PMID- 30652784 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190222 LR - 20190222 IS - 1678-9849 (Electronic) IS - 0037-8682 (Linking) VI - 52 DP - 2019 Jan 14 TI - Natural history of experimental arthritis induced by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in wistar rats. PG - e20180043 LID - S0037-86822019000100600 [pii] LID - 10.1590/0037-8682-0043-2018 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is the most prevalent systemic mycosis in Latin America. This study aimed to evaluate the natural history of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis-induced experimental arthritis of the knee joints in Wistar rats. METHODS: Rats were randomly allocated to either an absolute control group, or 15-day, 45-day, or 90-day experimental (fungus-inoculated) groups. RESULTS: Experimental groups developed classic signs of articular PCM. Titers of anti-gp43 were observed to increase during the interval from 15 to 45 days post-inoculation. CONCLUSIONS: Articular arthritic lesions were induced and progressed during the study period in all experimental groups. FAU - Loth, Eduardo Alexandre AU - Loth EA AD - Laboratorio Experimental de Microbiologia e Analises Clinicas, Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensao, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, Cascavel, PR, Brasil. FAU - Cecatto, Vanessa AU - Cecatto V AD - Laboratorio Experimental de Microbiologia e Analises Clinicas, Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensao, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, Cascavel, PR, Brasil. FAU - Genske, Rodrigo Daniel AU - Genske RD AD - Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Universidade do Vale do Paraiba, Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, Brasil. FAU - Costa, Maricilia Silva AU - Costa MS AD - Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Universidade do Vale do Paraiba, Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, Brasil. FAU - Gandra, Rinaldo Ferreira AU - Gandra RF AD - Laboratorio Experimental de Microbiologia e Analises Clinicas, Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensao, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, Cascavel, PR, Brasil. FAU - Pilatti, Cleverson Marcelo AU - Pilatti CM AD - Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Universidade do Vale do Paraiba, Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, Brasil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190114 PL - Brazil TA - Rev Soc Bras Med Trop JT - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical JID - 7507456 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Arthritis, Experimental/*microbiology/pathology MH - Arthritis, Infectious/*microbiology/pathology MH - *Paracoccidioidomycosis MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Severity of Illness Index MH - Time Factors EDAT- 2019/01/18 06:00 MHDA- 2019/02/23 06:00 CRDT- 2019/01/18 06:00 PHST- 2018/02/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/06/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/01/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/01/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/02/23 06:00 [medline] AID - S0037-86822019000100600 [pii] AID - 10.1590/0037-8682-0043-2018 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2019 Jan 14;52:e20180043. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0043-2018.