Resultados: 14

Controlo pós-terapêutico da schistosomose e das parasitoses intestinais e atualização da situação malacológica nos distritos de Quelimane e Gurué, na província da Zambézia - Moçambique
Post-therapeutic control of schistosomiasis and intestinal parasitosis and update of the malacological situation in the districts of Quelimane and Gurué districts, in Zambézia province - Mozambique

A schistosomose e as helmintoses intestinais são endémicas em Moçambique, afetando sobretudo crianças e jovens dos meios suburbanos e rurais. O presente estudo foi realizado nos distritos de Quelimane e Gurué, na província de Zambézia-Moçambique, envolvendo 357 crianças escolares entre os cinco ...

Characterisation of extended-spectrum β-lactamases among Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates causing bacteraemia and urinary tract infection in Mozambique

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from urinary tract and bloodstream infections in a rural hospital in Manhiça, Mozambique. ESBLs were investigated among ceftriaxone-non-susceptible K. pneumoniae clinic...

Trends in Prevalence of HIV-1 Drug Resistance in a Public Clinic in Maputo, Mozambique

PLos ONE; 7 (9), 2012
Background Anobservational study was conducted in Maputo, Mozambique, to investigate trends in prevalence of HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) in antiretroviral (ART) naïve subjects initiating highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART). Methodology/Principal Findings Toevaluate the pattern of drug resis...

Challenges in the diagnosis of iron deficiency in children exposed to high prevalence of infections

PLos ONE; 7 (11), 2012
Background: While WHO guidelines recommend iron supplements to only iron-deficient children in high infection pressure areas, these are rarely implemented. One of the reasons for this is the commonly held view that iron supplementation increases the susceptibility to some infectious diseases including ma...