MAIARA GOTTARDI

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  • article 1 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Strongyloides infection screening in transplant candidates: What is the best strategy?
    (2023) GRYSCHEK, Ronaldo Cesar Borges; CORRAL, Marcelo Andreetta; SITTA, Renata Barnabe; GOTTARDI, Maiara; PIERROTTI, Ligia Camera; COSTA, Silvia Figueiredo; ABDALA, Edson; CHIEFFI, Pedro Paulo; PAULA, Fabiana Martins de
    Background: The potential that Strongyloides stercoralis infection has to cause major morbidity and high mortality when the disseminated form occurs in transplant patients is of particular concern.Methods: In this study, the objective was to observe S. stercoralis infection in patients who are candidates for transplantation by using parasitological, serological, and molecular techniques and to propose an algorithm for the detection of that infection in transplant candidates.Results: By parasitological techniques, 10% of fecal samples were positive. Anti-Strongyloides antibodies immunoglobulin G were detected in 19.3% and 20.7% of patients by immunofluorescence assay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, respectively. S. stercoralis DNA was observed in 17.3% of samples by conventional polymerase chain reaction and 32.7% of samples by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR).Conclusion: The set of results allows us to reinforce that a positive result by parasitological techniques and/or qPCR indicates that the specific treatment should be applied. However, the improvement of diagnostic techniques may suggest changes in the screening for strongyloidiasis in these patients. image
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    Ultrastructural characterization of alveolar microvascular damage in severe COVID-19 respiratory failure
    (2023) NEGRI, Elnara Marcia; BENCHIMOL, Marlene; MAUAD, Thais; DUARTE-NETO, Amaro Nunes; GOTTARDI, Maiara; SILVA, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da; SALDIVA, Paulo Hilario Nascimento; DOLHNIKOFF, Marisa; SOUZA, Wanderley de; CALDINI, Elia Garcia
    Endothelial dysfunction is a key phenomenon in COVID-19, induced by direct viral endothelial infection and secondary inflammation, mainly affecting the microvascular circulation. However, few studies described the subcellular aspects of the lung microvasculature and the associated thrombotic phenomena, which are widely present in severe COVID-19 cases. To that end, in this transversal observational study we performed transmission and scanning electron microscopy in nine lung samples of patients who died due to COVID-19, obtained via minimally invasive autopsies in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2020. All patients died due to acute respiratory failure and had microvascular thrombosis at histology. Electron microscopy revealed areas of endothelial damage with basal lamina disruption and virus infection in endothelial cells. In the capillary lumens, the ultrastructure of the thrombi is depicted, with red blood cells stacking, dysmorphism and hemolysis, fibrin meshworks, and extracellular traps. Our description illustrates the complex pathophysiology of microvascular thrombosis at the cellular level, which leads to some of the peculiar characteristics of severe COVID-19.