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Enterococcal urinary tract infections in a university hospital: clinical studies
Barros,Milton; Martinelli,Reinaldo; Rocha,HeonirAlthough urinary tract infections (UTI) represent the most common infection caused by enterococci, some aspects remain to be fully clarified. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical characteristics present in UTI caused by Enterococcus spp. in patients followed up at the Prof. Edgard Santos Teaching Hospital of the Federal University of Bahia. All patients consecutively examined between 1997 and 200...
Experimental supratrigonal cystectomy: evaluation of long-term complications
Barros,Milton; Martinelli,Reinaldo; Rocha,HeonirOBJECTIVE: The present study aims at assessing the occurrence of pyelonephritis and long-term complications in rats submitted to surgical reduction of bladder capacity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sprague-Dawley rats were submitted to supratrigonal cystectomy (29 animals) or sham operation (15 animals) and sacrificed 2, 4 and 6 months after the surgical procedure. The arterial blood pressure and serum creatinine lev...
Childhood pneumonia: clinical aspects associated with hospitalization or death
Nascimento-Carvalho,Cristiana M.C.; Rocha,Heonir; Santos-Jesus,Rogério; Benguigui,YehudaOBJECTIVE: To determine which available information at an Emergency Room (ER) consultation is associated with hospitalization or death among children with pneumonia. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: The ER of one university and one private hospital. MEASUREMENT: Using stepwise logistic regression we analyzed factors that showed a univariate association. MAIN RESULTS: Of 2,970 cases, the median age was...
Community acquired pneumonia among pediatric outpatients in Salvador, Northeast...
Nascimento-Carvalho,Cristiana M.C.; Lopes,Antônio A.; Gomes,Maria Daniela B.S.; Magalhães,Morgana P.; Oliveira,Juliana R.; Vilas-Boas,Ana LuisaPneumonia is one of the leading causes of hospitalization and death among children in developing countries, and mortality due to pneumonia has been associated with S. pneumoniae infection. This investigation was designed to describe the antimicrobial susceptibility and serotype patterns of pneumococcal strains recovered from the blood of children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and to assess the clinica...
Tetanus as a cause of acute renal failure: possible role of rhabdomyolysis
Martinelli,Reinaldo; Matos,Cácia M.; Rocha,HeonirTo study the frequency and examine the role of rhabdomyolysis in the acute renalfailure in tetanus 18 patients with the diagnosis of generalized tetanus consecutively admitted to the infectious disease hospital were evaluated. Ofthese 14 were male and 4female with mean age of 31.8± 2.0 years. Except for mild proteinuria recorded in 9 patients, the urinalysis were unremarkable. Serum creatinine higher than 1.4mg...
Absence of clinical abnormalities suggesting renal involvement during the long-...
Martinelli,Reinaldo; Lorenço,Rosemarie; Rocha,HeonirAbnormalities of renal function have been demonstrated inpatients with visceral leishmaniasis; although there was a trend toward normalization following antiparasitic therapy, some abnormalities persisted. With thepurpose of studying the long- term clinical course of renal involvement in visceral leishmaniasis, 32 patients with a diagnosis of this parasitic disease were evaluated in the endemic area and at leas...
Imunidade humoral e celular em indivíduos curados de leishmaniose visceral
Badaró,Roberto; Carvalho,Edgar M.; Orge,Maria de La Glória Orge; Teixeira,Rodolfo S.; Rocha,HeonirFoi realizada avaliação imunológica em 48 indivíduos com históriapregressa de leishmaniose visceral (L. V)eem seis pacientes durante a fase aguda da doença e após o tratamento. Títulos significativos de anticorpos determinados pela técnica de imunofluorescência e/ou ELISA foram observados em 32 (67%) dos 48 casos. A avaliação da resposta imune humoral e celular nos seis pacientes durante a fase ativa da doença ...
Envolvimento renal na salmonelose septicêmica prolongada
Carvalho Filho,Edgar; Brito,Edilson; Gusmão,Ernane; Teixeira,Rodolfo dos Santos; Rocha,HeonirNuma análise de 68 pacientes com o diagnóstico de salmonelose septicêmica prolongada (doentes com a forma hépato-esplênica da esquistossomose mansônica, e bactérias do gênero Salmonella isoladas do sangue), demonstrou-se que 28 deles (41,2%) apresentaram, concomitantemente, proteinúria e alterações significantes do sedimento urinário (hematúria, leucocitúria e cilindrúria). Destes doentes 3 apresentaram quadro ...