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Candida auris in Intensive Care Setting: The First Case Reported in Portugal
Henriques, João; Mixão, Verónica; Cabrita, Joana; Duarte, Tiago Isidoro; Sequeira, Tânia; Cardoso, Sofia; Germano, Nuno; Dias, Liliana; Bento, LuísCandida auris is an opportunistic human pathogen that has rapidly spread to multiple countries and continents and has been associated with a high number of nosocomial outbreaks. Herein, we report the first case of C. auris in Portugal, which was associated with a patient transferred from Angola to an ICU in Portugal for liver transplantation after a SARS-CoV-2 infection. C. auris was isolated during the course ...
Candida auris in intensive care setting: the first case reported in Portugal
Henriques, João; Mixão, Verónica; Cabrita, Joana; Duarte, Tiago Isidoro; Sequeira, Tânia; Cardoso, Sofia; Germano, Nuno; Dias, Liliana; Bento, LuísCandida auris is an opportunistic human pathogen that has rapidly spread to multiple countries and continents and has been associated with a high number of nosocomial outbreaks. Herein, we report the first case of C. auris in Portugal, which was associated with a patient transferred from Angola to an ICU in Portugal for liver transplantation after a SARS-CoV-2 infection. C. auris was isolated during the course ...
Asthma control, quality of life, and the role of patient enablement: a cross-se...
Correia de Sousa, Jaime; Pina, Alexandra; Cruz, Ana Margarida; Quelhas, Ana; Lobo, Filipa Almada; Cabrita, Joana; Oliveira, Pedro; Yaphe, JohnBACKGROUND: Self-assessment of asthma and a stronger doctor-patient relationship can improve asthma outcomes. Evidence for the influence of patient enablement on quality of life and the control of asthma is lacking. AIMS: To assess asthma severity, medication use, asthma control, and patient enablement in patients with asthma treated in primary care and to study the relationship between these variables and qual...
DPOC na população sob vigilância pela Rede Médicos Sentinela de 2007 a 2009
Sousa, Jaime Correia de; Ferreira, Dânia; Pina, Alexandra; Cruz, Ana Margarida; Figueiredo, Raquel; Ferreira, Clara Pinto; Cabrita, JoanaObjectives: To determine the number of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)-related consultations among patients registered in the Portuguese Sentinel Practice Network (PSPN) between 2007 and 2009, to calculate the reasons for visits related to COPD, to estimate the incidence of COPD, and to characterize COPD-related therapy. Study design: Dynamic cohort. Setting: Muticentric. Participants: Patients = 4...