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Human leptospirosis: occurrence of serovars of Leptospira spp. in the state of ...
Oliveira,Marluce Aparecida Assunção; Leal,Élida Aparecida; Correia,Max Assunção; Serufo Filho,José Carlos; Dias,Ricardo Souza; Serufo,José CarlosAbstract Background: Leptospirosis is an infectious and acute disease caused by Leptospira spp. that have high epidemic potential. This study verified the main Leptospira spp. serovars detected by MAT from serum of patients with suspicion of leptospirosis from 2008 to 2012 in Minas Gerais State. Methods: The laboratory received sera from 4654 patients. All serum were screened by IgM-ELISA according to the manuf...
Enterotoxigenic potential of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from Artisan Minas ...
Dores,Milene Therezinha das; Dias,Ricardo Souza; Arcuri,Edna Froeder; Nobrega,Juliana Escarião da; Ferreira,Célia Lucia de Luces FortesThis study aimed to evaluate the presence of enterotoxigenic S. aureus in the endogenous starter and in Artisan Minas cheeses from the Serra da Canastra. Sixteen samples of endogenous starters and cheese were collected during the rainy and dry seasons. The isolation and enumeration of S. aureus were performed using the PetrifilmTM-Rapid S. aureus Plate Count method. The presence of enterotoxin in the cheese sam...
An outbreak of staphylococcal food poisoning in the Municipality of Passos, MG,...
Carmo,Luiz Simeão do; Dias,Ricardo Souza; Linardi,Valter Roberto; Sena,Maria José de; Santos,Deise Aparecida dosAn outbreak of staphylococcal food poisoning involving 42 people who had eaten a meal at a restaurant in the Municipality of Passos, Minas Gerais, Brazil, is reported. Thirty-one of the individuals became ill with vomiting, diarrhea and dizziness within 30 minutes after eating the meal. The foods suspected were: chicken pancake, rice, beans, tomato sauce and mashed chick-peas. Large numbers (> 2.0x10(8) CFU/g) ...