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| Maltempe,Flaviane Granero; Baldin,Vanessa Pietrowski; Lopes,Mariana Aparecida; Siqueira,Vera Lúcia Dias; Scodro,Regiane Bertin de Lima; Cardoso,Rosilene Fressatti; Caleffi-Ferracioli,Katiany Rizzieri. |
| ABSTRACT Leprosy is a neglected tropical disease and an important public health problem, especially in developing countries. It is a chronic infectious disease that is caused by Mycobacterium leprae, which has a predilection for the skin and peripheral nerves. Although it has low sensitivity, slit-skin smear (SSS) remains the conventional auxiliary laboratory technique for the clinical diagnosis of leprosy. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a molecular biology technique that holds promise as a simple and sensitive diagnostic tool. In the present study, the performance of two PCR methods, using different targets, PCR-LP and PCR-P, were compared with SSS with regard to leprosy diagnosis in a reference laboratory. M. leprae DNA was extracted from 106 lymph... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Leprosy/clinical diagnosis; Polymerase chain reaction/clinical diagnosis use; Mycobacterium leprae. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502016000100018 |
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| Meneguello,Jean Eduardo; Silva,João Vitor de Oliveira; Lima,Letícia Silva; Siqueira,Vera Lucia Dias; Scodro,Regiane Bertin de Lima; Caleffi-Ferracioli,Katiany Rizzieri; Cardoso,Rosilene Fressatti. |
| ABSTRACT Microscopy and bacterial culture are the main tools in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Since the slow growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis impairs rapid diagnosis strategies, especially in countries where the latter are the only available resources, the ongoing development of new and inexpensive tools based on mycobacterial metabolism optimizing growth detection with preliminary identification is greatly welcome. When compared to the other species from the M. tuberculosis complex, M. tuberculosis is a strong nitrate reducer. Current assay compares the nitrate reductase activity of M. tuberculosis from pulmonary specimens cultivated in nitrate-supplemented media. Fifty-five sputum samples were decontaminated and inoculated in conventional... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Tuberculosis; Mycobacteria/diagnosis/identification; Nitrate reductase. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502018000100602 |
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| Siqueira,Vera Lúcia Dias; Cardoso,Rosilene Fressatti; Pádua,Rubia Andreia Falleiros de; Caleffi-Ferracioli,Katiany Rizzieri; Helbel,Cesar; Santos,Adolfo Carlos Barreto; Aoki,Elisabeth Eyko; Nakamura,Celso Vataru. |
| In Brazil and other regions of the world, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. have emerged as important agents of nosocomial infection and are commonly involved in outbreaks. The main objective of the present study was to evaluate the genetic relationship among P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. isolated from patients in a public university hospital in northwestern Paraná, Brazil, and report their antimicrobial resistance profile. A total of 75 P. aeruginosa and 94 Acinetobacter spp. isolates were phenotypically identified and tested for antibiotic susceptibility using automated methodology. Polymyxin B was tested by disk diffusion for P. aeruginosa. Metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) was detected using a disk approximation test. Genotyping was... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pseudomonas aeruginosa/antimicrobial resistance profile; Pseudomonas aeruginosa/genetic study; Acinetobacter spp./antimicrobial resistance profile; Acinetobacter spp./genetic study; Antimicrobial resistance; Bacterial typing. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502013000100006 |
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| Amaral,Renata Claro Ribeiro do; Caleffi-Ferracioli,Katiany Rizzieri; Demitto,Fernanda de Oliveira; Almeida,Aryadne Larissa de; Siqueira,Vera Lucia Dias; Scodro,Regiane Bertin de Lima; Leite,Clarice Queico Fujimura; Pavan,Fernando Rogério; Cardoso,Rosilene Fressatti. |
| The membrane-based efflux pump systems are recognized to have an important role in pathogenicity and drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by the extrusion of toxic substrates and drugs from the inner bacillus. This study aimed to investigate the in vitro interaction of Verapamil (VP), an efflux pump inhibitor, with the classical first-line anti-tuberculosis drug isoniazid (INH) in resistant and susceptible M. tuberculosis clinical isolates. Seven multidrug-resistant (MDR), three INH monoresistant and four susceptible M. tuberculosis clinical isolates were tested for the INH and VP combination by modified Resazurin Microtiter Assay Plate (REMA). Fractional Inhibitory Concentration (FIC) and Modulation Factor (MF) were determined. The INH plus VP... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Tuberculosis; Multidrug-resistance; Efflux pumps; Efflux pumps inhibitors; Isoniazid. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502020000100588 |
