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- 1From: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThis study aimed to determine the excess length of stay, extra expenditures, and attributable mortality to healthcare-associated S. aureus bloodstream infection (BSI) at a teaching hospital in central Brazil. The study...
- 2From: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThis study aimed to investigate the serum levels of the cytokine TNF-[alpha] and its soluble receptors (sTNFR1 and sTNFR2) in patients with toxoplasmosis retinochoroidits (TR) and controls. 37 patients with TR and 30...
- 3From: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThere are often discrepancies when using different methods to measure anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgG levels in patient samples. The diagnostic performance of a chemiluminescent immunoassay (CLIA) and an enzyme-linked...
- 4From: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThis study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and associated risk factors in HIV-infected pregnant women followed for prenatal care in Salvador, Bahia. This was a cross-sectional...
- 5From: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is an important worldwide public health problem. In Brazil, the Ministry of Health estimates that 15% of the population has had contact with HBV, and that the mean rate of...
- 6From: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedObjective: To investigate the clinical features, management, and prognosis of pulmonary cryptococcosis in non-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients. Method: 24 cases of pulmonary cryptococcosis with...
- 7From: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground: There are no reports on hyponatremia and acute kidney injury (AKI) involved in the course of HIV-related toxoplasmic encephalitis (TE). The main objective of this study was to describe the occurrence of...
- 8From: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIn Brazil, bats have been assigned an increasing importance in public health as they are important rabies reservoirs. Phylogenetic studies have shown that rabies virus (RABV) strains from frugivorous bats Artibeus spp....
- 9From: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction: Acinetobacter spp. have emerged as notorious pathogens involved in healthcare-associated infections. Carbapenems are important antimicrobial agents for treating infections due to multidrug resistant...
- 10From: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedObjectives: The aim of this study was to learn more about people diagnosed with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) at age 60 and above in Brazil, and to compare them with people diagnosed at a younger age....
- 11From: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedObjective: One approach to identifying HIV-1 vaccine candidates is to dissect the natural antiviral immune response in treatment-naive individuals infected for over ten years, considered slow progressor patients (SPs)....
- 12From: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedObjective: The aim of this study was to explore the role of cytokines in the pathogenesis of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). Methods: Double-antibody sandwich ELISA was used to determine serum...
- 13From: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe emergence of KPC-2 producing K. pneumoniae in hospitalized patients at the intensive care unit (ICU) of a teaching hospital located in the city of Joao Pessoa, Paralba, Brazil, is reported. Seven...