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Detection of Drug Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Strains Using Kit SIRE N...
Miranda,Silvana Spindola de; Almeida,Isabela Neves de; Mansur,Maria de Fátima Filardi Oliveira; Figueredo,Lida Jouca de Assis; Carvalho,Wânia da SilvaAbstract (1) Background: The Commercial Kit SIRE Nitratase® PlastLabor, is a drug susceptibility test kit used to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to first-line TB treatment drugs. The present study aimed at evaluating its performance in a multicenter study. (2) Methods: To determine its accuracy, the proportion methods in Lowenstein Jensen medium or the BACTECTMMGITTM960 system was used as a gold s...
Epidemiology of infectious meningitis in the State of Amazonas, Brazil
Saraiva,Maria das Graças Gomes; Santos,Eyde Cristianne Saraiva; Saraceni,Valéria; Rocha,Lívia Laura dos Santos; Monte,Rossicléia LinsINTRODUCTION: In the State of Amazonas, particularly in the capital Manaus, meningitis has affected populations of different cultures and social strata over the years. Bacterial meningitis is caused by several different species and represents a major issue of public health importance. The present study reports the meningitis case numbers with different etiologies in Amazonas from January 1976 to December 2012. ...
Syphilis in pregnancy and congenital syphilis in Amazonas State, Brazil: an eva...
Soeiro,Claudia Marques de Oliveira; Miranda,Angélica Espinosa; Saraceni,Valeria; Santos,Marcelo Cordeiro dos; Talhari,SinesioThis study analyzes notification of syphilis in pregnancy and congenital syphilis in Amazo- nas State, Brazil, from 2007 to 2009 and verifies underreporting in databases in the National Information System on Diseases of Notification (SINAN) and the occurrence of perinatal deaths associated with congenital syphilis and not reported in the Mortality Information System (SIM). This was a cross-sectional study with ...