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Infection related to Klebsiella pneumoniae producing carbapenemase in renal transplant patients

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the risk factors related to Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase infection after renal transplantation. Methods: This was a retrospective epidemiological (case-control) study, conducted from October 2011 to march 2016. Transplanted patients with infection by this bacteria...

Análise do perfil de atendimentos por osteomielite em pacientes acima de 60 anos em regiões brasileiras

Objetivo: Realizar uma análise estatística das internações de pacientes idosos com osteomielite, por região brasileira. Métodos: Foram pesquisadas informações de saúde disponíveis na plataforma do Departamento de Informática do Sistema Único de Saúde (DATASUS), avaliando-se, de 2012 a 2016, ...

Cepas chilenas de origen clínico de Vibrio cholerae no-O1, no-O139 portan los genes vcsN2, vcsC2, vcsV2, vspD, toxR2 y vopF del sistema de secreción T3SS2 presentes en una isla de patogenicidad

Rev. chil. infectol; 36 (3), 2019
Resumen Introducción. Los factores de virulencia de las cepas de Vibrio cholerae no-O1, no-O139 no son claramente conocidos. La cepa de origen septicémico NN1 Vibrio cholerae no-O1, no-O139 fue secuenciada previamente mediante la plataforma Illumina, detectándose en su genoma un fragmento de la isla ...

Bacteriemia por Vibrio cholerae no-O1/no-O139 que porta una región homóloga a la isla de patogenicidad VpaI-7

Rev. chil. infectol; 36 (3), 2019
Resumen Presentamos un caso de bacteriemia por Vibrio cholerae no-O1/ no-O139 en una mujer de 81 años con un cuadro de dolor abdominal, fiebre, vómitos, diarrea, coluria e ictericia, mientras visitaba una zona rural sin acceso a agua potable. La identificación se realizó por la técnica de espectrome...

Proctitis infecciosa por Chlamydia Trachomatis
Infectious proctitis by Chlamydia Trachomatis

Introducción: Las infecciones transmisibles sexualmente (ITS) son motivo de consulta frecuente, encontrándose Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) entre las prevalentes. Este germen provoca proctitis de diversa gravedad según el biovar involucrado. Los casos más floridos suelen ser ocasionados por el biovar LG...

Prevalence of Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria among children with Tonsillitis

Prensa méd. argent; 105 (3), 2019
Streptococcus pyogenes is the most common cause of bacterial tonsillopharyngitis with a sore throat in children;it can also cause weakening sicknesses such as rheumatic beart disease and other suppurative sequelae; peritonsillar abscess and lymphadenitis. The present study was conducted to determine the ...

Successful medical drainage and surgical treatment for vertebral osteomyelitis and bilateral psoas abscess with gas formation caused by klebsiella pneumoniae in a diabetic patient

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: We describe the case of a diabetic patient who developed vertebral osteomyelitis and bilateral psoas abscess with gas formation due to klebsiella pneumoniae. METHODS: A 64-year-old woman with a 4-year history of type-2 diabetes mellitus was admitted to the Emergency Department. The s...

Diagrama de Ishikawa: causas e soluções da infecção ao HIV adquirida por profissionais de enfermagem através de materiais perfurocortantes

Objective: The study’s goal has been to analyze, through the Ishikawa Diagram, the causes and solutions of HIV infection in nursing professionals due to sharps handling. Methods: It is a literature review based on the Construction of the Ishikawa Diagram, which was carried out in May 2017 in the PubMed...

Sarcoma de Kaposi epidémico en África Subsahariana

Rev. cuba. med. trop; 71 (1), 2019
El sarcoma de Kaposi se ha convertido en uno de los tumores más prevalentes en África tras la epidemia de VIH, que afecta de una manera similar a hombres y mujeres. El retraso diagnóstico y el limitado acceso a tratamiento antirretroviral o quimioterapia condicionan el pronóstico de los pacientes que...

Detection of some virulence factors genes in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from different clinical cases

Prensa méd. argent; 105 (2), 2019
Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most important pathogenic type to humans, and the most common species responsible for a wide range of diseases such as furuncles, various abscesses, wounds abscesses resulting from surgical operations, dermatitis, soft tissue inflammation, arthritis, bones inflammation...