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The influenza season 2016/17 in Bucharest, Romania - surveillance data and clinical characteristics of patients with influenza-like illness admitted to a tertiary infectious diseases hospital

Braz. j. infect. dis; 22 (5), 2018
ABSTRACT Background: Influenza continues to drive seasonal morbidity, particularly in settings with low vaccine coverage. Objectives: To describe the influenza cases and viral circulation among hospitalized patients. Methods: A prospective study based on active surveillance of inpatients with influenz...

Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clones persist on hospital inanimate surfaces

Braz. j. infect. dis; 22 (5), 2018
ABSTRACT Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the most frequent Gram-negative opportunistic pathogens associated with hospital-acquired infection worldwide. We briefly describe A. baumannii isolates that were recovered from surrounding ICU bed surfaces, exhibiting multidrug resistance phenotype and belongin...

Theoretical pneumococcal vaccine coverage: analysis of serotypes isolated from inpatients at a tertiary care hospital

J. bras. pneumol; 44 (5), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes isolated from an inpatient population at a tertiary care hospital, in order to determine the theoretical coverage of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) and the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23). Met...

Doença inflamatória do intestino: impacto no score da qualidade de vida, depressão e ansiedade em pacientes atendidos em um centro de atendimento terciário no Brasil

Arq. gastroenterol; 55 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease frequently affects patients at working age, compromising their quality of life in several levels: physical, psychological, familial and social. Few studies have evaluated the impact of Inflammatory bowel disease on quality of life, anxiety and depression ...

Utilización de dos antibióticos genéricos en un hospital de tercer nivel en Bogotá

Biomédica (Bogotá); 38 (3), 2018
Resumen Introducción. La política farmacéutica de Colombia establece la necesidad de intensificar la investigación en farmacoepidemiología a nivel nacional, especialmente en el caso de los antibióticos. Objetivo. Aportar información farmacoepidemiológica en cuanto a la efectividad, las condicio...

Hospitalization costs due to severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) in three Central American countries

Infectio; 22 (3), 2018
Objective: To estimate the direct medical costs of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) in children and adults from three Central American countries with a bottom-up costing approach. Methods: The costs of inpatients treatment were estimated through the retrospective bottom-up costing in a random...

Efeitos de um programa de cuidados paliativos nas tendências de utilização da unidade de terapia intensiva e ordens de não reanimar durante hospitalizações terminais. Análise de séries temporais interrompidas

RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar os efeitos da implantação de um programa de cuidados paliativos no estabelecimento de ordens de não reanimar e na utilização da unidade de terapia intensiva em hospitalizações terminais. Método: Os dados de todos os pacientes que faleceram em um hospital terciário bras...

Secular trends of candidemia at a Brazilian tertiary care teaching hospital

Braz. j. infect. dis; 22 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT Background Candidemia is the most frequent invasive fungal disease in hospitalized patients, and is associated with high mortality rates. The main objective of this study was to evaluate changes in the epidemiology of candidemia at a tertiary care hospital in a 21-year period. Methods We evalu...

Survival analysis of penile cancer patients treatedat a tertiary oncology hospital

Abstract This article aims to estimate the specific survival of patients with penile cancer treated at a state tertiary oncology hospital. The study included 100 cases incidents patients with penile cancer treated at a cancer center, from 2000 to 2011, follow-up to December 31, 2012. The hospital-based c...