Marcela Gil

Dr. Marcela Gil


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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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14 July 2021 in Pathogens
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RFRodrigo Antonio Figueroa
Rodrigo Antonio Figueroa
MGMarcela Gil
Marcela Gil
TWTakashi Watanabe-Tejada
Takashi Watanabe-Tejada
ASAlvaro Schwalb
Alvaro Schwalb
FMFernando Mejía
Fernando Mejía
Eduardo GotuzzoEduardo Gotuzzo
Eduardo Gotuzzo
The lifelong infection with the human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) has been associated with a variety of clinical manifestations; one of the less-explored is HTLV-1-associated pulmonary disease. Imaging of lung damage caused by the HTLV-1 hyperinflammatory cascade can be similar to sequelae from TB infection. Our study aims to describe the pulmonary lesions of HTLV-1-positive patients without past or current active TB and evaluate pulmonary function. We found that nine out of fourteen patients with no known TB disease history presented bronchiectasis, mainly found bilaterally while five presented pulmonary fibrosis. A normal pattern was found in most patients with a pulmonary functional test. Furthermore, there was no association between the PVL and the chest-CT scan findings, nor with spirometry results. However, the sample size was insufficient to conclude it.