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Papers by Vitor Duque

Clinical Microbiology and Infection, May 1, 2003

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Mar 1, 2007

A evolução da infecção VIH é caracterizada por uma grande variabilidade individual. Na verdade, o... more A evolução da infecção VIH é caracterizada por uma grande variabilidade individual. Na verdade, omo em outros processos da mesma natureza, depende largamente das complexas inter-relacções que num dado momento se estabelecem entre o hospedeiro e o agente agressor. Contudo, nesta infecção, essa correlação assume um papel determinante. Desde o início da pandemia que o pulmão se assumiu como alvo preferencial de complicações, quer de origem infecciosa quer de outras etiologias. A esta inevitabilidade biológica diríamos não serem de facto estranhas as características anatomo-funcionais do órgão, enquanto interface privilegiada entre o meio interno e o ambiente exterior, aliadas a particularidades de ordem imunológica que o tornam, sob muitos aspectos, um órgão único. Cedo se constatou que esta infecção se acompanhava de uma disfunção imunológica progressiva que culminava na completa exaustão deste sistema nas fases terminais da doença. Desde o reconhecimento da SIDA até à presente data foram sendo adquiridos enormes conhecimentos não só em relação ao vírus, como aos seus mecanismos patogénicos, no entanto subsistem ainda numerosas questões para as quais o estado da arte ainda não dispõe de respostas. Nessas incluíriamos os efeitos do VIH na dinâmica celular do pulmão. Vários estudos efectuados, nos quais tivemos oportunidade de participar, demonstraram a apresença de uma alveolite linfocitária durante a fase assintomática da infecção. Desde essa altura têm-se vindo a adquirir novos conhecimentos relativos aos mecanismos imunológicos e bioquímicos subjacentes à entrada do VIH nas células, às células-alvo, ao microambiente citocínico, assim como de outros mediadores celulares envolvidos. Neste contexto, a descoberta de que receptores específicos de quimiocinas actuavam como co-receptores para o VIH abriu definitivamente um novo capítulo na investigação dirigida aos mecanismos responsáveis pelo tropismo viral e infecção celular. Neste âmbito, vários autores têm salientado a importância, para além da molécula CD4, dos rec [...]

BMC Infectious Diseases, Mar 29, 2022

IDCases, 2021

We present a case of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after mastoid surgery in an 11-year-old... more We present a case of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after mastoid surgery in an 11-year-old child. The aim of this paper is to increase awareness about a previously unreported and an unusual neurological complication of cholesteatoma and mastoid surgery.

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2019

Herpes simplex virus 1 is a prevalent neurotropic pathogen that infects and establishes latency i... more Herpes simplex virus 1 is a prevalent neurotropic pathogen that infects and establishes latency in peripheral sensory neurons. It can migrate into the central nervous system and cause encephalitis. The association between herpes simplex virus encephalitis and cerebral venous thrombosis is rare, with a very limited number of case reports described in the literature, despite the recognized thrombogenic effects of the virus. A 44-year-old man was brought to the emergency department with generalized tonic-clonic seizures requiring sedation and ventilation to control it. Initial brain computed tomography revealed cortical and subcortical edema on the left frontal lobe, and a subsequent contrast-enhanced exam showed absence of venous flow over the anterior half of the superior sagittal sinus. Cerebrospinal fluid polymerase chain reaction was positive for herpes simplex virus type 1, and the patient was started on acyclovir and anticoagulation, with clinical improvement. Acyclovir administ...

