Bacillus serositidis, nova especie: (Isolado em cultura pura, de um caso humano de inflamação primitiva das serosas)

De um caso anatomo-patologico curioso de inflamação primitiva das serosas, resolveram os Drs. Osvino Pena e Pena de Azevedo entregar-nos material para exame bacteriologico. Este revelou a presença de um germen com propriedades desconhecidas, o qual denominamos Bacillus serositidis, de acôrdo com a classificação norte-americana. O bacilo isolado tem os mesmos caracteres morfologicos do encontrado nas serosas, tanto nos esfregaços do pús como nos córtes, razão porque julgamos tratar-se do mesmo germen. Aventamos ainda a hipotese de ter sido ele com muita probabilidade o responsavel pela infecção de que veiu a falecer o doente de que se trata no presente, pelas seguintes razões: O doente morreu evidentemente da inflamação fibrino-purulenta das serosas. Esta só podia ter sido provocada pelo bacilo visivel dos esfregaços e nos córtes, sendo ausentes quaesquer outros elementos que expliquem o fáto. Este bacilo corresponde morfologicamente ao isolado por nós em cultura pura.

Reação de fixação do complemento na Doença de Chagas, com antígeno alcoólico de cultura do "Schizotrypanum cruzi"

Os autores passam em revista os diferentes antígenos até agora empregados na reação de fixação do complemento na moléstia de Chagas. Propõem o uso de um antígeno alcoólico feito com culturas de S. cruzi, assim preparado: lavam três vezes os flagelados das culturas com soro fisiológico; juntam acetona pura (10 vezes o volume do depósito) e deixam 24 horas agitando freqüentemente; centrifugam, desprezam o líquido e secam o depósito a 37°; pesam, trituram e juntam álcool absoluto na quantidade 1 cm³ por cada centigramo; conservam a 37° durante 20 dias, agitando diariamente; para uso, diluem o álcool límpido na água fisiológica aos poucos e sob constante agitação. A reação foi praticada com 83 soros humanos, sendo positiva em 96,3% dos casos de doença de Chagas e em 81,8% dos casos de leishmaniose tegumentar, doença cujo agente etiológico tem estreitas afinidades com S. cruzi. Em 81 soros a reação foi feita paralelamente com a R. W., obtendo-se apenas 4 vezes a positividade de ambos os testes. Os primeiros resultados das reações feitas com este antígeno podem ser considerados bastante favoráveis, sendo entretanto necessária uma maior experiência para se ajuizar do valor real da reação no diagnóstico da moléstia de Chagas.

Estudo do ciclo evolutivo do "Schizotrypanum Cruzi" em cultura de tecidos de embrião de galinha

Culturas de tecido de embrião de galinha foram contaminadas com Schizotrypanum de diversas procedências. Serviram como material de contaminação, culturas em tubos de agar-sangue e em um caso sangue parasitado de cobaia. Os transplantes de tecidos foram mantidos em cultura de acordo com a técnica de Carrel, ligeiramente modificada. Os tecidos usados foram baço, miocárdio, fígado, epitélio da iris, gânglio espinhal e monócitos do sangue de galinha adulta. Em todos estes tecidos o Schizotrypanum foi facilmente cultivado, parasitando os diferentes tipos de células existentes: fibroblastos, histiocitos, macrófagos, células epiteliais, células nervosas, etc. Os autores puderam seguir o ciclo completo do parasito, confirmando os conhecimentos clássicos da sua evolução no tecido: transformação em leishmânia, multiplicação por divisão binária, transformação em critídia e finalmente em tripanosoma adulto. Também observaram formas parasitárias que aparentemente evoluiram diretamente da forma de leishmânia à de tripanosoma, sem passar por critídia. Conseguiu-se a infecção de um camondongo inoculado com S. cruzi de origem humana passado por cultura de tecidos. Os autores também estudam diferentes fenômenos observados nas relações entre as células e os parasitos.

Cultura cromogênica dum bacilo ácido-álcool resistente isolado de pus de lesão fechada de lepra humana

Last October 2nd the Author smeared nine tubes of Loewenstein medium with material obtained from closed pustulae of a seven years old boy, L2 case of leprosy. This material was very rich in Hansen bacilli in its different forms, inclusive globus, as is seen in the figures 2 and 3 of Plate 1. Part of this material obtained from pustulae opened by galvanocautery, was inoculated, at the same day, into white rats and guinea-pigs. November 26th a new biopsy gave more rich material, which was smeared again into Loewenstein fresh medium. December 15th three of the first and two of the second series of tubes of cultures showed germination of a yellow, dry and rough culture, covering almost the total surface of the medium. Microscopic examination of the culture showed that it was a pure culture of an acid-fast organism. Passages into glycerinated potatoes germinated well covering the surface of the same with a clear yellow granulated culture remaining the fluid (glycerinated water) quite limpid. The germination in glycerinated broth produced a yellow velum in the surface of the medium, as is seen in fig. 3 of Plate 2, without becoming turbid. The microorganism isolated twice from the same source of material was cocciforme (as Mycobacterium pulviforme of Marchoux), in the original culture, becoming more bacilliforme, always acid-fast, after passage into glycerinated media. The A. sent his culture to foreigner colleagues to study it and will inoculate it soon into laboratory animals.

