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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...
Características clínicas e epidemiológicas de casos de infecção pulmonar por My...
Goldenberg,Telma; Gayoso,Regina; Mogami,Roberto; Lourenço,Maria Cristina; Ramos,Jesus Paes; Carvalho,Luciana Distasio de; Dalcolmo,Margareth PrettiRESUMO Objetivo Avaliar características clínicas, tomográficas e microbiológicas dos pacientes com doença pulmonar causada pela M. kansasii (DPMK) atendidos em unidade ambulatorial no período 2006-2016. Métodos Estudo descritivo, em que foram analisados 38 pacientes. Foram analisadas as características demográficas, clínico-radiológicas, laboratoriais e terapêuticas. Resultados A média de idade foi 64 anos (DP=...
Atypical cutaneous mycobacteriosis caused by Mycobacterium avium complex
Ferreira,Cassio Porto; Coutinho,Ziadir Francisco; Lourenço,Maria Cristina; Rocha,Adalgiza da Silva; Martins,Carlos José
Effectiveness of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) used concomitantl...
Sant'Anna,Flávia Marinho; Velasque,Luciane; Costa,Marli Jane; Schmaltz,Carolina Arana; Morgado,Mariza Gonçalves; Lourenço,Maria CristinaThis study evaluated the effectiveness of two HAART regimens concomitant to rifampicin based tuberculosis (TB) treatment. Patients with TB/HIV diagnosis followed at the TB program between June 2000 and March 2005 were prospectively evaluated. The different HAART regimens in antiretrovirals (ARV) treatment naïve and ARV experienced patients were compared. The effectiveness of HAART was defined as a VL <80 copies...
Bacillus anthracis, pós e bioterrorismo
Rabinovitch,Leon; Lourenço,Maria Cristina
Low incidence of colonization and no cases of disseminated Mycobacterium avium ...
Gadelha,Ângela; Accácio,Náurea; Grinzstejn,Beatriz; Veloso,Valdiléa; Silveira,Liane Braga da; Fandinho,Fátima; Saad,Maria HelenaOBJECTIVE: Evaluate the incidence of mycobacterial disease and the colonization of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts by Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) bacteria in AIDS patients. METHODS: Inclusion criteria: HIV-positive individuals with at least one CD4+ count < 100 cells/mm³. Exclusion criteria: Mycobacterial disease and MAC prophylaxis. Stool, sputum, and blood cultures were prospectively obtaine...