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Multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa survey in a stream receiving effluen...
Magalhães, Mary Joyce Targino Lopes; Pontes, Gemilson Soares; Serra, Paula Takita; Balieiro, Antônio Alcirley da Silva; Castro, Diogo Pereira deBackground: Multi-drug resistant forms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MDRPA) are a major source of nosocomial infections and when discharged into streams and rivers from hospital wastewater treatment plants (HWWTP) they are known to be able to persist for extended periods. In the city of Manaus (Western Brazilian Amazon), the effluent of three HWWTPs feed into the urban Mindu stream which crosses the city from its ...
Antimicrobial activity of honeys from two stingless honeybee species and Apis m...
Cruz, Carolinie Batista Nobre da; Pieri, Fabio Alessandro; Carvalho-zilse, Gislene Almeida; Orlandi, Patrícia Puccinelli; Nunes-Silva, Carlos GustavoMéis são descritos possuindo diferentes propriedades, incluindo a antimicrobiana. Muitos estudos têm apresentado essa atividade de méis produzidos por abelhas Apis mellifera, no entanto estudos incluindo atividades de méis de abelhas sem ferrão são escassos. O objetivo deste estudo foi comparar a atividade antimicrobiana de méis de Melipona compressipes, Melipona seminigra e A. mellifera, coletados no Estado do...
Risky consumption habits and safety of fluid milk available in retail sales out...
Pieri, Fabio Alessandro; Colombo, Monique; Merhi, Carolina Milner; Juliati, Vinı́cius Augusto; Ferreira, Marcello Sebe; Nero, Marcelo AntônioThis study aimed to assess raw milk consumption habits in the urban population of Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and the microbiological safety and quality of the fluid milk available in retail sales outlets in the same region. A simplified questionnaire regarding raw milk consumption was applied to the persons responsible for food acquisition in 411 residences. The regular consumption of raw milk was observed b...