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia (English Edition), 2007

Pulmão profundo-Reacção celular ao VIH Deep lung-Cellular reaction to HIV Recebido para publicaçã... more Pulmão profundo-Reacção celular ao VIH Deep lung-Cellular reaction to HIV Recebido para publicação/received for publication: 06.12.10 Aceite para publicação/accepted for publication: 06.12.19

Tese de doutoramento em Medicina, na especialidade de Medicina Interna (Clinica de Doencas Infecc... more Tese de doutoramento em Medicina, na especialidade de Medicina Interna (Clinica de Doencas Infecciosas e Parasitarias) apresentada a Fac. de Medicina de Coimbra

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2010

Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2007

Background: Drug resistance transmission in newly diagnosed, drug-naïve HIV-1 infected individual... more Background: Drug resistance transmission in newly diagnosed, drug-naïve HIV-1 infected individuals has been previously reported, with rates ranging from 5 to 27%. The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of resistance-associated mutations in drug-naïve, newly diagnosed patients, as well as monitoring the diversity of HIV-1 strains circulating in Portugal. Methods: One hundred eighty samples from newly diagnosed patients were prospectively collected during 2003, according to the distribution of HIV-1 infections in Portugal. Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory data was collected using a standardized form. Population sequencing was performed using an automated sequencer (ABI Prism 3100, Applied Biosystems) and a commercially available assay (ViroSeq HIV-1 Genotyping System, v2.0, Abbott). Stanford HIV Sequence Database was used for interpretation of resistance data; subtyping was performed using the REGA Subtyping Tool. When subtype was unassigned, further analysis was done using an alignment with reference sequences, and phylogenetic tools like Simplot and PHYLIP. Mutations listed by the International AIDS Society-USA were considered, except E44D and V118I. Results: Patient population included 124 males (69%) and 56 females (31%), the median age being 35. Western Europe was the main region of origin (77.2%), followed by Africa (18.3%), South America (2.8%) and Asia (1.1%). The most common route of transmission was heterosexual contact (54.4%), followed by intravenous drug use (20%), homo/bisexual individuals (19.4%) and blood transfusion (0.6%). The commonest subtypes were B (41.7%) and G (29.4%), while other non-B subtypes rated 12.8% and recombinant forms represented 16.1% of the samples. Fourteen patients (7.78%) were identified as carrying resistance-associated mutations. Ten were resistant to drugs from one class, three to drugs from two classes and one to drugs from all three classes. No statistically significant associations were found between age, gender, route of transmission, subtype and resistance. Conclusions: The identification of newly diagnosed individuals carrying resistance-associated mutations confirms that drug resistance transmission is a public health problem in Portugal, with a possible impact on prevention, treatment and monitoring of HIV-1 infections.

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2006

ischemia and bowel infarction [9]. When the diagnosis is delayed, it carries a mortality rate of ... more ischemia and bowel infarction [9]. When the diagnosis is delayed, it carries a mortality rate of up to 67% [10]. The management of intestinal obstruction generally requires definitive intervention, and early determination of the etiology may minimize subsequent morbidity and mortality. Conventionally, the diagnosis of small bowel volvulus is made by upper gastrointestinal series showing an abnormal position of duodenojejunal junction. Barium enema may also show an abnormal position of the cecum. However, the results of radiographic studies are not always conclusive [5,11], and barium upper gastrointestinal studies poorly predict the risk for midgut volvulus [12]. These studies, such as barium enema and upper gastrointestinal series, are time-consuming and not available 24 hours each day 7 days a week. They may be valid if the patient can tolerate the procedure and the clinical condition permits performance of the test. Ultrasonography is another tool for the emergency physician in evaluating patients with acute abdominal pain. The appearance of the characteristic whirlpool sign can facilitate the preoperative diagnosis of midgut volvulus and malrotation [4]. The disadvantage of ultrasonography is that it is operator-dependent. A detailed ultrasonographic survey of the abdomen, especially of the superior mesenteric vessel to their mesenteric artery, can increase diagnostic accuracy and give better evaluation of SMV and SMA relationship. However, this needs to be weighed against the impracticality of obtaining a detailed ultrasound examination under these circumstances. We demonstrated a patient with the initial presentation of abdominal pain with ileus pattern on initial plain radiogram. The whirlpool sign and the SMV using ultrasonography, was twisted around the SMA with 2708 of rotation and with the whirlpool sign being observed, and small bowel volvulus was diagnosed promptly and is valuable for the preoperative diagnosis of mesenteric vessel malrotation and midgut volvulus.

