Garrine, marcelino;
Quinto, llorenç;
Costa, sofia santos;
MessaJr, augusto;
Massinga, arsénia j;
Vubil, delfino;
Nhampossa, acilta;
Cossa, anélsio;
Sigauque, betuel;
Bassat, quique;
Couto, isabel;
Mandomando, inácio.
Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB) is one of the most common bloodstream infections globally. Data on the burden and epidemiology of community-acquired SAB in low-income countries are scarce but needed to define preventive and management strategies. Blood samples were collected from children < 5 yea...
Kenga, Darlenne B;
Gebretsadik, Tebeb;
Simbine, Samuel;
Simbine, Samuel;
Maússe, Fabião E;
Charles, Pedro;
Zaqueu, Ernesto;
Fernando, Hermenegilda F;
Sacarlal, Jahit;
Moon, Troy D.
Background: Bacteremia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Children infected with HIV present with patterns of bacteremia generally associated with poor prognosis. In Mozambique, data on bacteremia are sparce.
Methods: We conducted an observational study of HIV-infected and HIV-expose...
Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico,
Bacteriemia/epidemiologia,
Bacteriemia/tratamento farmacológico,
Infecções Comunitárias Adquiridas/tratamento farmacológico,
Infecções Comunitárias Adquiridas/epidemiologia,
Febre/tratamento farmacológico,
Infecções por HIV/epidemiologia,
Infecções por HIV/complicações,
Infecções por HIV/tratamento farmacológico,
Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana,
Infecções Estafilocócicas/tratamento farmacológico,
Moçambique/epidemiologia
Altered mental status (AMS) is a priority presenting sign that must be assessed in HIV-infected, febrile children, yet diagnosis is difficult in areas with limited diagnostic capacity. Malaria and bacterial meningitis have been reported as the most common causes of AMS in febrile children presenting to t...
Participants' understanding of key elements of a research protocol is essential to their ethical enrollment in the study. Ongoing participation should be based on continued comprehension and consent, which presumes a high degree of recall. Many obstacles can prevent full understanding of information abou...
The emergence of community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus infections is increasingly recognized as life threating problem worldwide. In Manhiça district, southern Mozambique, S. aureus is the leading cause of community-acquired bacteremia in neonates. Methods: Eighty-four S. aureus isolates from childre...
Mandomando, Inácio;
Bassat, Quique;
Sigauque, Betuel;
Massora, Sérgio;
Quinto, Llorenç;
ÁcacIo, Sozinho;
Nhampossa, Tacilta;
Vubil, Delfino;
Garrine, Marcelino;
Macete, Eusébio;
Aide, Pedro;
Sacoor, Charfudin;
Leon, Silvia Herrera;
Ruiz, joaquim;
Tennant, Sharon M;
Manendez, Clara;
Alonso, Pedro L.
Invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella (iNTS) has emerged as a cause of bacteremia in African children and HIV-infected adults, which is associated with high mortality. Epidemiological data and burden of iNTS infections in resource-constrained settings are needed to better define preventive and curative strate...
The objective of this study was to examine the prevalence of Hepatitis E virus (HEV) in the Danish pig population. Faecal samples from 97 pigs, 1–5 months of age were analysed for HEV RNA by a new PriProET real time RT-PCR assay. In addition, serum samples from 71 sow herds were screened for the presen...
Bassat, quique;
Mandomando, inácio;
Sigaúque, betuel;
Guinovart, caterina;
Aide, pedro;
Sacarlal, Jahit;
Nhampossa, tacilta;
Bardají, azucena;
Morais, luís;
Machevo, Sonia;
Letang, emilio;
Macete, eusébio;
Aponte, john J;
Alonso, pedro l;
Menéndez, clara;
Roca, anna.
Objectives: To describe the prevalence, aetiology and prognostic implications of coexisting invasive bacterial disease in children admitted with severe malaria in a rural Mozambican Hospital. Methods: Retrospective study of data systematically collected from June 2003 to May 2007 in a rural Mozambican ho...
Sigaúque, betuel;
Mandomando, inácio;
Roca, anna;
Morais, luís;
Quintó, llorenç;
Sacarlal, jahit;
Nhamposa, tacilta;
Macete, eusébio;
Machevo, sónia;
Aide, pedro;
Bardají, azucena;
Bassat, quique;
Nhalungo, delino;
Soriano-Gabarró, montse;
Flannery, brendan;
Menendez, clara;
Alonso, pedro L;
Levine, myron M.
Background: Although community-acquired bacteremia is an important cause of childhood mortality in Africa, recognition of disease burden and potential impact of bacterial vaccines is limited. ethods: Blood cultures for bacterial pathogens were conducted systematically among children <15 years of age admi...
