Abstract: We evaluated adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and its associated factors according to the type of regimen in patients initiating treatment in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. We measured adherence using the eight items Morisky Therapeutic Adhesion Scale (MMAS...
ABSTRACT Fifty seven soil-borne actinomycete strains were assessed for the antibiotic production. Two of the most active isolates, designed as Streptomyces ST-13 and DK-15 exhibited a broad range of antimicrobial activity and therefore they were selected for HPLC fractionation against the most suppressed...
OBJECTIVES: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is one of the most prevalent forms of pulmonary hypertension and is a major complication of acute pulmonary embolism. One mainstay of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension treatment is lifelong anticoagulation. The recent advent of direct ...
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Randomized clinical trials have shown that the new oral anticoagulants have at least similar impact regarding reduction of thromboembolic events, compared with warfarin, with similar or improved safety profiles. There is little data on real costs within clinical practice...
Las quinolonas constituyen uno de los grupos de antimicrobianos de mayor desarrollo. Químicamente son estructuras bicíclicas heteroaromáticas, constituidas por un núcleo piridona- ß-ácido carboxílico y un anillo aromático. La relación entre la estructura química y la actividad biológica (relac...
PURPOSE--To assess the hemodynamic effects of milrinone in a 48h intravenous infusion in patients with severe congestive heart failure (CHF) (NYHA class III or IV). METHODS--Forty patients with CHF were sequentially evaluated. Right heart catheterization was performed in order to measure, before and afte...
A aplicaçäo de deltametrina em ninfas de T.Infestans, nas doses de 0,0483 ou 0,0966 mg i. a./g de inseto, em exemplares ja expostos a infecçäo por T.Cruzi,reduz significativamente a taxa de eliminaçäo de tripomastigotas nas dejeçöes. A aplicaçäo de 0,0966 mg/g, 3 ou 7 dias antes da exposiçäo ...