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| Caleffi-Ferracioli,Katiany Rizzieri; Baldin,Vanessa Pietrowski; Noguti,Érika Noda; Siqueira,Vera Lucia Dias; Scodro,Regiane Bertin Lima; Pavan,Fernando Rogério; Hirata,Mario Hiroyuki; Cardoso,Rosilene Fressatti. |
| Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease in which the molecular typing methods allow to have important information about the dynamics of transmission and to assist properly in disease control. Although the ERIC-PCR (Enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus-PCR) assay is fast and easy to perform, scarce studies have reported its use in epidemiological studies in TB outbreaks. In this study, we aimed to genotype Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. bovis isolates by ERIC-PCR and compare its discriminatory power with two other classically used methods: 12 loci-MIRU (Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Units) and Spoligotyping. The M. tuberculosis isolates studied were from northwestern and southwestern and M. bovis from northwestern Parana, Brazil.... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Tuberculosis; Molecular characterization; ERIC-PCR; Epidemiology. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502018000300616 |
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| Sgarioni,Sônia Aparecida; Hirata,Rosario Dominguez Crespo; Hiroyuki Hirata,Mario; Leite,Clarice Queico Fujimura; Prince,KarinaAndrade de; Leite,Sergio Roberto de Andrade; Vedovello Filho,Dirceu; Siqueira,Vera Lucia Dias; Caleffi-Ferracioli,Katiany Rizzieri; Cardoso,Rosilene Fressatti. |
| Milk is widely consumed in Brazil and can be the vehicle of agent transmission. In this study, was evaluated the occurrence of Mycobacterium bovis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in raw and pasteurized milk consumed in the northwestern region of Paraná, Brazil. Fifty-two milk samples (20 pasteurized and 32 raw) from dairy farms near the municipality of Maringa, Parana State, Brazil were collected. Milk samples were decontaminated using 5% oxalic acid method and cultured on Lowenstein-Jensen and Stonebrink media at 35 °C and 30 °C, with and without 5-10% CO2. Mycobacteria isolates were identified by morphological features, PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis (PCR-PRA) and Mycolic acids analysis. Thirteen (25%) raw and 2 (4%)... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Non-tuberculous mycobacteria; Milk; Mycobacterium; PCR-PRA; Mycolic acids analysis. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822014000200046 |
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| Silva,Fernanda Schaefer Borges da; Castilho,Aline Lemes; Maltempe,Flaviane Granero; Pina,Rosangela Zampieri; Takao,Elisa Keiko Hirayama; Siqueira,Vera Lúcia Dias; Cardoso,Rosilene Fressatti; Caleffi-Ferracioli,Katiany Rizzieri. |
| Culturing is the gold standard method for confirming a diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). The Brazilian Ministry of Health recently proposed the use of the Ogawa-Kudoh method for sputa cultures to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The aim of the present study was to evaluate 8 years of using the Ogawa-Kudoh method in a TB reference laboratory in northwestern Paraná, Brazil. The present study consisted of a retrospective analysis of sputa cultures records for the detection of mycobacteria using the Ogawa-Kudoh method in the Laboratory of Medical Bacteriology, Laboratory of Teaching and Research in Clinical Analysis (LEPAC), State University of Maringá, from July 2003 to September 2011. The following variables were analyzed: Ziehl Neelsen (Z-N) smears and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Mycobacterium tuberculosis/detection; Ogawa-Kudoh method/evaluation; Tuberculosis/diagnosis. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502013000300018 |
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| Leite,Clariana Akemi Kariya; Oizumi,Karina Yoshimi; Caleffi-Ferracioli,Katiany Rizzieri; Scodro,Regiane Bertin de Lima; Pádua,Rubia Andreia Falleiros de; Cardoso,Rosilene Fressatti; Pires,Claudia Terencio Agostinho; Siqueira,Vera Lucia Dias. |
| ABSTRACT The present study evaluated the antimicrobial susceptibility profile, β-lactamase production, and genetic diversity of Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter spp. using phenotypic identification, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and β-lactamase phenotypic detection. Isolates were obtained from patients in an intensive care unit in a hospital in southern Brazil. Bacterial genomic DNA was extracted, followed by the genotypic detection of carbapenemases and enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus-polymerase chain reaction (ERIC-PCR). Fifty-six isolates (26 Klebsiella pneumoniae, five Escherichia coli, three Enterobacter aerogenes, nine P. aeruginosa, and 13 Acinetobacter spp.) were evaluated. The phenotypic... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Enterobacteriaceae; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Acinetobacter spp; Antimicrobial resistance; Beta-lactamases; Bacterial typing; Intensive Care Unit/study/Brazil; Drug-resistant bacteria.. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502017000200609 |
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