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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...
Histoplasmosis in HIV-positive patients in Ceará, Brazil : clinical-laboratory ...
Caetano, Erica Pacheco; Brilhante, Raimunda S.N.; Fechine, Maria A.B.; Mesquita, Jacó R.L.; Cordeiro, Rossana A.; Rocha, Marcos F.G.; Monteiro, André J.This study contains a descriptive analysis of histoplasmosis in AIDS patients between 2006 and 2010 in the state of Ceará, Brazil. Additionally, the in vitro susceptibility of Histoplasma capsulatum isolates obtained during this period was assessed. We report 208 cases of patients with histoplasmosis and AIDS, describing the epidemiological, clinical, laboratory and therapeutic aspects. The in vitro antifungal ...
Yeast microbiota of raptors : a possible tool for environmental monitoring
Brilhante, Raimunda S. N.; Castelo Branco, Débora S. C. M.; Duarte, Guilherme P. S.; Paiva, Manoel de Araújo Neto; Monteiro, André J.Twenty-two raptors from a rehabilitation centre were evaluated for the presence of yeasts prior to returning them to the wild, and the recovered Candida isolates were tested for in vitro antifungal susceptibility and phospholipase production. Samples were collected from the crop/lower esophagus and cloaca. In vitro antifungal susceptibility and phospholipase production of 21 Candida strains were assessed throug...
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