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COST REDUCTION AND RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION: ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF AN ANTIMICROBIAL PROGRAM IN AN INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Introduction/Objective: The Antimicrobial Management Program (AMP) is an institutional strategy aimed at optimizing antimicrobial use in healthcare services, ensuring therapeutic efficacy, reducing adverse events associated with inappropriate use ...
Lucas Mendes Feitosa Dias, Karine Kimberlly Rocha da Fonseca, Lílian Macambira Pinto, Evelyne Santana Girão   +3 more
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Tuberculosis with malaria or HIV co-infection in a large hospital in Luanda, Angola

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2013
Introduction: Three major public health problems, tuberculosis, malaria and HIV/AIDS, are widespread in Angola, often as co-infections in the same individual. In 2009, it was assumed that 44,151 new cases of TB occurred in Angola.
Emília Valadas, Augusto Gomes, Ana Sutre, Sara Brilha, Afonso Wete, Thomas Hänscheid, Francisco Antunes   +6 more
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Fatores associados ao custo das internações hospitalares por doenças infecciosas em idosos em hospital de referência na cidade do Natal, Rio Grande do Norte

, 2015
This study examined the factors associated with direct cost of hospitalizations for infectious diseases in the elderly. We conducted a case study of the costs of hospitalization in elderly patients with 60 or more years admitted in a reference hospital ...
Grasiela Piuvezam, M. R. Freitas, José Vilton Costa, Paula Alves de Freitas, Poliana Oliveira Cardoso, A. C. Medeiros, Raissa Oliveira Campos, Gabriella Xavier Barbalho Mesquita   +7 more
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Cerebrospinal fluid analysis: current diagnostic methods in central nervous system infectious diseases. [PDF]

Arq Neuropsiquiatr, 2022
Gomes HR.
europepmc   +1 more source

Infectious disease scenarios in a post-vaccine view of COVID-19 and future pandemics. [PDF]

J Bras Pneumol, 2021
Cola JP, Maciel ELN.
europepmc   +1 more source

INTERNAÇÕES E COMPLICAÇÕES APRESENTADAS POR IDOSOS EM HOSPITAL DE REFERÊNCIA EM DOENÇAS INFECCIOSAS

, 2015
Justificativa e Objetivos: A mortalidade por doencas infecciosas vem declinando, entretanto, permanece como um desafio para a Saude Publica Nacional, devido a persistencia de niveis elevados de doencas associadas a pobreza e exclusao social.
Gabriella Xavier Barbalho Mesquita, Grasiela Piuvezam, M. R. Freitas, A. C. Medeiros, Paula Alves de Freitas, Poliana Oliveira Cardoso, Raissa Oliveira Campos   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Incident Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in household contacts of infectious tuberculosis patients in Brazil

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background In household contact investigations of tuberculosis (TB), a second tuberculin skin test (TST) obtained several weeks after a first negative result consistently identifies individuals that undergo TST conversion. It remains unclear whether this
Edward C. Jones-López, Carlos Acuña-Villaorduña, Geisa Fregona, Patricia Marques-Rodrigues, Laura F. White, David Jamil Hadad, Lucilia Pereira Dutra-Molina, Solange Vinhas, Avery I. McIntosh, Mary Gaeddert, Rodrigo Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Padmini Salgame, Moises Palaci, David Alland, Jerrold J. Ellner, Reynaldo Dietze   +15 more
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Evaluation of the Seroprevalence of Infectious Diseases in 2,445 in vitro Fertilization Cycles. [PDF]

Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet, 2021
Anjos JGGD, Carvalho NS, Saab KA, Araujo Júnior E, Kulak J.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

THE ERA OF ANTIGEN TESTS IN THE SCREENING OF HISTOPLASMOSIS AND TUBERCULOSIS IN PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Introduction/Objectives: Antigen tests are rapid assays that enable early screening of opportunistic infections in people living with HIV (PLHIV). This study aimed to assess the prevalence and performance of tests for disseminated histoplasmosis (DH) and
Pablo Eliack Linhares de Holanda, Aliniana da Silva Santos, Zayra Hellen de Abreu Alexandre, Jacó Ricarte Lima de Mesquita, Lisandra Serra Damasceno   +4 more
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Combined therapeutic option for NDM-producing Serratia Marcescens – an in vitro study from clinical samples

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Background: Treating NDM-producing bacteria poses a significant challenge, especially for those bacteria inherently resistant to polymyxin, such as Serratia marcescens, necessitating combined therapies.
Balbina Chilombo Albano, Leticia Ramos Dantas, Gabriel Burato Ortis, Paula Hansen Suss, Felipe Francisco Tuon   +4 more
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