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Sinal de Faget como manifestação clínica de brucelose. Relato de caso

Relata-se o caso de uma paciente do sexo feminino, 32 anos, comerciante, com manifestações sistêmicas de brucelose, como febre diária contínua, sinal de Faget, lombalgia, cervicalgia, náuseas e cefaleia. Quando questionada, a paciente referiu consumo de leite e queijo não pasteurizados de origem b...

Aloinjerto fresco congelado en cirugía de columna lumbar: ¿Aumenta la tasa de infección?
Fresh frozen allograft in lumbar spine surgery. Does it increase the rate of infection?

Introducción: La infección posquirúrgica en la columna lumbar es desafortunadamente común, multifactorial y una complicación potencialmente devastadora, que se asocia a un incremento de la morbilidad y la necesidad de futuras cirugías, y en última instancia, puede ser mortal. Con la intención de ...

Central venous catheter-related infections caused by Corynebacterium amycolatum and other multiresistant non-diphtherial corynebacteria in paediatric oncology patients

Braz. j. infect. dis; 22 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT Bloodstream and venous catheter-related corynebacterial infections in paediatric patients with haematological cancer were investigated from January 2003 to December 2014 at the Brazilian National Cancer Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We observed that during cancer treatment, invasive coryn...

Vancomicina tópica en la prevención de infecciones tempranas en cirugías instrumentadas espinales: serie de casos y revisión de la literatura
Topical vancomycin in the prevention of early infections in instrumented spinal surgeries: case series and literature review

Rev. argent. neurocir; 32 (3), 2018
Objetivo: Evaluar la eficacia de la vancomicina tópica en la disminución de las infecciones tempranas (agudas y subagudas) en cirugías de columna instrumentadas por vía posterior. Material y métodos: Se realizó un estudio observacional, multicéntrico, retrospectivo, descriptivo y comparativo de 12...

Spine surgery - the use of vancomycin powder in surgical site for postoperative infection prevention

Combined effect of bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus plantarum ST8SH and vancomycin, propolis or EDTA for controlling biofilm development by Listeria monocytogenes

Rev. argent. microbiol; 50 (1), 2018
The Listeria monocytogenes strains selected in the present study exhibited similar behavior in biofilm formation, independently of the tested conditions (bacteriocin from L. plantarum ST8SH, vancomycin, propolis (a natural antimicrobial product) and EDTA (chelating agent)), individual or in associations....

Manejo actualizado de la diarrea asociada a Clostridium difficile

Gastroenterol. latinoam; 29 (supl.1), 2018
The management of Clostridium difficile (CD) infection has changed in recent years. The latest clinical guidelines and systematic reviews suggest the use of vancomycin orally as the first line of treatment regardless the severity of the crisis (main difference compared to previous recommendations), this ...

Interaction study between vancomycin and liposomes containing natural compounds against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates

ABSTRACT The treatment of infections caused by resistant microorganisms is limited, and vancomycin (VAN) treatment failures for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia are not uncommon, even when MRSA clinical isolates are susceptible to VAN. Thus, this study proposed the associatio...

Monitorización terapéutica de antimicrobianos en pediatría: revisión de la experiencia latinoamericana

Rev. chil. infectol; 35 (1), 2018
Resumen La presente revisión resume la evidencia sobre la monitorización terapéutica de tres antimicrobianos basada en datos regionales: vancomicina, amikacina y voriconazol en la población pediátrica. Estos datos coinciden con la literatura internacional en relación al requerimiento de dosis mayor...

Leucocidina de Panton-Valentine em amostras de Staphylococcus aureus resistente a meticilina: correlação com aspectos clínicos
Panton-Valentine Leucocidin in methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates: correlation with clinical aspects

As infecções graves por Staphylococcus aureus resistente à meticilina (MRSA) aumentam de forma importante a morbidade e a mortalidade dos pacientes, com impacto também nos custos associados ao atendimento. Conhecer a prevalência e expressão de fatores de virulência tais como a leucocidina de Panto...