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β-Lactam antibiotics and vancomycin inhibit the growth of planktonic and biofil...
Sidrim, José J.C.; Teixeira, Carlos E.C.; Cordeiro, Rossana A.; Brilhante, Raimunda S.N.; Castelo-Branco, Débora S.C.M.; Bandeira, Silviane P.The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of cefepime, meropenem, piperacillin/tazobactam (TZP) and vancomycin on strains of Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis in planktonic and biofilm forms. Twenty azole-derivative-resistant strains of C. albicans (n = 10) and C. tropicalis (n = 10) were tested. The susceptibility of planktonic Candida spp. to the antibacterial agents was investigated by broth mi...
Clinical-epidemiological features of 13 cases of melioidosis in Brazil
Brilhante, Raimunda S. N.; Bandeira, Tereza J. P. G.; Cordeiro, Rossana A.; Grangeiro, Thalles Barbosa; Lima, Rita A. C.; Ribeiro, Joyce F.he aim of this work was to catalog the clinical and ecoepidemiological characteristics of melioidosis in Brazil. The clinical-epi- demiological features of melioidosis in Ceará are similar to those in other regions where the disease is endemic. These findings support the inclusion of this Brazilian state as part of the zone of endemicity for melioidosis
Pathogen-specific epitopes as epidemiological tools for defining the magnitude ...
Martins, Marcia V. S. B.; Guimarães, Marjorie M. da S.; Spencer, John S.; Hacker, Mariana A. V. B.; Costa, Luciana S.; Carvalho, Fernanda M.During recent years, comparative genomic analysis has allowed the identification of Mycobacterium leprae -specific genes with potential application for the diagnosis of leprosy. In a previous study, 58 synthetic peptides derived from these sequences were tested for their ability to induce production of IFN- c in PBMC from endemic controls (EC) with unknown exposure to M. leprae , household contacts of leprosy p...