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Comparison of the activity of fatty essential acids and biomembrane in the micr...
Quege, Geovana Eloisa; Bachion, Maria Márcia; Lino Junior, Ruy de Souza; Lima, Ana Beatriz Mori; Ferreira, Priscila Santos; Santos, Queiliene Rosa dosFor patients cured of leprosy, low-limb ulcers represent a challenge to healthcare workers, for being chronic, infected, and recurrent. This study aimed to compare the latex biomembrane (Biocure™) and an EFA-based product (Dersani™) action on the microbiota of infected chronic wounds, in patients discharged from the treatment of leprosy. This is a research carried out at Hospital de Dermatologia Sanitária, in G...
Staphylococcus sp. colonization in workers from areas of hospital support: epid...
Vilefort, Larissa Oliveira Rocha; Vasconcelos, Lara Stefânia Netto de Oliveira Leão; Costa, Dayane de Melo; Lima, Ana Beatriz Mori; Peleja, Edgar BerquóThe objectives were to determine the prevalence of workers colonized by Staphylococcus sp., to identify colonization predictors and, to assess their susceptibility to antimicrobials. A questionnaire was applied and saliva was collected in 130 workers from support areas of an oncology institution. Microbiological analysis was conducted following standard procedures. The prevalence of workers colonized by Staphy...
Gram-negative rods in venous ulcers and implications for primary care nursing care
Santos, Silvana de Lima Vieira dos; Martins, Marlene Andrade; Vasconcelos, Lara Stefânia Netto de Oliveira Leão; Lima, Ana Beatriz MoriA descriptive cross-sectional study in patients with hard-to-heal venous ulcers, whose objective is to identify the prevalence of Gram-negative rods (GNR) in venous ulcers presenting clinical signs of infection; analyze the susceptibility profile of such ulcers and detect ESBL, AmpC and metallo-?-lactamase production. We identified 69 individuals. The samples were gathered by means of an interview, clinical exa...
Prevalence of Gram-negative bacilli isolated from saliva of health workers
Prado-Palos, Marinésia Aparecida; Gir, Elucir; Lima, Ana Beatriz Mori; Leão, Lara Stefânia Netto de Oliveira; Pimenta, Fabiana CristinaThe aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Gram-negative (GNB) isolated from the saliva of health workers in a school hospital in Goiânia-Goiás, and to characterize the profile of the colonized individuals. From August/2005 to July/2006, 278 health care workers participated of the study. The GNB carrier rate was 69.4%, being 44% of them persistent carriers, and 49.2% multicolonized carriers. 319 B...