This study presents a critical evaluation of the scientific literature related to this subject, aiming to assess the policies and administrative issues regarding the prevention and magnitude of healthcare-associated ...

BACKGROUND: Health care workers (HCWs) use their mobile phones during working hours or medical care. There is evidence that the instruments are colonized with pathogenic microorganisms. Here, we describe levels of ...

Staphylococcus aureus is one of the pathogens most isolated in infections both in hospitals and in the community and it is a major problem for public health systems as it easily acquires resistance to the antimicrobials ...

A hanseníase é uma doença crônica infecciosa, de evolução lenta, que se manifesta sobretudo mediante sinais e sintomas dermatológicos, tais como lesões na pele e nervos, especialmente nos olhos, mãos e pés cujo agente ...