ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Small bowel bleeding is a leading indication for small bowel capsule endoscopy. The Suspected Blood Indicator (SBI) is a software feature directed to automatically detect bleeding lesions during small bowel capsule endoscopy. OBJECTIVE We aimed to assess SBI diagnostic accuracy for ...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Group B Streptococcus (GBS), a source of neonatal infection, colonizes the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts of pregnant women. Routine screening for maternal GBS in late pregnancy and consequent intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis have reduced the incidence of early-onset...
Canal Anal/microbiología,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Portador Sano/epidemiología,
Portador Sano/microbiología,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa,
Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas,
Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/diagnóstico,
Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/epidemiología,
Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/microbiología,
Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo,
Prevalencia,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Infecciones Estreptocócicas/diagnóstico,
Infecciones Estreptocócicas/epidemiología,
Streptococcus agalactiae/genética,
Streptococcus agalactiae/aislamiento & purificación,
Vagina/microbiología
Abstract INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to develop a duplex endpoint PCR assay for rapid detection and differentiation of Leptospira strains. METHODS: Primers were designed to target the rrs (LG1/LG2) and ligB (LP1/LP2) genes to confirm the presence of the Leptospira genus and the pathogenic species,...
Cruz, Helena Medina;
Scalioni, Leticia de Paula;
Paula, Vanessa Salete de;
Miguel, Juliana Custódio;
Ó, Kycia Maria Rodrigues do;
Milagres, Flavio Augusto Pádua;
Cruz, Marcelo Santos;
Bastos, Francisco Inácio;
Flores, Priscila Pollo;
Leal, Erotildes;
Motta-Castro, Ana Rita Coimbra;
Lewis-Ximenez, Lia Laura;
Lampe, Elisabeth;
Villar, Livia Melo.
Rapid tests (RTs) can be used as an alternative method for the conventional diagnosis of hepatitis B virus (HBV). This study aims to evaluate antibodies to HBsAg (anti-HBs) and antibodies to HBeAg (anti-HBe) RTs under different Brazilian settings. The following three groups were included: GI: viral hepat...
Barros, Jorge;
Morales, Susana;
Echávarri, Orietta;
García, Arnol;
Ortega, Jaime;
Asahi, Takeshi;
Moya, Claudia;
Fischman, Ronit;
Maino, María P;
Núñez, Catalina.
Objective: To analyze suicidal behavior and build a predictive model for suicide risk using data mining (DM) analysis. Methods: A study of 707 Chilean mental health patients (with and without suicide risk) was carried out across three healthcare centers in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile. Thr...
ABSTRACT Background: Appendicitis is one of the most common abdominal emergency. Some predictive scoring systems are recommended to decrease the rate of negative appendectomy. Aim: To evaluate sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of modified Alvarado score...
ABSTRACT Gout is an inflammatory arthritis characterized by the deposition of monosodium urate crystals in the synovial membrane, articular cartilage and periarticular tissues leading to inflammation. Men are more commonly affected, mainly after the 5th decade of life. Its incidence has been growing with...
Introduction: The screening of neurocysticercosis is complex and immunological methods have varying validity. Objective: To evaluate the validity of ELISA for antigen and antibody, and EITB for antibody in the screening of neurocysticercosis. Methods: Meta-analysis of diagnostic tests with an ex-ante pro...
Background: The medical alert system (MAS) was created for the timely handling of clinical decompensations, experienced by patients hospitalized at the Medical Surgical Service (MSS) in a private clinic. It is activated by the nurse when hemodynamic, respiratory, neurological, infectious or metabolic alt...
