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Passos,Ana Isabela Morsch; Dertkigil,Rachel Polo; Ramos,Marcelo de Carvalho; Busso-Lopes,Ariane Fidelis; Tararan,Cibele; Ribeiro,Erivan Olinda; Schreiber,Angélica Zaninelli; Trabasso,Plinio; Resende,Mariangela Ribeiro; Moretti,Maria Luiza. |
ABSTRACT Introduction: The etiology of pulmonary infections in HIV patients is determined by several variables including geographic region and availability of antiretroviral therapy. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional prospective study was conducted from 2012 to 2016 to evaluate the occurrence of pulmonary fungal infection in HIV-patients hospitalized due to pulmonary infections. Patients’ serums were tested for (1-3)-β-D-Glugan, galactomannan, and lactate dehydrogenase. The association among the variables was analyzed by univariate and multivariate regression analysis. Results: 60 patients were included in the study. The patients were classified in three groups: Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (19 patients), community-acquired pneumonia (18... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pulmonary infection; HIV/AIDS; (1-3)-β-D-Glugan; LDH; LAMP; Pneumocystosis; Fungal infection. |
Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702017000600606 |
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Tang,Jun-Hua; Gao,Dong-Ping; Zou,Peng-Fei. |
To avoid the abuse and misuse of antibiotics, procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) have been used as new approaches to identify different types of infection. Multiple databases were adopted to search relevant studies, and the articles that satisfied the inclusion criteria were included. Meta-analyses were conducted with Review Manager 5.0, and to estimate the quality of each article, risk of bias was assessed. Eight articles satisfied the inclusion criteria. The concentrations of both PCT and CRP in patients with bacterial infection were higher than those with non-bacterial infection. Both PCT and CRP levels in patients with G− bacterial infection were higher than in those with G+ bacterial infection and fungus infection. In the G+ bacterial... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pulmonary infection; PCT; CRP; Bacteria; Fungus. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2018000700610 |
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