be seen outside their original geographical areas. Human migration due to different reasons, tourism, blood transfusion and solid organ transplantation has created new concerns for health professionals all over the world. If not for diagnostic purposes, at least these tropical and infectious diseases should be largely known because their epidemiology, pathogenesis, host/parasite interaction, inflammatory and reparative responses are quite interesting and teach us about human biology. Curiosity is inherent to pathology practice and so we are compelled to look for things other than tumours or degenerative diseases. This review focuses on infectious and parasitic diseases found in a developing country and brings up-to-date information on diseases caused by viruses (dengue, yellow fever), bacteria (typhoid fever, leprosy), parasites (Chagas' disease, cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis, amoebiasis, Capillaria hepatica, schistosomiasis, cysticercosis) and caused by fungi (paracoccidioidomycosis, cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis) that may be useful for pathologists when facing somewhat strange cases from developing countries.
authors.affiliation: Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. lcperes@fmrp.usp.br
authors.forename: Luiz Cesar
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Peres
authors.forename: Fabiano Pinto
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Saggioro
authors.forename: Leonidas Braga
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: Venâncio Avancini Ferreira
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.forename: Roosecelis Araújo
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Brasil
authors.forename: Veridiana Ester Dias de Barros
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Luiz
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Neder
authors.forename: Fernando Colonna
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Rosman
authors.forename: Raul Negrão
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Fleury
authors.forename: Somei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ura
authors.forename: Ana Tereza
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Orsi
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Talhari
authors.forename: Luiz Carlos de Lima
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Simone Gusmão
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: Luís Carlos
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Rey
authors.forename: Flor E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Martinez-Espinosa
authors.forename: Franklin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sim
authors.forename: Otilde Es de Satana
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Filho
authors.forename: Maria Irma Seixas
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: José Roberto
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lambertucci
authors.forename: Leila M Cardão
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Chimelli
authors.forename: Patrícia Sammarco
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.forename: Andrea de Faria Fernandes
authors.initials: Ade F
authors.lastname: Belone
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology