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Risk prediction and impaired tactile sensory perception among cancer patients during chemotherapy

ABSTRACT Objectives: to estimate the prevalence of impaired tactile sensory perception, identify risk factors, and establish a risk prediction model among adult patients receiving antineoplastic chemotherapy. Method: historical cohort study based on information obtained from the medical files of 127 pa...

Prevalencia del consumo de sustancias licitas e ilícitas en una facultad de salud de una universidad pública de Colombia

Objetivo: describir la prevalencia de consumo de sustancias licitas e ilícitas en estudiantes de una facultad de salud, de una Universidad pública. Metodología: estudio descriptivo, transversal, desarrollado con 252 estudiantes a quienes se les aplicó una encuesta compuesta por tres instrumentos, ve...

Bacteriemia por Staphylococcus aureus adquirido en la comunidad en niños: estudio de cohorte 2010-2014

Arch. argent. pediatr; 114 (6), 2016
Introducción. Las infecciones por Staphylococcus aureus meticilino resistente adquirido en la comunidad son un problema grave y frecuente en pediatría. Objetivo. Describir la resistencia a los antibióticos enlas infecciones bacteriémicas por Staphylococcus aureus (SA) de la comunidad. Comparar las ca...

Efecto citotóxico de los compuestos de inclusión de paladio (II) en la beta-ciclodextrina

Biomédica (Bogotá); 36 (4), 2016
Resumen Introducción. Las tiosemicarbazonas y sus complejos de paladio (II) poseen actividad antineoplásica con pocos efectos secundarios, por lo cual se las considera como una nueva alternativa terapéutica. Sin embargo, existen diferencias en los rangos de la concentración inhibitoria media (CI50) ...

Management of blight of bell pepper (Capsicum annuum var. grossum) caused by Drechslera bicolor

Braz. j. microbiol; 47 (4), 2016
Abstract Sweet or bell pepper is a member of the Solanaceae family and is regarded as one of the most popular and nutritious vegetable. Blight, in the form of leaf and fruit blight, has been observed to infect bell pepper crops cultivated at the horticulture farm in Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udai...

The importance of integrons for development and propagation of resistance in Shigella: the case of Latin America

Braz. j. microbiol; 47 (4), 2016
Abstract In Latin America, the disease burden of shigellosis is found to coexist with the rapid and rampant spread of resistance to commonly used antibiotics. The molecular basis of antibiotic resistance lies within genetic elements such as plasmids, transposons, integrons, genomic islands, etc., which a...

Thermostable chitinase from Cohnella sp. A01: isolation and product optimization

Braz. j. microbiol; 47 (4), 2016
Abstract Twelve bacterial strains isolated from shrimp farming ponds were screened for their growth activity on chitin as the sole carbon source. The highly chitinolytic bacterial strain was detected by qualitative cup plate assay and tentatively identified to be Cohnella sp. A01 based on 16S rDNA sequen...

The role of gyrA and parC mutations in fluoroquinolones-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from Iran

Braz. j. microbiol; 47 (4), 2016
Abstract The aim of this study was to examine mutations in the quinolone-resistance-determining region (QRDR) of gyrA and parC genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates. A total of 100 clinical P. aeruginosa isolates were collected from different university-affiliated hospitals in Tabriz, Iran. Minimum in...

Cytotoxicity and anti-Sporothrix brasiliensis activity of the Origanum majorana Linn. oil

Braz. j. microbiol; 47 (4), 2016
Abstract The study aimed to evaluate the anti-Sporothrix sp. activity of the essential oil of Origanum majorana Linn. (marjoram), its chemical analysis, and its cytotoxic activity. A total of 18 fungal isolates of Sporothrix brasiliensis (n: 17) from humans, dogs and cats, and a standard strain of Sporot...

Rhizobacterial characterization for quality control of eucalyptus biogrowth promoter products

Braz. j. microbiol; 47 (4), 2016
Abstract Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria strains from special formulations have been used to optimize eucalyptus cutting production. To undertake quality control for the formulated products, the rhizobacterial strains should be characterized to assess their purity and authentication. In the present ...