Chronic meningococcemia

The spectrum of Neisseria meningitidis-associated clinical entities involves mild forms of disease, without neurological involvement or sepsis, and asymptomatic carrier states. Rarely, N. meningitidis bacteremia can be associated with a prolonged fever with or without arthritis, which we designate as chronic meningococcemia. Chronic meningococcemia is an uncommon entity, usually associated to serogroup B N. meningitidis. Diagnosis is frequently delayed as blood cultures collected outside febrile periods can be negative. We present a case of chronic meningococcemia in a 22-year-old woman with no relevant clinical background, presenting with fever, arthralgia and exanthem. Due to the potential for progression to more severe disease and the risk of N. meningitidis transmission and development of secondary cases, a high degree of clinical suspicion is required to ensure prompt recognition and adequate treatment. Our patient had a favorable outcome probably due to early recognition and adequate treatment, which is critical for the resolution of the disease without complications

Plantio do algodão irrigado.

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Gapped Excitations in the High-Pressure Antiferromagnetic Phase of URu2_2Si2_2

We report a neutron scattering study of the magnetic excitation spectrum in each of the three temperature and pressure driven phases of URu$_2$Si$_2$. We find qualitatively similar excitations throughout the (H0L) scattering plane in the hidden order and large moment phases, with no changes in the $\hbar\omega$-widths of the excitations at the $\Sigma$ = (1.407,0,0) and $Z$ = (1,0,0) points, within our experimental resolution. There is, however, an increase in the gap at the $\Sigma$ point from 4.2(2) meV to 5.5(3) meV, consistent with other indicators of enhanced antiferromagnetism under pressure.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, 1 tabl

Bovine embryos cultured in vitro in the presence of antioxidants: implications for blastocysts development, quality and cryotolerance.

(ISABR 2012)

The variability behavior of CoRoT M-giant Stars

For 6 years the Convection, Rotation, and Planetary Transits (CoRoT) space mission has acquired photometric data from more than one hundred thousand point sources towards and directly opposite from the inner and outer regions of the Galaxy. The high temporal resolution of the CoRoT data combined with the wide time span of the observations has enabled the study of short and long time variations in unprecedented detail. From the initial sample of 2534 stars classified as M-giants in the CoRoT databasis, we selected 1428 targets that exhibit well defined variability, using visual inspection. The variability period and amplitude of C1 stars (stars having Teff < 4200 K) were computed using Lomb-Scargle and harmonic fit methods. The trends found in the V-I vs J-K color-color diagram are in agreement with standard empirical calibrations for M-giants. The sources located towards the inner regions of the Galaxy are distributed throughout the diagram while the majority of the stars towards the outer regions of the Galaxy are spread between the calibrations of M-giants and the predicted position for Carbon stars. The stars classified as supergiants follow a different sequence from the one found for giant stars. We also performed a KS test of the period and amplitude of stars towards the inner and outer regions of the Galaxy. We obtained a low probability that the two samples come from the same parent distribution. The observed behavior of the period-amplitude and period-Teff diagrams are, in general, in agreement with those found for Kepler sources and ground based photometry, with pulsation being the dominant cause responsible for the observed modulation. We also conclude that short-time variations on M-Giant stars do not exist orare very rare and the few cases we found are possibly related to biases or background stars.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figure

Micropropagação de Aechmea setigera Mart. ex Schult. & Schult. f.: uma bromélia endêmica da Amazônia Ocidental.

As bromélias da Amazônia são em geral pouco conhecidas. Aechmea setigera é uma bromélia endêmica da Amazônia com potencial ornamental. O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar as respostas fisiológicas sob efeito de reguladores de crescimento nas etapas da micropropagação, bem como, estabelecer um protocolo como subsídio para a conservação. Plântulas germinadas e desenvolvidas in vitro foram inoculadas em meio de cultura MS líquidas estacionário acrescidas de 6-benzilaminopurina (BAP) em diferentes concentrações (0; 2,2; 4,4; 8,8 e 17,6 uM). Para o enraizamento, microbrotos foram transferidos para meio de cultura MS com 0; 2,4; 4,9; 9,8 uM de ácido indolacético (AIA) e ácido indolbutírico (AIB). Após cinco subcultivos, o uso de 17,6 uM de BAP apresentou o maior número e o menor comprimento de brotações adventícias. Os teores de amido foram menores nos brotos induzidos com as menores concentrações de BAP. O uso de ácido indolbutírico nas concentrações de 4,9 e 9,8 ìM promoveram o maior número de raízes adventícias regeneradas. Plantas jovens regeneradas foram aclimatizadas (99%) utilizando substrato comercial em ambiente com 50% de sombreamento. A micropropagação de A. setigera é uma estratégia viável para a produção de mudas e a conservação da espécie