Human adenoviruses (HAdV) and hepatitis A virus (HAV) are shed in the faeces and consequently may be present in environmental waters, resulting in an increase in pathogen concentration that can affect water quality and human health. The aim of this study was to evaluate an adsorption-elution method which utilizes negatively charged membrane HA to determine the efficient recovery of HAdV and HAV from different water matrices and to combine this procedure with a qualitative molecular method (nested RT-PCR and nested PCR). The best efficiency recovery was achieved in distilled water and treated wastewater effluent (100%) for both viruses and in recreational lagoon water for HAV (100%). The efficiency recovery was 10% for HAdV and HAV in seawater and 10% for HAdV in lagoon water. The viral detection limit by nested PCR for HAV in water samples ranged between 20-0.2 FFU/mL and 250 and 25 TCID50/mL for HAdV. In conclusion, these results suggest that the HA negatively charged membranes vary their efficiency for recovery of viral concentration depending upon the types of both enteric viruses and water matrices.

Pemphigus vulgaris is an autoimmune blistering disease, mucocutaneous, chronic, where the lesions in the mouth mucosa usually precede the skin lesions. Thus, the dentist has an important role in identifying the lesions, and the diagnosis must be done through an adequate clinical history and complementary exams. This article reports a case of pemphigus vulgaris in a male patient, 47, suffering from lesions in the skin and mouth mucosa.

El pénfigo vulgar es una enfermedad auto-inmune ampollosa, muco cutánea, de carácter crónico, donde las lesiones de la mucosa bucal pueden anteceder las lesiones cutáneas. Así, el odontólogo asume papel importante en la identificación de las lesiones, debiendo realizar el diagnóstico por la historia clínica i exámenes complementares adecuados. Este artículo relata un caso de pénfigo vulgar acometiendo un paciente del sexo masculino, 47 años, con lesiones en la mucosa bucal y piel.

Behçet disease is a multi-systemic, chronic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology. It is characterized by recurrent genital and oral ulcerations, ocular and cutaneous lesions, SNC alterations, involvement of the articulations and cardiovascular alterations. The oral ulcers can be big, small and herpetic-form, with a typical aftose distribution. The Behçet disease diagnostic is based on the clinical signs and symptoms of the various anatomic regions affected. The most common used drugs for the treatment are corticosteroids and immune suppressors. We are presenting a clinical case where, through the clinical manifestations of the oral lesions and multidisciplinary treatment, the diagnosis of disease was reached.

El Síndrome de Behçet es un desorden inflamatorio crónico, multisistémico de origen desconocido. El síndrome se caracteriza por la presencia de úlceras orales y genitales recurrentes, lesiones oculares y cutáneas, artritis, alteraciones en el sistema nervioso central y enfermedades vasculares. A la ulceración oral recurrente se la considera una de las manifestaciones más importantes del síndrome, y resultan fundamentales para el diagnóstico de acuerdo con los criterios de clasificación. Se presenta un caso clínico en el cual la paciente busca atención de sus lesiones aftosas recurrentes y a través de una atención multidisciplinaria se llega al diagnóstico.