• Bone and joint lesions 

  Mendes, Rinaldo Poncio (Paracoccidioidomycosis, 2018) [Capítulo de livro]

  Bone and joint involvement in paracoccidioidomycosis was first reported in 1911. Bone lesions occur at all age groups but younger patients are more frequently affected. The distribution of patients with bone lesions according ...

• Treatment and control of cure 

  Mendes, Rinaldo Poncio ; Negroni, Ricardo; Arechavala, Alicia (Paracoccidioidomycosis, 2018) [Capítulo de livro]

  The treatment of paracoccidioidomycosis should include general measures and a fight against the malnutrition-immunologic depression-infection triad, since malnutrition impairs the immune response and favors the installation ...

• The gamut of clinical manifestations 

  Mendes, Rinaldo Poncio (Paracoccidioidomycosis, 2018) [Capítulo de livro]

  Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic disease that presents marked tendency toward dissemination with involvement of any organ or system. In order to illustrate the most frequent and also some of the uncommon clinical ...

• ABDOMEN-PELVIS COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY PROTOCOL OPTIMIZATION: AN IMAGE QUALITY and DOSE ASSESSMENT 

  Pelegrino Bastos Maués, Nadine Helena ; Fattori Alves, Allan Felipe ; Menegatti Pavan, Ana Luiza ; Marrone Ribeiro, Sergio ; Yamashita, Seizo ; Petean Trindade, André ; Mascarenhas, Yvone Maria; Nicolucci, Patrícia; Rodrigues De Pina, Diana (Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2019) [Artigo]

  Computed tomography (CT) has a high level of sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis and follow-up of pathologies of the abdomen-pelvis region. Some features, such as automatic tube current modulation (ATCM), permits ...

• Gliotoxin aggravates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by triggering neuroinflammation 

  Fraga-Silva, Thais Fernanda de Campos ; Mimura, Luiza Ayumi Nishiyama ; Leite, Laysla de Campos Toledo ; Borim, Patrícia Aparecida ; Ishikawa, Larissa Lumi Watanabe ; Venturini, James ; de Arruda, Maria Sueli Parreira ; Sartori, Alexandrina (Toxins, 2019) [Artigo]

  Gliotoxin (GTX) is the major and the most potent mycotoxin that is secreted by Aspergillus fumigatus, which is capable of injuring and killing microglial cells, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes. During the last years, ...

• ACAT-1 gene rs1044925 SNP and its relation with different clinical forms of chronic Chagas disease 

  Carvalho, Thaysa Buss ; Padovani, Carlos Roberto ; de Oliveira Júnior, Luiz Roberto ; Latini, Ana Carla Pereira ; Kurokawa, Cilmery Suemi ; Pereira, Paulo Câmara Marques ; dos Santos, Rodrigo Mattos (Parasitology Research, 2019) [Artigo]

  Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), although discovered more than a century ago, is still a not very well-elucidated aspect. Individuals in the chronic phase of the disease may present ...

• Temperature, humidity, and climate control in hospital units: A clue for understanding the seasonality of healthcare-associated pathogens 

  Limaylla, Dayanne Conislla ; Silva, Marina De Oliveira ; Fortaleza, Carlos Magno Castelo Branco (Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2019) [Carta]

• In vitro effects of antimicrobial agents on planktonic and biofilm forms of staphylococcus saprophyticusisolated from patients with urinary tract infections 

  Martins, Katheryne Benini ; Ferreira, Adriano Martison ; Pereira, Valéria Cataneli ; Pinheiro, Luiza ; De Oliveira, Adilson ; De Lourdes Ribeiro De Souza Da Cunha, Maria (Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019) [Artigo]

  Bacterial biofilms play an important role in urinary tract infections (UTIs), being responsible for persistent infections that lead to recurrences and relapses. Staphylococcus saprophyticus is one of the main etiological ...

• HIV-Infected Pregnant Women: A Microbial Translocation and Inflammatory Status Discussion 

  Manfio, Vanessa Matinez ; Tasca, Karen Ingrid ; Gatto, Mariana ; Da Silva, Vitor Loureiro ; Golim, Marjorie De Assis ; De Souza, Lenice Do Rosário (AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 2019) [Carta]

• First isolation of Leishmania infantum by blood culture in bovines from endemic area for canine visceral leishmaniasis 

  Paixão-Marques, Mirian Dos Santos ; Alves-Martin, Maria Fernanda ; Guiraldi, Lívia Maísa ; Dos Santos, Wesley José ; De Lemos, Fábio Almeida ; Sánchez, Gabriela Pacheco; Richini-Pereira, Virginia Bodelão; Lucheis, Simone Baldini (Parasitology, 2019) [Artigo]

  Leishmaniasis is considered a parasitic disease that still causes serious consequences for mankind, because it presents a high mortality rate worldwide. Considered multi-hosts, the parasites of the genus Leishmania are ...

• Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Brazilian primary health care system 

  Pereira-Franchi, Eliane Patricia Lino ; Barreira, Maria Rachel Nogueira ; da Costa, Natália de Sousa Lima Moreira ; Riboli, Danilo Flávio Moraes ; Abraão, Ligia Maria ; Martins, Katheryne Benini ; Victória, Cassiano ; Cunha, Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza da (Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2019) [Artigo]

  Objective: To evaluate the molecular epidemiology and to georeference Staphylococcus aureus isolated from wounds and nares of patients seen at Basic Health Units (BHUs) of a Brazilian city. Methods: Observational, ...

