A Síndrome Compartimental Abdominal (SCA) apresenta uma mortalidade elevada e os sinais clínicos e exames imagiológicos não são específicos, o que pode atrasar o diagnóstico. Descrevemos o caso de um doente ASA PS IV com diagnóstico de colangiopancreatite submetido a colangiopancreatografia retrógrada endoscópica sob anestesia geral, que apresentou uma súbita dificuldade na ventilação mecânica associada a alter...
Background: Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) is an increasing problem in healthcare settings. This study aimed to identify the source of a CPE outbreak that occurred in 2022, in a tertiary hospital in the North of Portugal, to identify exposed patients, and to assess the risk of becoming CPE-positive following hospital admission. Methods: A multi-disciplinary investigation was conducted including ...
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the microbial biodiversity and naturally occurring antibiotic resistance (AR)-encoding genes background load along the food/feed chain in an open-air agricultural testing catchment (HOAL). Methods: Samples were collected in two time points during the year 2020 from various – but interconnected – environmental compartments of the food/feed chain within an HOAL catchmen...
In a world where the population continues to increase and the volume of fishing catches stagnates or even falls, the aquaculture sector has great growth potential. This study aimed to contribute to the depth of knowledge of the diversity of bacterial species found in Sparus aurata collected from a fish farm and to understand which profiles of diminished susceptibility to antibiotics would be found in these bact...