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HIV and the Advent of Immunotherapy in Cancer Treatment: The Path is Inclusion
Videira Santos, Fábio; Lebre, AnaN/a.; N/a.
Rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis in a pediatric cancer patient
Couto, Maria Eduarda; Oliva, Tereza; Alberto, Pedro; Lebre, Ana; Pinto, Armando; Maia Ferreira, AnaAim: Mucormycosis infections are highly lethal in immunosuppressed patients. The authors present a rare case of successful treatment of the condition. Case description: A 14-year-old male with acute lymphoblastic lymphoma in remission was diagnosed with pansinusitis, cerebral osteomyelitis, and encephalitis with an abscess caused by Rhizopus sp. Neurosurgical drainage, endoscopic sinus surgery, and left eye enu...
Rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis in a pediatric cancer patient
Couto, Maria Eduarda; Oliva, Tereza; Alberto, Pedro; Lebre, Ana; Pinto, Armando; Ferreira, Ana MaiaAim: Mucormycosis infections are highly lethal in immunosuppressed patients. The authors present a rare case of successful treatment of the condition. Case description: A 14-year-old male with acute lymphoblastic lymphoma in remission was diagnosed with pansinusitis, cerebral osteomyelitis, and encephalitis with an abscess caused by Rhizopus sp. Neurosurgical drainage, endoscopic sinus surgery, and left eye enu...
Severe hyponatremia in older patients at admission in an internal medicine depa...
Correia, Lurdes; Ferreira, Rogério; Correia, Inês; Lebre, Ana; Carda, José; Monteiro, Rita; Simão, Adélia; Carvalho, Armando; Costa, NascimentoHyponatremia is common in older people, most often of multifactorial origin, and can be associated with poor clinical outcomes. The aim was to analyze the frequency of severe hyponatremia (sodium concentration below 125 mmol/L), risk factors and mortality association in hospitalized older patients. A retrospective study was performed in older patients (over 65 years) with hyponatremia, diagnosed at admission in...
Brucellar Spondylodiscitis: Case Series of the Last 25 Years
Lebre, Ana; Velez, Jorge; Seixas, Diana; Rabadão, Eduardo; Oliveira, Joaquim; Saraiva da Cunha, J.; Silvestre, A. MeliçoIntroduction: Brucellosis is an endemic zoonosis in Portugal. Brucellar spondylodiscitis is one of the most frequent focal manifestations which may cause severe sequelae despite appropriate therapy.Material and Methods: Retrospective study of patients with diagnosis of brucellar spondylodiscitis admitted to the Infectious Diseases Department of Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, over a 25-year period...
Acute Bacterial Meningitis as an Occupational Disease
Seixas, Diana; Lebre, Ana; Crespo, Pedro; Ferreira, Eugénia; Serra, José Eduardo; Saraiva da Cunha, José GabrielStreptococcus suis is a zoonotic pathogen with worldwide distribution, responsible for more than 700 human cases globally reported. This infection affects mostly men, exposed to pig or pork, which leads to its usual classification as an occupational disease. We report a case of acute bacterial meningitis in a 44 years old male. According to his past medical history, the patient had alcohol consumption and worke...
PROT-OVT: Plano Regional de Ordenamento do Territorio do Oeste e Vale do Tejo
Ferreira, António Fonseca; Carmo, Fernanda do; Rosário, Vital; Queirós, Margarida; Pereira, Linda Irene; Pina, Carlos; Alvarenga, MartaOs princípios, objectivos e orientações consagrados no Programa Nacional da Política de Ordenamento do Território (PNPOT), aprovado pela Lei n.º 58/2007, de 4 de Setembro, são desenvolvidos nos vários planos regionais de ordenamento do território (PROT) que, por sua vez, constituem um quadro de referência estratégico para os planos directores municipais (PDM). No processo de elaboração e revisão articulada dest...