Infectious diseases in paediatric pathology: experience from a developing country.
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.
Peres
Luiz Cesar
LC
Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. lcperes@fmrp.usp.br
Saggioro
Fabiano Pinto
FP
Dias
Leonidas Braga
LB
Alves
Venâncio Avancini Ferreira
VA
Brasil
Roosecelis Araújo
RA
Luiz
Veridiana Ester Dias de Barros
VE
Neder
Luciano
L
Rosman
Fernando Colonna
FC
Fleury
Raul Negrão
RN
Ura
Somei
S
Orsi
Ana Tereza
AT
Talhari
Carolina
C
Ferreira
Luiz Carlos de Lima
LC
Ramos
Simone Gusmão
SG
Rey
Luís Carlos
LC
Martinez-Espinosa
Flor E
FE
Sim
Franklin
F
Filho
Otilde Es de Satana
OE
Duarte
Maria Irma Seixas
MI
Lambertucci
José Roberto
JR
Chimelli
Leila M Cardão
LM
Rosa
Patrícia Sammarco
PS
Belone
Andrea de Faria Fernandes
Ade F
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