Tribute to Prof. Carlos Da Silva Lacaz

Centennial Anniversary of Prof. Carlos Da Silva Lacaz (1915-2015)

Professor Lacaz was born in Guaratingueta, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, on September the 19, 1915. He attended primary and high school in his home town. He was a pupil of his own father Rogerio da Silva Lacaz, a teacher of mathematics, algebra, geometry and trigonometry, from whom he inherited his teaching vocation, his love of science and a deep sense of ethics. He had a sister and four brothers, ...

A Tribute to Prof. Dr. Da Ruan

Bargaining with reading habit is no need. Reading is not kind of something sold that you can take or not. It is a thing that will change your life to life better. It is the thing that will give you many things around the world and this universe, in the real world and here after. As what will be given by this a tribute to prof dr da ruan, how can you bargain with the thing that has many benefits...

Membrane Science and Engineering. A Tribute to the Prof. Drioli’s Pioneering Vision

Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii serotype B, in an immunocompetent patient.

The authors report a male patient, a seller with no detected immunosuppression, with an extensive ulcerated skin lesion localized on the left forearm, caused by Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii serotype B. Oral treatment with fluconazole was successful. A review of the literature showed the rarity of this localization in HIV-negative patients. In contrast, skin lesions frequently occurs in H...

Professor Pedro Clóvis Junqueira

Clovis Pedro Junqueira, considered a living legend in transfusion medicine in Brazil died on October 2, 2011, at the age of 94 years. Until about 1 or 2 years ago, Professor Junqueira was still active, receiving honors and being interviewed and consulted about the future of hemotherapy in Brazil. He was seen in the library that bears his name at the headquarters of the Brazilian Society of Hema...