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Liver cirrhosis and rhino-orbital mucormycosis, a possible but rare association: description of a clinical case and literature review
Provedor de dados: Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Autores: Pellicelli,Adriano M; D'Ambrosio,Cecilia; Villani,Roberto; Cerasari,Giuseppe; Ialongo,Pasquale; Cortese,Andrea; Grillo,Lucia Rosalba; Soccorsi,Fabrizio.
Only few cases of rhino-orbital mucormycosis in patients with liver cirrhosis are described in the literature and most of these patients showed an associated diabetes mellitus. We describe a case of rhino-orbital mucormycosis in a patient with liver cirrhosis without other risk factors.
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report
Palavras-chave: Liver cirrhosis; Rhino-orbital mucormycosis; Immunocompromised patients; Mucor; Surgical treatment.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000400015

Comparison of immunoperoxidase and immunofluorescence assays for pp65 cytomegalovirus antigen in immunocompromised patients
Provedor de dados: Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Autores: Debur,Maria do Carmo; Vidal,Luine R. Rosele; Nogueira,Meri Bordignon; Pereira,Luciane Aparecida; Takahashi,Gislene R.A.; Rotta,Indianara; Almeida,Sérgio Monteiro de; Raboni,Sonia Mara.
We compared the pp65 antigen detection by an in house method (immunoperoxidase assay) and by a commercial kit (immunofluorescence assay) available for cytomegalovirus infection diagnosis in immunocompromised patients. Sixty-four blood samples were analyzed in duplicate for both techniques. Eight-six percent of the samples had concordant qualitative results. The discordant results occurred more frequently in samples with low quantity of positive cells. There were no significant differences with qualitative and quantitative results of the methods.
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Immunoperoxidase; Immunofluorescence; Cytomegalovirus; Immunocompromised patients; Bone marrow transplantation; Solid organ transplant.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000200014

Interferon-gamma release assay versus tuberculin skin test for latent tuberculosis infection among HIV patients in Brazil
Provedor de dados: Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Autores: Kussen,Gislene Maria Botão; Dalla-Costa,Libera Maria; Rossoni,Andrea; Raboni,Sonia Mara.
Abstract  Setting Patients HIV+ attending in a reference clinic, Southern Brazil.  Objective To compare the interferon-gamma-release assay (IGRA – QuantiFERON® TB Gold In-Tube) with the tuberculin skin test (TST – PPD-Rt 23) for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in patients with HIV.  Design Cohort study. Patients were simultaneously submitted to the TST and blood collection for the IGRA.  Results A total of 140 subjects were included. Nine (6.4%) were IGRA+/TST+, 12 (8.6%) were IGRA+/TST−, 4 (3%) were IGRA−/TST+, and 115 (82%) IGRA−/TST−. There was poor agreement between tests (kappa = 0.2), and no correlation between these results and CD4+ T lymphocyte counts. During follow-up, one patient with negative results on both tests died from sepsis, and...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Immunological tests; Immunocompromised patients.
Ano: 2016
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702016000100069

Health care-related infections in solid organ transplants
Provedor de dados: Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Autores: Sola,A.F.; Bittencourt,A.R.C.; Guerra,C.M.; Godoy,H.L.; Medeiros,E.A.S.
The health care-related infections are well-known in a critical care setting, but reports of those infections in solid organ transplanted patients are scarce. We developed a study of retrospective cohort in a tertiary teaching hospital for 14 months. Eighty-one patients underwent solid organ transplants. The global incidence of health care-related infection was 42.0%. Fifteen percent of the cases were occurrences of surgical site infections, 14.0% pneumonias, 9.0% primary blood stream infections, 4.0% urinary tract infections and 2.0% skin infection. The most prevalent etiologic agents were K. pneumoniae (8.6%), P. aeruginosa (7.4%); A. baumannii (5.0%) and S. aureus (2.5%). Mortality was 18.0%, none of then related to health care infections. The high rate...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Transplantation; Health care-related infections; Immunocompromised patients; Infection control.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000600008