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Evaluation of blood stream infections by Candida in three tertiary hospitals in...
Barberino,Maria Goreth; Silva,Nanci; Rebouças,Carla; Barreiro,Katarine; Alcântara,Ana Paula; Netto,Eduardo M.; Albuquerque,Lígia; Brites,CarlosInvasive infections caused by Candida spp. are an important problem in immunocompromised patients. There is scarce data on the epidemiology of blood stream candidiasis in Salvador, Brazil. This study evaluates the risk factors associated with candidemia, among patients admitted to three tertiary, private hospitals, in Salvador, Brazil. We conducted a case-control, retrospective study to compare patients with di...
Risk factors for infection by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Klebsi...
Silva,Nanci; Oliveira,Márcio; Bandeira,Antonio Carlos; Brites,CarlosNosocomial infection caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL-Kp) have been frequently reported worldwide. We have no information on such problems in Bahia, Brazil. OBJECTIVES: Evaluate the risk factors for nosocomial infections caused by ESBL-Kp, in a tertiary hospital, in Bahia, Brazil. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We evaluated all reported cases of nosocomial infections cause...
Antibiotics for the empirical treatment of acute infectious diarrhea in children
Diniz-Santos,Daniel R.; Silva,Luciana R.; Silva,NanciWhile the routine use of antibiotics for infectious diarrhea in children must be avoided, because it brings little benefit in most cases and is associated with the risk of increasing antimicrobial resistance, selected cases may require antimicrobial therapy, and the choice of the antimicrobial agent often has to be made empirically. Physicians prescribing antimicrobials in such a setting have not only to be awa...
Temporal evolution of the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus au...
Brites,Carlos; Silva,Nanci; Sampaio- Sá,MárciaInfections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have become an increasing problem in Brazilian hospitals within the last years. In Bahia, there is scarce information on the epidemiological characteristics of MRSA infections and their determinants. The objective of this study was to evaluate the temporal evolution of MRSA infections in a private, tertiary hospital, in Salvador, the capita...
Evaluation of efficacy and safety of itraconazole oral solution for the treatme...
Queiroz-Telles,Flávio; Silva,Nanci; Carvalho,Miriam M.; Alcântara,Ana Paula; Matta,Daniel da; Barberino,Maria G.; Bartczak,Sergio; Colombo,Arnaldo LopesThis study was a non-comparative multicenter clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of itraconazole oral solution 200 mg/day (100 mg twice a day in the fasting state) for the treatment of oropharyngeal candidiasis in AIDS patients. We included 50 patients who were treated and followed for up to 3 weeks after ending therapy in the analysis. Mycological cures at the end of therapy occurred in 20...
The influence of CD 4+t cells, hiv disease stage and zidovudine on hiv isolatio...
Brites,Carlos; Pedroso,Célia; Silva,Nanci; Johnson Jr,Warren D; Badaró,RobertoHIV-l isolation was attempted on 72 individuais, including persons with knoum HIV infection and five without proven HIV infection but with indeterminate Western blot patterns, as well as on low-risk HIV seronegative persons. The ahility to detect HIV- 1 frorn culture supernatant by p24 antigen capture assay was evaluated by segregating patients by absolute CD4+ cell counts, clinicai stage of disease, p24 antige...