Gastric Mucosa Infection Caused by Sarcina Associated With Ulceration and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding.

infection is a rare cause of gastrointestinal disease, with only 66 cases reported worldwide. We present a case of a 56-year-old man with alcohol abuse, smoking, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who presented with upper gastrointestinal bleeding and decompensated cirrhosis. Endoscopy and biopsy revealed gastric ulcers with tetrad-shaped cocci consistent with .

COVID-19 - The clinical consequences of social isolation and the relation with sleep bruxism and comorbidities.

SARS-COV-2 is a highly pathogenic coronavirus that causes the disease known as COVID-19, which has infected more than 100 million people worldwide. The main form of containment of the pandemic is social isolation. However the isolation, the severity of the COVID-19 disease, the uncertainty of the future and the economic impact are the possible causes of anxiety as an adverse effect of the pandemic.

Proton pump inhibitor indications in a Brazilian tertiary hospital.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the frequency of prescription of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and their indications in patients hospitalized at the Hospital de Clínicas of the Federal University of Uberlândia (HC-UFU). METHODS This is a quantitative cross-sectional observational study that analyzes data obtained from patient records on prescriptions of PPIs for patients hospitalized at the HC-UFU and from a questionnaire applied to assistant physicians on the indications of the drug in each case and evaluates the indication based on literature data. RESULTS On a pre-determined day, of a total of 462 inpatients, there was a prescription of PPI for 183 (39.

Esophageal manometry in systemic sclerosis: findings and association with clinical manifestations.

Introduction: Systemic sclerosis (SSC) is an autoimmune disorder that affects several organs of unknown etiology, characterized by vascular damage and fibrosis of the skin and organs. Among the organs involved are the esophagus and the lung.

Objectives: To relate the profile of changes in esophageal electromanometry (EM), the profile of skin involvement, interstitial pneumopathy (ILD), and esophageal symptoms in SSC patients.