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| Colombo,Arnaldo L.; Janini,Mario; Salomão,Reinaldo; Medeiros,Eduardo A. S.; Wey,Sergio B.; Pignatari,Antonio C. C.. |
| Several epidemiological changes have occurred in the pattern of nosocomial and community acquired infectious diseases during the past 25 years. Social and demographic changes possibly related to this phenomenon include a rapid population growth, the increase in urban migration and movement across international borders by tourists and immigrants, alterations in the habitats of animals and arthropods that transmit disease, as well as the raise of patients with impaired host defense abilities. Continuous surveillance programs of emergent pathogens and antimicrobial resistance are warranted for detecting in real time new pathogens, as well as to characterize molecular mechanisms of resistance. In order to become more effective, surveillance programs of... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Emerging infectious diseases; HIV; AIDS; Candidemia; Antimicrobial resistance; Bacteremia; Sepsis; Nosocomial infectious. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652009000300020 |
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| Cereda,Rosangela F.; Sader,Helio S.; Jones,Ronald N.; Sejas,Lilian; Machado,Antônia M.; Zanatta,Yara P.; Rego,Sinaida T. M. S.; Medeiros,Eduardo A. S.. |
| We report for the first time in Brazil, a patient from whom an Enterococcus faecalis VanA phenotype was isolated. Glycopeptide resistance is not commonly observed in Enterococcus faecalis, so this finding is of great concern since this species is responsible for 90% of enterococcal infections in Brazil. The isolate was recovered from a surveillance rectal swab culture from a patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). Identification to the species level was performed by conventional biochemical tests and Vitek GPI cards. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was evaluated by use of broth microdilution and Etest (AB BIODISK, Solna, Sweden) methods. The isolate was identified as E. faecalis and was considered resistant to both vancomycin (MIC, > 256... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report |
Palavras-chave: Enterococcus faecalis; Glycopeptide resistance; VanA; Initial case report; Transplant. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702001000100007 |
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