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Indications, clinical outcomes and complications of 1, 949 flexible bronchoscopies

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 16 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective To describe indications, clinical outcomes and complications of flexible bronchoscopy. Methods A descriptive observational study of bronchoscopies performed at the endoscopy service of Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein . Demographic (age, gender and origin) and medical (indication...

Evaluation of chemokines and receptors in gnotobiotic root canal infection by F. nucleatum and E. faecalis

Abstract The present study aims to evaluate the longitudinal effects of induced experimental infections in gnotoxenic animals on the expression of inflammatory chemokines and their receptors in periradicular tissues. The null hypothesis tested was that Enterococcus faecalis and Fusobacterium nucleatum ha...

The role of human milk and sucrose on cariogenicity of microcosm biofilms

Abstract This study investigated the effect of human milk, alone and associated with sucrose, in the cariogenicity of biofilms in a microcosm biofilm model and compared with the cariogenicity of sucrose and bovine milk. Microcosm biofilms were grown in enamel discs in 24-well plates. Six growth condition...

Unprepared root canal surface areas: causes, clinical implications, and therapeutic strategies

Braz. oral res. (Online); 32 (supl.1), 2018
Abstract: Chemomechanical preparation is intended to clean, disinfect, and shape the root canal. This step is of utmost importance during treatment of infected teeth with apical periodontitis, because treatment outcome depends on how effectively the clinician eliminates bacteria, their products, and necr...

Dendritic cells and their relation to apical peridontitis

Braz. oral res. (Online); 32 (supl.1), 2018
Abstract: The purpose of this manuscript was to re-discuss apical periodontitis, apical biofilm, and its possible relationship with dendritic cells (DC). DCs are potent regulators of the immune system and their function is divided into three categories that involve the presentation of antigens: the prese...

Etiologic role of root canal infection in apical periodontitis and its relationship with clinical symptomatology

Braz. oral res. (Online); 32 (supl.1), 2018
Abstract: Evidence shows the polymicrobial etiology of endodontic infections, in which bacteria and their products are the main agents for the development, progression, and dissemination of apical periodontitis. Microbial factors in necrotic root canals (e.g., endotoxin) may spread into apical tissue, ev...

Avaliação da integridade de luvas cirúrgicas em um hospital oncológico do interior paulista

Introdução: a utilização de luvas cirúrgicas estéreis é uma estratégia fundamental para a prevenção de infecção do sítio cirúrgico e para a proteção da equipe cirúrgica. Entretanto é comum a ocorrência de perfurações de luvas durante os procedimentos cirúrgicos as quais, em sua maio...

Qualidade da água em clínica odontológica na perspectiva microbiológica: uma proposta de intervenção

Na odontologia, o biofilme formado nas linhas d'água de equipos odontológicos pode disseminar a contaminação microbiana na água. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi investigar a contaminação microbiana da água de abastecimento e de equipos odontológicos antes e após a implementação de um protocolo ...

Variability in innate host immune responses to cryptococcosis

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 113 (7), 2018
Cryptococcosis is an invasive fungal disease caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and the closely related species C. gattii. The severe form of the disease, cryptococcal meningitis (CM), is rapidly fatal without treatment. Although typically a disease of immunocompromised (especially HIV-positive) individua...

Intestinal cell migration damage induced by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 51 (10), 2018
Epithelial cell migration is an essential response to enteric pathogens such as enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC). This study aimed to investigate the effects of EPEC infection on intestinal epithelial cell migration in vitro, as well as the involvement of type III secretion system (T3SS) and Rho ...