The hemorrhagic syndrome of leptospirosis: an experimental study in guinea pigs

The hemorrhagic syndrome of leptospirosis was studied in guinea pigs. The study correlates hematological, histopathological and immunohistochemical alterations in sixty animals inoculated by the intraperitoneal route with lml of the culture of virulent strain of Leptospira interrogans serovar copenhageni. Leptospirae antigens were detected by immunoperoxidase, chiefly in liver, kidney and heart muscle capillaries. Possible pathogenic mechanisms responsible for hemorrhagic syndrome are discussed with emphasis on toxic and anoxic attacks causing damage to endothelia, platelet depletion and alterations to hemostasia rates: prothrombin time [FT], partial thromboplastin time [PIT] and fibrinogen concentrations. Tide clinical-laboratoiy picture is compatible with the histopathological observation of disseminated intravascular coagulation [D1C] in most of the guinea pigs from day 4 of infection

ATIVIDADE ANTIMICROBIANA DO MEL DE ABELHAS JATAÍ (Tetragonisca angustula) EM CULTIVO DE MICRORGANISMOS DO CONDUTO AUDITIVO DE CANINOS DOMÉSTICOS (Canis familiaris)

The present work aimed to investigate, in vitro, the efficacyof the honey of Tetragonisca angustula, against the microorganismsfound in the auditory canal inflammations of dogs. The sampleswere collected through a sterile swab of secretion of the auditorycanal of dogs with clinical otitis. The material was fixed in glassslide by performing the smear, Gram stained, and submittedto microscopic identification. The samples were inoculated inTryptone Soya Broth culture media and incubated at 37°C for24 hours. After verifying that there was growth, the sampleswere cultured in Petri’s plates containing Chapman, Levine andMueller-Hinton, and incubated at 37°C for 24 hours. Filter paperdiscs were adapted, sterilized in autoclave and embedded in honeyfor the antibiogram. The disks impregnated with honey wereplaced in Petri’s plates containing the contamined material andagain incubated at 37°C for 24 hours. This experiment verified theformation of inhibition halos in the antibiograma with the honey ofthe Tetragonisca angustula, showing to be effective in the controlof Staphylococcus sp, Bacillus sp and yeasts

Comprometimento pulmonar na leptospirose

Em 23 pacientes com leptospirose apresentando comprometimento pulmonar, internados no Hospital Universitário Antônio Pedro da XJFF, Niterói, hemoptise e hemoptóicos foram observados em 21,7% e 30,4%, respectivajnente. Gasometria arterial revelou hipoxemia e hipocapnia na maioria dos casos. Radiografia de tórax em 15 pacientes mostrou comprometimento alveolar em 60%, comprometimento intersticial-reticular em 6%, padrão misto (alveolar e intersticial) em20%e ausência de alterações radiológicas em 14%. A necrópsiade 13 pacientes mostrou edema, congestão e hemorragia nos pulmões em 100% dos casos. A hemorragia foi focal em 46% e difusa em 54% dos casos. Houve formação de membrana hialina em 30% e trombos de fibrina em 46% dos pulmões estudados, o que estabelece o diagnóstico da coagulação intravascular disseminada e a ocorrência da síndrome de angústia respiratória na leptospirose