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Screening of Candida albicans urinary tract infections by electronic nose
Afonso, Helga; Mota, Inês; Sousa, Ana; Vieira, Mónica; Rufo, JoãoFungus caused urinary tract infections (UTIs) are often misdiagnosed. Since culturing procedures are time-consuming, practitioners prophylactically prescribe antibiotics, which are ineffective. Hence, there is a need for reliable methods to detect infectious concentrations of fungi in urine. Since Candida spp is the main responsible for mycological UTI, this study focuses on the detection of candiduria by analy...
Exposure assessment in one central hospital: a multi-approach protocol to achie...
Viegas, Carla; Almeida, Beatriz; Monteiro, Ana; Paciência, Inês; Rufo, João; Aguiar, Lívia; Lage, Bruna; Diogo Gonçalves, Lídia MariaThe bioburden in a Hospital building originates not only from patients, visitors and staff, but is also disseminated by several indoor hospital characteristics and outdoor environmental sources. This study intends to assess the exposure to bioburden in one central hospital with a multi-approach protocol using active and passive sampling methods. The microbial contamination was also characterized through molecul...
Exposure assessment in one central hospital: A multi-approach protocol to achie...
Viegas, Carla; Almeida, Beatriz; Monteiro, Ana; Paciência, Inês; Rufo, João; Aguiar, Lívia; Lage, Bruna; Gonçalves, Lídia; Caetano, Liliana AranhaThe bioburden in a Hospital building originates not only from patients, visitors and staff, but is also disseminated by several indoor hospital characteristics and outdoor environmental sources. This study intends to assess the exposure to bioburden in one central Hospital with a multi-approach protocol using active and passive sampling methods. The microbial contamination was also characterized through molecul...
Exposure assessment in one central hospital: A multi-approach protocol to achie...
Viegas, Carla; Almeida, Beatriz; Monteiro, Ana; Paciência, Inês; Rufo, João; Aguiar, Lívia; Lage, Bruna; Diogo Gonçalves, Lídia MariaThe bioburden in a Hospital building originates not only from patients, visitors and staff, but is also disseminated by several indoor hospital characteristics and outdoor environmental sources. This study intends to assess the exposure to bioburden in one central Hospital with a multi-approach protocol using active and passive sampling methods. The microbial contamination was also characterized through molecul...
Meal-exercise challenge and physical activity reduction impact on immunity and ...
Silva, Diana; Moreira, Rita; Sokhatska, Oksana; Beltrão, Marília; Montanha, Tiago; Garcia-Larsen, Vanessa; Villegas, Rodrigo; Severo, MiltonThe effect of a pre-exercise meal as countermeasure to exercise induced immunodepression is poorly known. Also, sedentary behavior is associated with increased cardiometabolic risk but studies on immune changes are lacking. Therefore, we aimed to assess: 1) the impact of a pre-exercise Mediterranean meal (MdM) compared with a fast-food type meal (FFM) on exercise-induced immunological changes and 2) the impact ...
Indoor air quality in schools and its relationship with children's respiratory ...
Madureira, Joana; Paciência, Inês; Rufo, João; Ramos, Elisabete; Barros, Henrique; Teixeira, João Paulo; de Oliveira Fernandes, EduardoA cross-sectional survey was conducted to characterize the indoor air quality (IAQ) in schools and its relationship with children's respiratory symptoms. Concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOC), aldehydes, PM2.5, PM10, carbon dioxide, bacteria and fungi were assessed in 73 classrooms from 20 public primary schools located in Porto, Portugal. Children who attended the selected classrooms (n = 1134) we...
Serum biomarkers in elderly asthma
Rufo, João; Barata, Luis Taborda; Lourenço, OlgaAsthma is usually misdiagnosed and under-treated in the elderly population, resulting in complications and increased severity to the patient. In this review, we describe some of the most important serum markers of asthma studied so far, reporting their outcomes and possible prediction of asthma in the elderly population.