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Chromobacterium violaceum: a fatal case in the northeast of the Brazil
Fernandes,Maria José de Britto Costa; Luz,Kleber Giovanni; Dantas,Leonardo de Albuquerque; Melo,Maria Celeste Nunes de; Almeida,DulceChromobacterium violaceum is a rare pathogen that can potentially cause fatal infections in humans. An 8-year-old child from Natal, northeast of Brazil, presented history of fever, sore throat, and abdominal pain, during 5 days before admission, and died 4 hours after hospitalization. Chromobacterium violaceum was isolated from oropharynx scrapings and was resistant to ampicillin, cefotaxime, cefalotin, ceftazi...
Frequency of oral mucositis and microbiological analysis in children with acute...
Soares,Andréa Ferreira; Aquino,Ana Rafaela Luz de; Carvalho,Cyntia Helena Pereira de; Nonaka,Cassiano Francisco Weege; Almeida,Dulce; Pinto,Leão PereiraIn view of the morbidity potential of oral complications in patients with leukemia, this study evaluated the clinical and microbiological alterations that occur in the oral mucosa of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) undergoing antineoplastic chemotherapy and prophylactic administration of 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate. The sample consisted of 17 children aged 2 to 12 years that underwent clinica...
Antibiotic resistance of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from pond-reared Lito...
Melo,Ligia Maria Rodrigues de; Almeida,Dulce; Hofer,Ernesto; Reis,Cristhiane Moura Falavina dos; Theophilo,Grace Nazareth DiogoTen out of fifty fresh and refrigerated samples of shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) collected from retailers in Natal (Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil) tested positive for Vibrio parahaemolyticus. The Kanagawa test and multiplex PCR assays were used to detect TDH and TRH hemolysins and the tdh, trh and tlh genes, respectively. All strains were Kanagawa-negative and tlh-positive. Antibiotic susceptibility ...