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Diversity of yeasts during fermentation of cocoa from two sites in the Brazilian Amazon

Acta amaz; 49 (1), 2019
The purpose of this study was to identify the yeasts involved in spontaneous fermentation of cocoa from the Brazilian Amazon region. The fermentation process was carried out experimentally with cocoa seeds from two sites (Medicilândia and Tucumã), State of Pará, northern Brazil, during a six-day perio...

Main agents and contamination prevention in animal feed industry: review

The main physical, biological and chemical agents involved in cross-contamination are of known origin, generally harmful and toxic, which ends up making the individual have direct or indirect contact with the nutrients used in the manufacturing of animal feed. The knowledge of the causes, as well as thei...

Os proprietários de cães podem compartilhar do mesmo perfil de resistência que seus cães?

Atualmente, o uso indiscriminado de antimicrobianos tem contribuído para o aparecimento de microrganismos resistentes, pois, os mesmos ao entrarem em contato com o princípio ativo dessas drogas de forma indevida, desenvolvem características fisiológicas e genéticas tais como a mutação de seu DNA, ...

Atividade de nucleação de gelo e densidade populacional do patógeno podem ser fatores que contribuem para o progresso da doença mancha branca do milho

A Mancha Branca do Milho (MBM) é uma doença foliar que tem causado perdas apreciáveis, tanto qualitativas como quantitativas para a produção de milho. Seu agente etiológico, a Pantoea ananatis, é uma bactéria epifítica, Gram-negativa formadora de colônia amarela, capaz de formar gelo, mesmo ...

Contaminación bacteriana de cámara anterior durante la cirugía de catarata
Anterior chamber bacterial contamination during cataract surgery

Rev. cuba. oftalmol; 32 (1), 2019
RESUMEN Objetivo: Determinar la existencia de contaminación bacteriana en cámara anterior durante la cirugía de catarata. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio transversal de serie de casos, en el cual participaron los pacientes sometidos a cirugía de catarata en el Servicio de Microcirugía Ocular del...

A case of recurrent keratitis caused by Paecilomyces lilacinus and treated by voriconazole

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 82 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT - We describe here a case of a 21-year-old woman who presented with low visual acuity, pain, and hyperemia in the left eye for 45 days. Her eye had extensive corneal infiltrate, with melting and a central perforation that was glued with cyanoacrylate, but with Seidel (+). She underwent tectonic ...

Primer aislamiento de Mycoplasma leachii asociado a enfermedad en terneros de tambo en Argentina
First report of Mycoplasma leachii isolation associated with disease in dairy calves in Argentina

Rev. argent. microbiol; 51 (1), 2019
There are few reports about the isolation of Mycoplasma species associated with cattle disease in Argentina. In this work we describe the detection of Mycoplasma leachii associated with disease in dairy calves in Santa Fe Province, Argentina. Samples obtained from a 4 day-old dairy calf suffering from po...

Endocarditis infecciosa por Mycobacterium mageritense asociada a dispositivo cardíaco electrónico
Electronic cardiovascular device-associated to infective endocarditis caused by Mycobacterium mageritense

Rev. argent. microbiol; 51 (1), 2019
Las micobacterias de crecimiento rápido son una rara causa de endocarditis bacteriana. Durante las últimas décadas han aumentado las infecciones debido a este tipo de micobacterias, en especial las postraumáticas y las posquirúrgicas. Estas infecciones pueden ser localizadas o diseminadas, y tambié...

Exposure of Toxocara canis eggs to Purpureocillium lilacinum as a biocontrol strategy: an experimental model evaluation

Abstract Purpureocillium lilacinum is a nematophagous fungus used in biological control against some parasites, including Toxocara canis. This study researched the infectivity of embryonated T. canis eggs after exposure to the fungus P. lilacinum. T. canis eggs were exposed to P. lilacinum for 15 or 30 d...

Occurrence of zoonotic Enterocytozoon bieneusi in cats in Brazil

Abstract Enterocytozoon bieneusi is an opportunistic intestinal pathogen that infects humans and a wide variety of animals worldwide. Our aim in this study was to investigate the occurrence of E. bieneusi in a domestic cat population in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Sixty fecal samples from d...