• Development and comparative analysis of yeast protein extraction protocols for mass spectrometry 

  Almeida, Lauana Fogaça de ; Moraes, Leonardo Nazário de ; Santos, Lucilene Delazari dos ; Valente, Guilherme Targino (Analytical Biochemistry, 2019) [Artigo]

  Mass spectrometry is the most used method for protein identification and quantification. Here we developed four protein extraction protocols precisely for mass spectrometry, and we compared with other ones already published. ...

• Inferring putative virulence factors for Pythium insidiosum by proteomic approach 

  Chechi, Jéssica Luana ; Franckin, Tarsila ; Barbosa, Lidiane Nunes ; Alves, Fernanda Cristina Bérgamo ; De Lima Leite, Aline; Buzalaf, Marília Afonso Rabelo; Dos Santos, Lucilene Delazari ; De Moraes Gimenes Bosco, Sandra (Medical Mycology, 2019) [Artigo]

  Pythium insidiosum is the etiologic agent of pythiosis, a life-threatening disease that affects human and animals, has difficult diagnosis, and therapy. Studies on protein characterization of P. insidiosum are scarce, so ...

• The role of intra and inter-hospital patient transfer in the dissemination of heathcare-associated multidrug-resistant pathogens 

  Vilches, T. N. ; Bonesso, M. F. ; Guerra, H. M. ; Fortaleza, C. M.C.B. ; Park, A. W.; Ferreira, C. P. (Epidemics, 2019) [Artigo]

  Healthcare-associated infections cause significant patient morbidity and mortality, and contribute to growing healthcare costs, whose effects may be felt most strongly in developing countries. Active surveillance systems, ...

• Correlation between chronic venous ulcer exudate proteins and clinical profile: A cross-sectional study 

  Cavassan, Nayara Rodrigues Vieira ; Camargo, Caio Cavassan ; de Pontes, Letícia Gomes ; Barraviera, Benedito ; Ferreira, Rui Seabra ; Miot, Hélio Amante ; Abbade, Luciana Patrícia Fernandes ; dos Santos, Lucilene Delazari (Journal of Proteomics, 2019) [Artigo]

  Chronic venous ulcers affect the quality of life of patients around the world. The aims of this study were to identify the proteins expressed in chronic venous ulcer exudates, to categorize them according to their roles ...

• Incidence and predictors of health care–associated infections among patients colonized with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae 

  Correa, Adriana Aparecida Feltrin ; Fortaleza, Carlos Magno Castelo Branco (American Journal of Infection Control, 2019) [Artigo]

  Colonization with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) precedes invasive infections. Neither the actual risk for the latter nor the route between the 2 stages is completely clear. We studied a retrospective cohort ...

• Impact of weather on the risk of surgical site infections in a tropical area 

  Fortaleza, Carlos Magno Castelo Branco ; Silva, Marina de Oliveira ; Saad Rodrigues, Fernanda ; da Cunha, Antônio Ribeiro (American Journal of Infection Control, 2019) [Artigo]

  We studied the impact of average daily temperature and relative humidity on the risk of surgical site infections in 36,429 surgeries performed in a hospital in inner Brazil. Adjusted Poisson regression models found an ...

• Overview of artemisinin effectiveness during outset years of its implementation in the western Brazilian Amazon 

  Pinto, Raquel de Medeiros; Sampaio, Vanderson de Souza; Melo, Gisely Cardoso de; Costa Alecrimm, Maria das Gracas; Mattoss, Karine; Perdomo, Renata Trentin; Cordeiro, Sabrine da Costa; Alves Parente, Ana Flavia; Carvalho, Lidia Raquel de ; Mendes, Rinaldo Poncio et al. (Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2019) [Artigo]

  BACKGROUND The elimination of malaria depends on the blocking of transmission and of an effective treatment. In Brazil, artemisinin therapy was introduced in 1991, and here we present a performance overview during ...

• Comparative Proteomics of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Subjected to Synergistic Effects of the Lantibiotic Nisin and Oxacillin 

  Bergamo Alves, Fernanda Cristina ; Albano, Mariana ; Murbach Teles Andrade, Bruna Fernanda ; Chechi, Jessica Luana ; Marques Pereira, Ana Flavia ; Furlanetto, Alessandra ; Mores Rall, Vera Lucia ; Henrique Fernandes, Ana Angelica ; Santos, Lucilene Delazari dos ; Barbosa, Lidiane Nunes et al. (Microbial Drug Resistance, 2019) [Artigo]

  We investigated the responses and mechanisms of action of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) metabolism when exposed under sublethal concentrations of the synergistic antibacterial combination of nisin + ...

• Honey bee envenoming in Santa Catarina, Brazil, 2007 through 2017: an observational, retrospective cohort study 

  Oliveira, Suzana Kniphoff de; Trevisol, Daisson Jose; Parma, Gabriel Cremona; Ferreira Jonior, Rui Seabra ; Barbosa, Alexandre Naime ; Barraviera, Benedito ; Schuelter-Trevisol, Fabiana (Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical, 2019) [Artigo]

  Introduction: We evaluated the epidemiological and clinical profile of reported cases of bee sting incidents in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Methods: This retrospective cohort study included all reported cases of bee sting ...

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