Penfigóide Bolhoso Refractário em Paciente Infectado pelo Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana

Bullous pemphigoid, the most common autoimmune subepidermal blistering disease, is due to autoantibodies against BP180/230 present in the hemodesmosomes of the basal keratinocytes that typically causes pruritus and tense cutaneous bullae on an erythematous or normal skin It affects predominantly the elderly, often in association with neurologic or neoplastic disease. The association with the human immunodeficiency virus infection is rare. We present a case of a young VIH+ patient under antiretroviral therapy with undetectable viral load and normal CD4+ T-cell count who developed an extensive bullous pemphigoid refractory to pulses of corticosteroids, oral steroids and methotrexate and improved only after the infusion of rituximab, an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody.Penfigóide bolhoso, a dermatose bolhosa subepidérmica auto-imune mais comum, é devida a auto-anticorpos contra partículas dos hemidesmosmas (BP180 e/ou BP230) e caracteriza-se por prurido e bolhas cutâneas tensas sobre base eritematosa ou pele normal. Afeta predominantemente idosos, por vezes com comorbilidades neurológicas ou neopláscias. A associação a infecção pelo vírus da imunodeficiência humana é rara. Relatamos o caso de uma paciente jovem VIH+ em tratamento antirretroviral com carga viral indetectável e contagem normal de células T CD4+, que desenvolveu penfigóide bolhoso com lesões extensas, incluindo na mucosa oral, resistentes a vários pulsos de corticoides, corticoides orais e metotrexato, com melhora e estabilidade clínica apenas após uma infusão de rituximab, um anticorpo monoclonal anti-CD20

Educomunicação, Transformação Social e Desenvolvimento Sustentável

Esta publicação apresenta os principais trabalhos dos GTs do II Congresso Internacional de Comunicação e Educação nos temas Transformação social, com os artigos que abordam principalmente Educomunicação e/ou Mídia-Educação, no contexto de políticas de diversidade, inclusão e equidade; e, em Desenvolvimento Sustentável os artigos que abordam os avanços da relação comunicação/educação no contexto da educação ambiental e desenvolvimento sustentável

Trichotillomania Incognito: Two Case Reports and Literature Review

Trichotillomania is a compulsive disorder characterized by repetitive hairpulling. It is an important cause of patchy alopecia, especially in children between 9 and 13 years of age. The aim of this paper is to report 2 pediatric cases presenting with trichotillomania without patches. This condition may be extremely distressful, impacting psychosocial development of children. In these case reports, we reinforce the relevance of trichoscopy in hair disorder evaluation, which allowed early recognition to better advise and conduct these unique pediatric cases

NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics

Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non-detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peer-reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non-detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio-temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other large-scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data