Medicină internă, 2017

O mal de Pott ou espondilodiscite tuberculosa, corresponde a cerca de 0,5% 1% dos casos de tuberc... more O mal de Pott ou espondilodiscite tuberculosa, corresponde a cerca de 0,5% 1% dos casos de tuberculose,1 podendo manifestar-se por sintomas neurológicos, nomeadamente a paraparésia.2 O diagnóstico exige a confirmação cultural ou histológica do Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MT), devendo o tratamento ser instituído precocemente de modo a evitar graves sequelas.3 Apresenta-se o caso de um homem de 76 anos, com antecedentes de hipertensão arterial e dislipidemia medicadas, que recorreu ao serviço de urgência por parestesias e diminuição bilateral da força dos membros inferiores com 1 mês de evolução, sem outros sintomas acompanhantes. Ao exame objetivo destacava-se paraparésia grau 4, bilateral. Analiticamente apresentava: hemoglobina 10,3 g/dL; leucócitos 3,9 x 109/L e proteína C reativa de 5,9 mg/dL. Realizou ressonância magnética (RM) da coluna dorsal que mostrou: “achatamento por infiltração centrada em D6-D7, com volumoso componente epidural anterior associado” (Fig. 1), colocando-se...

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Acta medica portuguesa, 1999

Most of the patients with immunodeficiency virus infection (75%-85%) are coinfected with cytomega... more Most of the patients with immunodeficiency virus infection (75%-85%) are coinfected with cytomegalovirus. It is estimated that cytomegalovirus disease develops in 45% of them, mainly those presenting low CD4 cell counts (< 100/mm3). Retinitis is the most common manifestation of reactivated cytomegalovirus disease (85%), followed by other extra ocular sites (central nervous system, lungs, gastrointestinal system, adrenal glands, etc.). The particularly high incidence of cytomegalovirus retinitis, the difficulties concerning its therapeutical approach and the relatively unsatisfactory results, justify this review, according to the new treatment options presented in recent literature.

Journal of Proteomics & Bioinformatics, 2018

M Interaction Fields (MIF) is an archetypal computational chemistry technique that can be applied... more M Interaction Fields (MIF) is an archetypal computational chemistry technique that can be applied to capture a singular fingerprint of an ensemble of atoms on a protein and encode its physicochemical environment. Thus, MIFs have particular relevance in the context of binding hot spots and binding site analysis. Taking HIV 1 Protease (HIVPR) as case study, the present work focuses on a MIF-based in silico approach to achieve a qualitative interpretation and quantitative determination of mutation effects on HIVPR’s binding site, to help to understand translated changes in the enzyme’s structure and physicochemical environment. Assuming that binding sites with similar chemical environments have similar affinity for inhibitors, our method calculates and compares MIF similarities, visually assessing structural differences and quantifying their overlap through a Tanimoto coefficient. To assess the method’s ability to capture mutation induced chemical perturbations within HIVPR’s binding s...

Journal of Medical Virology, 2021

Amino acid insertions have been rarely found in the integrase (IN) coding region of Human immunod... more Amino acid insertions have been rarely found in the integrase (IN) coding region of Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV‐1), and have been considered as natural polymorphisms. It is still unclear the potential impact of these insertion mutations on the viral replication capacity and/or susceptibility to integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs). The objective of this study was to describe a previously unreported amino acid insertion in the IN coding region of HIV‐1 isolates obtained from antiretroviral treatment‐naïve infected individuals. Nucleotide sequences of HIV‐1 isolates obtained from two infected individuals were analyzed for genotypic resistance to antiretroviral drugs. Phylogenetic inference was carried out for HIV‐1 genetic variant identification. An unreported insertion of a threonine (T) and an asparagine (N) between codon 255 and 256 (S255N_TN) was identified in the IN C‐terminal domain of HIV‐1 subtype G isolates. No resistance‐associated mutations to INSTIs were detected in the inserted sequences. Both individuals maintained undetectable HIV‐1 RNA viral load, 24 months after undergoing antiretroviral treatment with an INSTI containing regimen. The results demonstrated the possibility of transmission of this insertion mutation and suggested that the codon 255 insert by itself may not affect susceptibility to INSTIs.