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Infecciones asociadas a catéteres venosos centrales: Actualización y recomendaciones intersociedades
Central venous catheter related infections. Inter-Societies update and recommendations

Medicina (B.Aires); 79 (1), 2019
Representantes de la Sociedad Argentina de Infectología (SADI) y la Sociedad Argentina de Terapia Intensiva (SATI) se reunieron para trabajar en la elaboración de recomendaciones concretas de diagnóstico, tratamiento y prevención de las infecciones asociadas a catéteres venosos centrales (IAC). La m...

Adult female acne: a guide to clinical practice

An. bras. dermatol; 94 (1), 2019
Abstract: Background: Acne in women is often associated with anxiety and depression, and may persist from adolescence as well as manifest for the first time in adulthood. Genetic and hormonal factors contribute to its etiopathogenesis, and maintenance treatment is required, usually for years, due to its...

The use of mobile educational tools to improve antimicrobial prescription for the treatment of acute pyelonephritis in pregnancy: A retrospective cross-sectional study

Abstract Objective To analyze the prescription of antimicrobial agents for pregnant women admitted into the obstetrics service who presented with acute pyelonephritis. Methods Three cross-sectional studies were performed comparing the prescription of antimicrobials for pyelonephritis in pregnant wome...

Septic shock caused by the under-recognized bacterium Eggerthella lenta in a 61-year-old male with a periurethral abscess: a case report

Abstract Eggerthella lenta is a gram-positive anaerobic bacillus that has been associated with life-threatening infections. Bacteremia is always clinically significant and is mostly but not always associated with gastrointestinal disease. We present a unique case of abrupt deterioration and rapid develop...

Earliest identification of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) in Acinetobacter pittii in Brazil

Abstract We report the occurrence in Brazil of the bla NDM-1 gene in Acinetobacter pittii, prior to the previously described first reports regarding the species Providencia rettgeri and Enterobacter hormaechei. Clinical isolates were investigated by polymerase chain reaction followed by bidirectional seq...

Guía de práctica clínica para el manejo de la neumonía intrahospitalaria y neumonía asociada a ventilador mecánico

Brindar recomendaciones basadas en evidencia para el manejo de la neumonía Intrahospitalaria y neumonía asociada a ventilador mecánico....

Infección por Serratia marcescens: una inusual causa de lesiones cutáneas

Rev. chil. dermatol; 35 (4), 2019
Serratia marcescens corresponde a un bacilo gram negativo, miembro de la familia Enterobacteriaceae. Este microorganismo tiene una alta capacidad de supervivencia en condiciones hostiles y ha sido implicado en infecciones del tracto respiratorio, vía urinaria, meningitis, endocarditis y...

La prescripción inmediata de antibióticos para las infecciones no complicadas del tracto respiratorio inferior no reducirían las hospitalizaciones ni la mortalidad
Prescribing antibiotics immediately for uncomplicated infections of the lower respiratory tract does not reduce hospital admission or mortality

Preparation of the discharge of relatives of children using antibiotics: contributions of nursing

Abstract Objective: To describe the discharge preparation for relatives of hospitalized children for continuing antibiotic therapy at home, from the nurse perspective. Method: A descriptive and qualitative research, performed in the ward of a pediatric hospital in Rio de Janeiro. It was attended by fif...

Microbiological and clinical effects of adjunctive systemic metronidazole and amoxicillin in the non-surgical treatment of peri-implantitis: 1 year follow-up

Braz. oral res. (Online); 33 (supl.1), 2019
Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of adjunct systemic antibiotic treatment with metronidazole (MTZ) and amoxicillin (AMX) in patients receiving non-surgical subgingival debridement (NSD) for peri-implantitis. Forty subjects presenting with at least one implant with severe peri-im...