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Factors associated with tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in pa...
Soares,Valéria Martins; Almeida,Isabela Neves de; Figueredo,Lida Jouca de Assis; Haddad,João Paulo Amaral; Oliveira,Camila Stefanie Fonseca deABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the risk factors for the development of tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in patients treated at a tertiary referral hospital. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study based on data obtained from patients treated at the Júlia Kubitschek Hospital, located in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, between October of 2012 and October of 2014. We evaluated soci...
Virulence factors and phylotyping of Escherichia coli isolated from non-diarrhe...
Coura,Fernanda Morcatti; Diniz,Soraia de Araújo; Silva,Marcos Xavier; Oliveira,Cairo Henrique Sousa de; Mussi,Jamili Maria SuhetABSTRACT: This study aimed to determine the virulence factors, phylogenetic groups, and the relationships between pathovars and phylogenetic groups of E. coli strains isolated from feces of buffalo calves. A total of 217 E. coli strains were obtained from feces after culture and were screened by PCR for detection of virulence factors EAST-1, enterohemolysin, Saa, CNF2, F41, F5, STa, intimin, Stx1 and Stx2. One ...
Estimating the abortion risk difference in Neospora caninum seropositive dairy ...
Nicolino,Rafael Romero; Capanema,Renato Oliveira; Oliveira,Camila Stefanie Fonseca de; Pastrana,Misael Enrique Oviedo; Lopes,Luciano BastosNeosporosis in cattle herds is associated with large economic losses, with abortion being the only clinical sign perceptible to the producer. Losses are estimated at over one billion dollars worldwide. This study aimed to estimate the abortion risk difference in seropositive animals using specific data for dairy herds in Brazil. Differences in the risk of abortion between seropositive and seronegative animals w...