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'Sleeping with the enemy': a cross-sectional study on psychological and emotion...

"Objective: This study aimed to evaluate psychological and emotional violence in relation with sociodemographic characteristics and anxiety and depression symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in a sample of Portuguese residents. Methods: A cross-sectional online study using snowball sampling collected data on demographics, socioeconomic factors, mental health (anxiety and depression symptoms) and couple psycho...

Barriers to TB detection in Portuguese prisons

Anxiety and Depression Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cluster Analysi...

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic is an illustration of how a physical illness can damage people's minds. In this regard, the goal of this study was to see how different sociodemographic and behavioral factors were linked to anxiety and depression symptoms in a group of individuals living in PortugalMethods: Between November 2020 and February 2021, a cross-sectional, snowball online study was conducted. The s...

Peripheral arterial tonometry as a method of measuring reactive hyperaemia corr...

Predictions of mortality may help in the selection of patients who benefit from intensive care. Endothelial dysfunction is partially responsible for many of the organic dysfunctions in critical illness. Reactive hyperaemia is a vascular response of the endothelium that can be measured by peripheral arterial tonometry (RH-PAT). We aimed to assess if reactive hyperaemia is affected by critical illness and if it c...

The impact of COVID-19 on the TB response: data from the field

Letter to the editor

Evaluation of drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcome in Portugal, 2000-2016

Treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), which is usually less successful than that of drug-susceptible TB, represents a challenge for TB control and elimination. We aimed to evaluate treatment outcomes and to identify the factors associated with death among patients with MDR and XDR-TB in Portugal. We assessed MDR-TB cases reported for the period 2000-2016, using the national TB Surveillance System. Trea...

The effect of alcohol consumption in the treatment of nontuberculous mycobacteria

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are considered opportunistic pathogens. They are widely distributed in the environment, and several species are associated with a wide range of infections, most commonly affecting the lung. The increasing number of immunocompromised patients and predisposing diseases – such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), silicosis and bronchiectasis—as well as the increasing l...

A nationwide study of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Portugal 2014-2017 us...

ackground Increasing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) incidence is a major threat against TB eradication worldwide. We aim to conduct a detailed MDR-TB study in Portugal, an European country with endemic TB, combining genetic analysis and epidemiological data, in order to assess the efficiency of public health containment of MRD-TB in the country. Methods We used published MIRU-VNTR data, that we reana...

Differential risk factors for slowly and rapidly-growing nontuberculous mycobac...

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Immigrants' access to health care: Problems identified in a high-risk tuberculo...

Introduction Immigrants may utilize health care services differently than other residents and may also have a greater risk for tuberculosis (TB). Objective Identify barriers to healthcare access by immigrants, factors associated with these barriers, and discuss strategies that may reduce these barriers. Material and methods Anonymous questionnaires were given to immigrants at National Immigrant Support Centres ...