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The authors evaluate the clinical efficacy and tolerability of the new wide-spectrum fluoroquinolone ciprofloxacin for management of respiratory tract infections. Of the 20 patients enrolled and treated with 500 mg ciprofloxacin tablets twice daily, 17 (85%) were completely cured, and tolerance was excellent in 19 (95%).
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Ciprofloxacina/uso terapêutico , Infecções Respiratórias/tratamento farmacológico , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Ciprofloxacina/administração & dosagem , Tolerância a Medicamentos , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
AIMS: (1) To validate a quantitative real time methylation specific PCR assay (MethyLight) for the detection of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) gene methylation status (MS) in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). (2) To determine the immunohistochemical (IHC) expression of the MGMT protein and correlate it with MS. Both IHC and MethyLight results were compared with patient's outcome. METHODS: 71 patients with primary nodal DLBCL were studied. MGMT immunoreactivity was detected using a specific monoclonal antibody. The MS of MGMT gene was analysed in 52/71 DLBCL using MethyLight. A selected subset of 40 DLBCL was also analysed using qualitative methylation-specific PCR (MSP). Statistical analysis of overall survival (OS), lymphoma-specific survival (LSS) and progression free survival (PFS) was performed according to IHC and MS results. RESULTS: 19/71 DLBCLs (27%) were MGMT-negative at IHC; all were analysed, together with 33/52 MGMT-positive DLBCLs. MethyLight showed a better performance than MSP. There was a good correlation between the presence of MGMT expression and the unmethylated status; the absence of IHC expression was poorly correlated with the presence of methylation. Better OS, LSS and PFS was found in DLBCLs with MGMT gene methylation. DLBCLs not expressing MGMT at IHC showed a longer PFS. CONCLUSIONS: The quantitative real-time methylation-specific PCR assay for the detection of MGMT gene hypermethylation has been validated for the first time in DLBCL. Immunohistochemistry seems to represent an useful preliminary test to identify unmethylated cases; MS analysis may be performed in non-immunoreactive cases to identify truly methylated DLBCLs, which bear a better prognosis.
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Biomarcadores Tumorais/genética , Metilação de DNA , Metilases de Modificação do DNA/genética , Enzimas Reparadoras do DNA/genética , Linfoma Difuso de Grandes Células B/genética , Proteínas Supressoras de Tumor/genética , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Cromossomos Humanos Par 10/genética , Metilases de Modificação do DNA/metabolismo , Enzimas Reparadoras do DNA/metabolismo , DNA de Neoplasias/genética , Feminino , Humanos , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Linfoma Difuso de Grandes Células B/metabolismo , Linfoma Difuso de Grandes Células B/patologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Proteínas de Neoplasias/genética , Proteínas de Neoplasias/metabolismo , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase/métodos , Análise de Sobrevida , Proteínas Supressoras de Tumor/metabolismoRESUMO
Proximal type epithelioid sarcoma is a rare neoplasia in which morphological findings are characterized by nodular proliferation of epithelioid cells with focal rhabdoid features. It shares some histological features with other neoplasias and this gives an account of several differential diagnosis with other extrarenal rhabdoid tumors. Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural analysis are important in defining this entity: vimentin, cytokeratin, EMA and often CD34 expression of tumoral cells, moreover ultrastructurally evidence of large paranuclear whorls of intermediate filaments, are requested for diagnosis. A correct diagnostic framing is necessary because of the aggressive clinical behaviour of this tumor, that has a tendency to early spreading. We describe a case of vulvar proximal type epithelioid sarcoma in a 34 years old woman.