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A Real Time PCR strategy for the detection and quantification of Candida albica...

Candidemia is a significant cause of bloodstream infections (BSI) in nosocomial settings. The identification of species can potentially improve the quality of care and decrease human mortality. Quantitative PCR (qPCR) was evaluated for Candida albicans detection using culture suspensions containing C. albicans, spiked human blood, the cloned qPCR target fragment (ITS2 region) and the results of these assays wer...

Fatal evolution of acute Chagas disease in a child from Northern Brazil: factor...

Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease. Nowadays, the transmission in Brazil occurs mainly by oral ingestion of contaminated food that has been associated with more severe clinical manifestations. We report a case of Acute Chagas disease caused by oral transmission in a child from Northern Brazil. In the hospital admission, physical examination showed tachycardia, hepatomegaly, bipalpebral e...

A Brazilian university hospital position regarding transplantation criteria for...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was considered a contraindication for solid organ transplantation (SOT) in the past. However, HIV management has improved since highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) became available in 1996, and the long-term survival of patients living with HIV has led many transplant programs to reevaluate their policies regarding the exclusion of patients with HIV infectio...

Prospective cohort studies to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the 201...

Annual vaccination is the most effective way to prevent seasonal influenza illness. Instituto Butantan (IB) performed clinical studies with its 2013, 2014 and 2015 seasonal trivalent influenza vaccines (inactivated split-virion). Prospective cohort studies were carried out to describe the safety and immunogenicity of Instituto Butantan influenza vaccines, in healthy adults and elderly, from 2013 to 2015. Immedi...

Pre-travel malaria chemoprophylaxis counselling in a public travel medicine cli...

Pre-travel malaria chemoprophylaxis counselling in a public travel medicine cli...

Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil / Emilio Ribas Institute of Infectious Diseases. Travel Medicine Division. S?o Paulo, SP, Brazil / Universidade Federal do Par?. Faculdade de Medicina. Disciplina de Doen?as Infecciosas e Parasit?rias. Bel?m, PA, Brazil.; Funda??o de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado. Manaus, AM, Brazil / Universid...

Prevalence and titers of yellow fever virus neutralizing antibodies in previous...

Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends one single dose of the Yellow Fever (YF) vaccine based on studies of antibody persistency in healthy adults. We assessed the prevalence and titers of YF virus neutralizing antibodies in previously vaccinated persons aged  60 years, in comparison to younger adults. We also evaluated the correlation between antibody titers and the time since vaccinatio...

Travel medicine in the state of S?o Paulo, Brazil

Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.; Center for Epidemiological Surveillance. S?o Paulo, SP, Brazil.; Em?lio Ribas Institute of Infectious Diseases. Travel Medicine Clinic. S?o Paulo, SP, Brazil.; University of Sao Paulo. Hospital das Cl?nicas. Medicine Division of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases. S?o Paulo, SP, Brazil.; University of Sao P...

Pre-travel counselling in Brazil [Carta]

Cytomegalovirus infection in transplant recipients

Cytomegalovirus infection is a frequent complication after transplantation. This infection occurs due to transmission from the transplanted organ, due to reactivation of latent infection, or after a primary infection in seronegative patients and can be defined as follows: latent infection, active infection, viral syndrome or invasive disease. This condition occurs mainly between 30 and 90 days after transplanta...