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Infección primaria de la sangre asociada a catéter central en unidades de cuidados intensivos de adultos durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en la Argentina
Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection in Adult Intensive Care Units during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Argentina

Objetivo: caracterizar las infecciones primarias de la sangre asociadas a catéter central (IPS-CC) ocurridas en unidades de cuidados intensivos (UCI) de adultos de la Argentina durante la pandemia de COVID-19 informadas al Programa VIHDA, sus microorganismos asociados y perfil de resistenci...

Caracterización molecular de carbapenemasas en el Perú durante el 2019

RESUMEN La resistencia a los carbapenémicos es un problema de salud pública. Este estudio presenta la identificación de enzimas carbapenemasas en Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas spp. y Acinetobacter spp. presentes en cepas de 30 instituciones prestadoras de servicios de salud del Perú como parte del ...

Caracterización molecular de carbapenemasas en el Perú durante el 2019

RESUMEN La resistencia a los carbapenémicos es un problema de salud pública. Este estudio presenta la identificación de enzimas carbapenemasas en Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas spp. y Acinetobacter spp. presentes en cepas de 30 instituciones prestadoras de servicios de salud del Perú como parte del ...

Contaminación ambiental por microorganismos multirresistentes y el efecto de la limpieza y desinfección en una unidad de cuidados intensivos

Conocer el rol del medio ambiente es fundamental para evitar las infecciones intra-hospitalarias. Con ese objetivo, se planteó evaluar la prevalencia de contaminación ambiental por microorganismos multirresistentes (MMR) antes y después de la limpieza terminal de habitaciones de pacientes colonizados ...

Effects of topical azithromycin, moxifloxacin, and povidone iodine on conjunctival bacterial flora in patients undergoing intravitreal injection

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 82 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: To compare effects of 5% topical povidone iodine with prophylactic topical azithromycin and moxifloxacin on bacterial flora in patients undergoing intravitreal injection. Methods: A total of 132 patients were randomly assigned to receive treatment with azithromycin or moxifloxacin, or...

High rate of detection of OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter from two general hospitals in Brazil

Abstract INTRODUCTION In recent decades, the prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter isolates has increased, and the production of oxacillinase (OXA)-type carbapenemases is the main mechanism underlying resistance. We evaluated OXA production from 114 Acinetobacter isolates collected between M...

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...

Diversity of metallo-b-lactamase-encoding genes found in distinct species of Acinetobacter isolated from the Brazilian Amazon Region

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 114 (), 2019
BACKGROUND The multidrug resistance (MDR) phenotype is frequently observed in Acinetobacter baumannii, the most clinically relevant pathogenic species of its genus; recently, other species belonging to the A. calcoaceticus-A. baumannii complex have emerged as important MDR nosocomial pathogens. OBJECTI...

Avaliação da contaminação por Acinetobacter spp. em uma unidade de terapia intensiva

Justificativa e Objetivos: A relevância clínica das Infecções Relacionadas à Assistência à Saúde (Iras) ocasionadas pelo Acinetobacter spp. e a confirmação da existência de cepas com multirresistência no meio hospitalar mostram a necessidade de se conhecer melhor a epidemiologia dessas infec�...

The antimicrobial activity of ephedrine and admixture of ephedrine and propofol: an in vitro study

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 68 (1), 2018
Abstract Introduction Propofol and Ephedrine are commonly used during anesthesia maintenance, the former as a hypnotic agent and the later as a vasopressor. The addition of propofol to ephedrine or administration of ephedrine before propofol injection is useful for decreasing or preventing propofol rela...