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Viral infections in workers in hospital and research laboratory settings: a comparative review of infection modes and respective biosafety aspects
(Elsevier B.V., 2011-06-01)
Objectives: To compare modes and sources of infection and clinical and biosafety aspects of accidental viral infections in hospital workers and research laboratory staff reported in scientific articles. Methods: PubMed, ...
Evaluation of the in vitro susceptibility and emergence of mutants resistant to ciprofloxacin among multidrug resistant clinical isolates.
(1993-10-01)
Two hundred and seventy-seven multidrug resistant clinical isolates [K. pneumoniae, (N = 87); E coli, (N = 30); Salmonella typhimurium (N = 100); P. aeruginosa, (N = 30); S. aureus, (N = 30)] from hospitalized patients ...
Infection in elderly interned in long-term care facilities
(Assoc Medica Brasileira, 2007-03-01)
OBJECTIVE. To evaluate the occurrence of infection in elderly interned in long-term care facilities (LTCF) during 13 consecutive months. METHODS. Fifty five elderly were evaluated according to infection and, reporting was ...
Epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections among patients from a hemodialysis unit in southeastern Brazil
(Contexto, 2014-05-01)
Patients submitted to hemodialysis are at a high risk for healthcare-associated infections (HAI). Presently there are scarce data to allow benchmarking of HAI rates in developing countries. Also, most studies focus only ...
Health care-related infections in solid organ transplants
(Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, 2007-12-01)
The health care-related infections are well-known in a critical care setting, but reports of those infections in solid organ transplanted patients are scarce. We developed a study of retrospective cohort in a tertiary ...
Pigeons (Columba livia) are a suitable experimental model for Neospora caninum infection in birds
(Elsevier B.V., 2009-02-05)
Neospora caninum infections in chickens have been recently described by epidemiological and experimental approaches, and these birds may be considered natural intermediate hosts of the parasite. It has been postulated that ...
Pigeons (Columba livia) are a suitable experimental model for Neospora caninum infection in birds
(2009-02-05)
Neospora caninum infections in chickens have been recently described by epidemiological and experimental approaches, and these birds may be considered natural intermediate hosts of the parasite. It has been postulated that ...
Paracoccidioidomycosis: an unusual presentation in a young girl disclosing an unnoted HIV-infection
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2010-02-01)
The association of paracoccidioidomycosis with AIDS is apparently less frequent than expected. The authors present an unusual case of paracoccidioidomycosis in a 13-year-old female student which was later found to be the ...