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Chronic polyarthritis as isolated manifestation of toxocariasis

Rev. bras. reumatol; 56 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT Human toxocariasis is a parasitic zoonosis mainly caused by Toxocara canis or Toxocara catiand is acquired by ingestion of the parasite’s embryonated eggs. Arthralgia and/or arthri-tis were reported in up to 17% of the cases, generally with acute duration (less than 6weeks). However, to ou...

Amebas de Vida Libre aisladas en aguas superficiales del municipio de Turbaco, Bolívar-Colombia
Free-living amoebae isolated from surface water in the municipality of Turbaco, Bolívar, Colombia

Rev. cuba. med. trop; 68 (1), 2016
Introducción: las amebas de vida libre (AVL) han sido aisladas de hábitat incluyendo: agua, suelo y vegetación. Los cambios ecológicos y la incursión de estos hábitats, han hecho que puedan invadir un hospedero y vivir como parásitos dentro de él. Por esto, las especies de los géneros Acanthamoe...

Profilaxia da transmissão vertical do HIV: cuidado e adesão desvelados por casais

Rev. bras. enferm; 69 (2), 2016
RESUMO Objetivo: desvelar o movimento existencial do casal ao realizar a profilaxia da transmissão vertical do HIV. Método: investigação qualitativa, com abordagem fenomenológica de Martin Heidegger. Foi realizada entrevista fenomenológica com 14 participantes entre dezembro/2011 e fevereiro/2012...

Are opossums a relevant factor associated with asymptomatic Leishmania infection in the outskirts of the largest Brazilian cities?

Braz. j. infect. dis; 20 (2), 2016
Abstract A population survey was conducted to explore the prevalence and factors associated with Leishmania infection in the Fercal region of the Federal District. The Fercal region is a group of neighborhoods in Brasília in which the first cases of visceral leishmaniasis were described. Leishmania infe...

Carriage of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and awareness of infection control among health care workers working in intensive care unit of a hospital in Nepal

Braz. j. infect. dis; 20 (2), 2016

Dengue, Zika y Chikungunya
Dengue, Zika y Chikungunya

Medicina (B.Aires); 76 (2), 2016
Los responsables de la actual pandemia de Chikungunya (alfavirus), dengue y Zika (flavivirus) son virus trasmitidos por artrópodos, arbovirus. Su importancia aumentó en las Américas en los últimos 20 años. Los vectores principales son Aedes aegypti y A. albopictus. La infección por dengue provee in...

Protocolo de vigilância e resposta à ocorrência de microcefalia e malformações congênitas relacionadas a infecções perinatais
Protocol of surveillance and response to the occurrence of microcephaly and congenital malformations related to perinatal infections

Molecular analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus dissemination among healthcare professionals and/or HIV patients from a tertiary hospital

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a nosocomial pathogen in community settings. MRSA colonized individuals may contribute to its dissemination; the risk of MRSA infection is increased in human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) ...