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Emergence and Genomic Characterization of a Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolate From a New Clone in Brazil. [PDF]

Microbiol Immunol
ABSTRACT Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) has emerged globally as a major public health concern, often associated with severe community‐acquired and healthcare‐associated human infections. Despite alerts from PAHO/WHO on convergent hvKp strains with multidrug resistance in Latin America, comprehensive data from Brazil, the region's largest ...
Camargo CH, Costa ABN, Yamada AY, Miranda DS, Ferraro PSP, Souza AR, Bertani AMJ, Campos KR, Santos MBN, Rissetti RM, Paula CL, Paz PJL, Soares MSD, Salvador C, Pieri GP, Higa JS, Souza DDS, Ribeiro MG, Sacchi CT, Tiba-Casas MR, Madalosso G, Assis DB.   +21 more
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Aflatoxinas e ocratoxina A em alimentos e riscos para a saúde humana

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2002
OBJETIVOS: A presença de micotoxinas em alimentos tem sido correlacionada a várias patologias humanas, e as autoridades de saúde no mundo todo têm implementado ações para diminuir a ingestão desses compostos pela dieta. Realizou-se pesquisa para analisar
Eloisa Dutra Caldas, Saulo Cardoso Silva, João Nascimento Oliveira   +2 more
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PERFIL DO DIAGNÓSTICO LABORATORIAL DA TUBERCULOSE PULMONAR EM PACIENTES PEDIÁTRICOS NO CEARÁ

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Introdução: O diagnóstico de tuberculose na população pediátrica representa um grande desafio à saúde pública mundial. A dificuldade do isolamento bacteriológico não se dá apenas pelo fato da doença ser paucibacilar nessa população, mas também pela ...
Karene Ferreira Cavalcante, Stephany Arruda Santos, Ana Carolina Barjud Marques Máximo, Clarissa Perdigão Mello, Tayna da Silva Fiuza, Antonio Carlos de Lima Firmino, Yolanda de Barros Lima Morano, Antonia Cely Vitor Barbosa, Pedro Italo Oliveira Gomes, Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias, Cinara Carneiro Neves, Lauro Vieira Perdigão Neto, Lohanna Valeska de Sousa Tavares   +12 more
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Integrative and Multidisciplinary Care for People Living With Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus in Bahia, Brazil: 20 Years of Experience

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
Brazil is home to the highest absolute number of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1)-infected individuals worldwide; the city of Salvador, Bahia, has the highest prevalence of HTLV-1 infection in Brazil.
Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi, Ana Verena Galvão-Castro, Aidê Nunes, Ana Karina Galvão – Barroso, Thessika Hialla Almeida Araújo, Regina Helena Rathsam-Pinheiro, Regina Helena Rathsam-Pinheiro, Ceuci Lima Xavier Nunes, Ceuci Lima Xavier Nunes, Adriele Ribeiro, Monique Lírio, Noilson Lázaro Gonçalves, Sônia Lúcia Rangel, Cristiane Maria Carvalho Costa Dias, Daniele Piai Ozores, Selena Márcia Dubois-Mendes, Isabela Lima, André Luís Pereira Silva, Washington Luiz Abreu de Jesus, Fred Luciano Neves Santos, José Guilherme Reis de Oliveira, Yscela Vanessa Pimentel de Moraes, Adijeane Oliveira de Jesus, Francisco Daltro, Ney Boa-Sorte, Humberto Castro-Lima, Maria Luísa Carvalho Soliani   +29 more
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Aspectos clínicos e epidemiológicos dos casos de síndrome gripal notificados por um laboratório de referência em saúde pública

Diversitas Journal, 2021
RESUMO: Dentre as infecções respiratórias, a Síndrome Gripal (SG) é caracterizada em pacientes com febre de início súbito, com tosse, dor de garganta, e com sintomas como mialgia, artralgia ou cefaleia.
Murilo Barros Silveira, Nayara Messias da Silva, Andrea Finotti, Luiz Augusto Pereira, Edna Joana Claúdio Manrique   +4 more
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Functional capacity of natural killer cells in HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) patients

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Natural killer (NK) cells are part of the innate immune system and provide surveillance against viruses and cancers. The ability of NK cells to kill virus-infected cells depends on the balance between the effects of inhibitory and activating ...
Gabriel Andrade Nonato Queiroz, Rita Elizabeth Moreira Mascarenhas, Vincent Vieillard, Raphaela Lisboa Andrade, Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi   +5 more
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Estimativa de adesão ao medicamento antirretroviral coformulado 3 em 1

ABCS Health Sciences, 2018
Introdução: Com o propósito de estimular a adesão aos antirretrovirais e minimizar os riscos de resistência a estes medicamentos, o Ministério da Saúde (MS) passou a disponibilizar o medicamento 3 em 1, uma coformulação de tenofovir (300 mg), lamivudina (
Bárbara Poliselo de Sá, Mariana Ribeiro Martins, Beatriz Böger, Frederico Alves Dias, Yanna Dantas Rattmann   +4 more
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Hepatitis B virus infection among institutionalized mentally ill patients in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Objectives: The main objective was to evaluate HBV infection and occult HBV infection (OBI) cases in mentally ill patients based on serological and molecular profiles. Material and methods: Serum samples of 333 long-stay mentally ill patients were tested
Tatiane Cinquini Moraes, Fabíola Souza Fiaccadori, Menira Souza, Tâmera Nunes Vieira Almeida, Marielton dos Passos Cunha, Ítalo de Araújo Castro, Divina das Dôres de Paula Cardoso   +6 more
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Paracoccidioidomycosis in Brazil: 25‐Year Nationwide Trends in Mortality, Hospitalisations and In‐Hospital Deaths of a Neglected Systemic Mycosis

Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 31, Issue 7, Page 875-894, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective To analyse mortality, hospitalisations and in‐hospital mortality related to paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) in Brazil, 2000–2024, from a spatio‐temporal and social inequalities perspective. Methods We conducted a mixed ecological study using death certificates from the Mortality Information System and hospital admissions from the ...
Anderson Fuentes Ferreira, Jorg Heukelbach, Eliana Amorim de Souza, Maria Aparecida Shikanai‐Yasuda, Lisandra Serra Damasceno, Terezinha do Menino Jesus Silva Leitão, Ziadir Francisco Coutinho, Helia Kawa, Milena Maria Alves Vasconcelos, Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr   +9 more
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Recording and survey of Triatomine fauna (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) distributed in different biomes of the state of Mato Grosso, central region of Brazil

EntomoBrasilis
The Triatominae subfamily includes 158 currently existing species, three of which are fossils. Several species of them can transmit the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas, 1909), the causative agent of Chagas disease (CD), significantly ...
Jaqueline Aparecida Menegatti, Cladson Oliveira de Souza, Veruska Nogueira de Brito, Shirley Rodrigues Ramos, Klaucia Rodrigues Vasconcelos, Elaine Cristina de Oliveira, Diniz Pereira Leite-Jr   +6 more
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