Poderá o carrapato transmitir a lepra?: isolamento e cultura dum bacilo acido-álcool resistente de sedimento de "Amblyomma cajennense" capturado em leproso: 2ª nota

In this 2nd note upon the possibility of transmission of human leprosy by ticks, the A. relates his stepps to obtain the collaboration of his colleagues working in leprosaria in various States of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay in such studies. Firstly the A. describes the positive results of examination of sediment of ticks, the cattle tick Boophilus microplus (Canestrini, 1888), received from Paraná (Leprosário São Roque) , which were put on active lepers, two of them sucking during 9 days and one during 7 days. Two out of three were killed for examination and were very strongly positive for acid-fast bacilli. A series of tubes of Loewenstein medium was smeared with the sediment of such ticks. Secondly the A. relates his personnal experiment, carried out in Rio de Janeiro, trying to infect normal ticks in lepers. The experiment with Boophilus microplus was negative and was twicely positive the experiment with Amblyomma cajennense Fabricius, 1794. The experiment is being in progress and will be continued in other places of Brazil. Finally, after being given the general characteristics of Boophilus microplus, the A. describes the non-chromogenic culture of a acid-fast bacillus isolated by him from sediment of ticks (Amblyomma cajennense) captured in lepers from Colônia Santa Isabel (Minas gerais), which parasitism was spontaneous. The first isolation was obtained in Loewenstein medium after 62 days incubation at 37°C. The culture is pure and the bacillus is permanent acid-fast. The plate1, in full color, represents this culture in its four generations. The colonies are pearl-white in color, dry, elevated and rough, developing slowly and beginning as white pinhead points scattered upon the surface of the medium. The culture is not yet rich enough to be inoculated into laboratory animals, which will be done when possible.

Sôbre a hiperplasia celular no mixoma infectuoso do coelho

Definite hyperplasia of cells occurs in the skin lesions of the infectious myxoma of rabbits, more visible in such stages in which the intercellular basophilic substance is rather scanty (fig. 2). The increase in number of cells is the result of simplified forms of mitosis (modified type of mitosis, pseudoamitosis) which might readily be mistaken for amitosis in their final stages. Budding (figs. 20, 28, 29, 30) as well as constriction of the nucleus (figs. 18, 31, 32), and the formation of giant-cells (figs. 33, 34) are not rare. During the entire process the nuclear membrane does not desintegrate as in typical mitosis. Division of the cytoplasm following division of the nucleus has been demonstrated (fig. 17). Typical mitosis is practically absent. The cells which undergo hyperplasia present remarkable changes in their dimension, shape, and structure. The nucleus and cell-body are considerably enlarged (figs. 6, 7, 8). The shape of the nucleus is modified (figs. 8, 10, 15). Hypertrophy of nuclein, either as an intranuclear network (spireme?, figs. 9, 23), or in the form conspicuous, deeply staining masses which appear not to be homogeneous but to be composed of small particles closely clumped ("mulberries"?, figs. 12, 13, 14, 25, 26) occurs in most cells. While some of these pictures are probably related to necrosis of the cells as started by most of the previous workers, it is lekely that some of them may represent developmental stages of the modified mitosis (pseudoamitosis) here reported. In fact, fine cytological details not ordinarily preserved in necrotic cells (figs. 35, 36, 37) may be demonstrated in the socalled myxoma-cells subtted to approved cytological methods of study (fixation in B-15 and P. F. A.-3, staining in iron-hematoxylin).

Imunidade e permeabilidade celular

After going through the more important theories on cellular permeability, researches were undertaken with the purpose of proving the actual influence of the various degrees of cellular permeability on the phenomena of organic resistance against infections, and on the production of antibodies. Three groups of substances known to have action on cellular permeability were used; the first consisting of the following permeable substances: testos-terona, acetylcholine, and the spreading-factor of the staphyloccocus. The second group included substances which help in developing low cellular permeability: atropin, adrenalin and calcium. Finally, the third group consisted of a substance which helps to maintain normal permeability: cortin (an extract of the suprarenal cortex). In order to study the process developed by these elements with regard to organic resistance against infections, adult mice were inoculated with the following germs: K. pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa, S. enteriditis and D. pneumoniae, in the smallest possible amount capable of starting a mortal sep infection in approximately 24 hours, exception made of D. pneumonias which causes death in 48 hours. The animals were divided into groups of 10, a before taking the injections containing the germs, they were given the sub lances under observation, through their peritoneum of intramuscularly. T. animals that died were autopsied and blood was taken from their hearts an aseptic process so as not to introduce extraneous organisms. For the purpose of determining the development of antibodies (hem lysins, precipitins and aglutinins), rabbits were used, which had been prep ously immunized by a treatment consisting of 6 intravenous injections of polyvolent antigen made of sheep blood cells, fresh human serum, and of suspension of S. enteriditis. It was concluded that: Cellular permeability plays a very important part in the development infections. Permeable substances help the development of germ infections. Substances helping to develop low permeability proved not to have any influence worth mentioning. Substances helping to maintain normal permeability, such as coffin, it crease resistance against infections. The different substances used which have action on cellular permeability had no influence worth mentioning on the development of certain ant bodies (hemolysins, precipitins and aglutinins). It was admitted that the phenomena under study relative to resistance against infections are closely connected to the dynamics of the cellular elements, which circumstance is basically dependent on the permeability of Citations of cells.

Cultura cromogênica de um bacilo ácido-álcool resistente, isolado de mosquito (Culicínio) capturado sôbre leproso, em plena natureza, com rétrocultura obtida de rato branco

1. Cultura cromogênica de um bacilo ácido-álcool-acetona resistente isolado de mosquito Culicíno, capturado em condições naturais, sôbre um enfêrmo lepromatoso L3. 2. Retro-cultura obtida em meio de Loewenstein do pus de abscesso dum rato branco, formado em 35 dias (ponto de inoculação, axila direita). O exame microscópico revelou abundantes globias e glóbulos brancos polinucleares fagocitando massas de bacilos ácido-álcool resistentes. 3. No próximo verão prosseguiremos nossos estudos, trabalhando em diferentes leprocômios do brasil, para confirmar o presente trabalho e poder chegar ás suas conclusões definitivas.