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Infecciones osteoarticulares en pacientes del Hospital del Instituto de Seguridad del Trabajador (IST) de Viña del Mar: periodo 2012-2013

INTRODUCCIÓN: Las infecciones osteoarticulares son un desafío frecuente en la práctica traumatológica diaria. En Chile y en los distintos hospitales de la región de Valparaíso son escasos los trabajos con relación al tema, lo que es fundamental para optimizar el tratamiento, tanto quirúrgico como...

Staphylococcus aureus and the oxacillin sensitivity profile in hospitalized people with HIV/AIDS

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 50 (4), 2016
Abstract Objective Analyze nasal colonization by oxacillin-sensitive and oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in people with HIV/AIDS (PWHA) at days 1 and7 of hospitalization. METHOD A prospective observational study conducted in a hospital in the countryside of the state of São Paulo. Nasal swab...

Disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis associated with ocular lesion in an immunocompetent patient

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (4), 2016
Abstract: A 59-year-old female patient, previously healthy, immunocompetent, presented left bulbar conjunctiva lesions and nodular-ulcerated lesions on the arms and cervical region, besides left cervical and retroauricular lymphadenopathy. She had previous contact with domestic cats that excoriated her f...

Fonsecaea pedrosoi as a rare cause of acute conjunctival ulceration

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Conjunctival ulceration accompanied with secretion and pain was observed in a 30-year-old male, 3 days after a perforating corneal trauma. Cultures of conjunctival ulcer samples grew Fonsecaea pedrosoi, a major causative agent of chromoblastomycosis that is typically transmitted during trauma. T...

Recent transmission of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a prison population in southern Brazil

J. bras. pneumol; 42 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT We conducted a cross-sectional, retrospective study, characterized by classical and molecular epidemiology, involving M. tuberculosis isolates from a regional prison in southern Brazil. Between January of 2011 and August of 2014, 379 prisoners underwent sputum smear microscopy and culture; 53 (1...

The epidemiology and clinical features of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in neonates

Braz. j. infect. dis; 20 (4), 2016
Abstract Objectives This retrospective study was aimed to explore the epidemiological and clinical profiles of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in neonates. Methods From 2011 to 2014, 1322 hospitalized neonates with lower respiratory tract infections were screened for Mycoplasma pneumoniae by detection ...

Comparison of PCR-based methods for the simultaneous detection of Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae, and Streptococcus pneumoniae in clinical samples

Braz. j. infect. dis; 20 (4), 2016
Abstract Background Several in-house PCR-based assays have been described for the detection of bacterial meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae from clinical samples. PCR-based methods targeting different bacterial genes are frequently used by d...

Diagnostic-driven antifungal therapy in neutropenic patients using the D-index and serial serum galactomannan testing

Braz. j. infect. dis; 20 (4), 2016
Abstract Introduction Invasive mold disease is an important complication of patients with hematologic malignancies, and is associated with high mortality. A diagnostic-driven approach has been an alternative to the classical empiric antifungal therapy. In the present study we tested an algorithm that in...

Antimicrobial susceptibility of hospital acquired Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolate biofilms

Braz. j. infect. dis; 20 (4), 2016
Abstract Aims We sought to characterize the antibiotic susceptibility of strains of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolated from clinical samples, and the role of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia biofilm in antibiotic resistance. Methods Fifty-one clinical Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolates were obtained ...

Characterization of a small outbreak of Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis that harbour CTX-M-65 in Ecuador

Braz. j. infect. dis; 20 (4), 2016