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Prevalence of hepatitis C virus in alcoholic patients: role of parenteral risk ...
Galperim,Bruno; Cheinquer,Hugo; Stein,Airton; Fonseca,André; Lunge,Vagner; Ikuta,NiloBACKGROUND: The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is elevated in alcoholic patients, but the risk factors are unclear. The role of parenteral risk factors are indeterminated in this population. AIMS: To determine the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in alcoholic patients admitted to a detoxification unit and to evaluate the presence of underlying parenteral risk factors. METHODS: A total ...
Caracterização antigênica e fenotípica de cepas de Pasteurella multocida isolad...
Borowski,Sandra M.; Ikuta,Nilo; Lunge,Vagner; Fonseca,André; Marques,Edmundo; Cardoso,MarisaFoi analisada a variabilidade antigênica e fenotípica de 22 cepas de Pasteurella multocida isoladas de pulmões de suínos com pneumonia e/ou pleurite. Os testes fenotípicos foram realizados pela determinação de características bioquímicas e sensibilidade a agentes antimicrobianos. Todos os isolados fermentaram manitol e sorbitol, mas nenhum arabinose; 14 foram capazes de metabolizar xilose, quatro trealose, dois...
Isolation of Arcobacter spp from poultry carcasses, in Brazil
Oliveira,Sérgio José de; Moraes,Hamilton Luiz de Souza; Kuchenbecker,Beatris Sonntag; Ikuta,Nilo; Lunge,Vagner; Fonseca,André; Coiro,José RafaelFourty eight isolates of Arcobacter spp were obtained from 37 poultry carcasses, from abattoir, among 80 carcasses examined. Attempts for culturing were made from the skin and muscle, resulting on 25 positive cultures from muscle and 23 from skin. Classification was achieved by phenotypic characterization and PCR and multiplex PCR, resulting 41 samples of Arcobacter butzleri and 07 Arcobacter sp. This is the fi...