Prevalence and Correlates of Health Risk Behaviors among University Students from a State in the Southern Region of Brazil.

Background: Surveys conducted in different regions of the world show that the prevalence rates of health risk behaviors (HRBs) in university students are sometimes higher than those found in non-university populations. This study aims to identify the prevalence rates and demographic and academic environment correlates associated with HRBs among Brazilian university students.

Methods: In a cross-sectional epidemiological study, a random sample of 5310 university students answered an online questionnaire, with demographic (sex, age, skin color, marital status, and paid work) and academic setting information (housing type, size of campus, year, and shift of study), as well as items clustered in four HRB domains: personal safety and violence, sexual behavior and contraception, addictive substance use, eating habits, physical activity, and sleep.

Optic Neuritis and Vertebral Osteomyelitis: An Uncommon Presentation of Cat-Scratch Disease.

In cat-scratch disease (CSD), hematogenous spread may result in atypical presentations. Ocular manifestations develop in a minority of patients, with treatment being important in reducing long-term visual sequelae. Bone infection is rare.

Relapsing COVID-19 in a Patient With Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma on Chemotherapy.

Hematologic malignancies and chemotherapy are risk factors for COVID-19 progression and mortality. Immunocompromised hosts, particularly those with severe B-cell depletion, can shed viable viruses for extended periods, which can lead to persistent infection. We present the case of a 73-year-old male with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (stage IV-B) under curative immunochemotherapy with rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (R-CHOP).

Pulmonary Actinomycosis: A Diagnostic Challenge.

Pulmonary actinomycosis is an uncommon and challenging infectious disease with non-specific symptoms and imaging findings. The authors report a case of a 68-year-old man with diabetes and a history of past smoking who presented with anorexia and weight loss with no significant findings on physical examination. A parenchymal consolidation in the anterior segment of the right upper lobe was detected after a chest computed tomography (CT).

[Guideline for the Treatment and Prevention of Infections Associated with Immunosuppressive Therapy for Autoimmune Diseases].

We propose a guideline about the risk, prevention and treatment of infection in the patient under immunomodulatory or immunosuppressive therapy in the context of autoimmune or autoinflammatory disease. It is divided into three sections: drugs and associated risk of infection; immunizations; risk, prevention, and treatment of specific infections. The treatment of autoimmune diseases involves the use of immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory therapies, with an increasing number of new drugs being used.

Chronic prostatitis caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing managed using oral fosfomycin-A case report.

Prostatitis is a clinical condition of difficult management and with limited antimicrobial options, especially in the setting of antimicrobial resistance. Recurrences are frequent and can be severe. Limited reports support the use of fosfomycin for chronic prostatitis by ESBL-producing bacteria.

Renal Cell Carcinoma with Venous Thrombus: Should Surgery Be Offered When Metastasis Is Present at Diagnosis?

Introduction: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) reveals a tendency towards venous invasion in its advanced stages, making clinical management challenging. Survival may be improved following surgery, but is less clear if it applies to patients with metastatic disease at diagnosis.

Materials And Methods: Review of clinical files of patients submitted to surgery for RCC at our institution.

Portuguese in vitro antibiotic susceptibilities favor current nontuberculous mycobacteria treatment guidelines.

Setting: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are increasingly recognized as causative agents of opportunistic infections in humans for which effective treatment is challenging. There is, however, very little information on the prevalence of NTM drug resistance in Portugal.

Objective And Design: Our aim was to analyze the drug susceptibility testing (DST) performed in NTM at the Portuguese National Health Institute Dr.

Visceral leishmaniasis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Visceral leishmaniasis is an infection with an insidious and disabling course caused by parasites of the genus Leishmania. In Europe, it is mostly associated with HIV infection. Systemic lupus erythematosus and its treatment are associated with increased risk of infection, neoplastic and concomitant autoimmune disorders.

A single set of exhaustive exercise before local muscular endurance training improves quadriceps strength and endurance in young men.

Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of an additional set of exhaustive exercise before local muscular endurance (LME) training on maximal dynamic strength and endurance of quadriceps muscle in young men.

Methods: Twenty-seven healthy men (age: 20.9±1.

Botulinum toxin treatment for bladder dysfunction.

Botulinum toxin A is available under three different protein complexes that are not interchangeable until appropriate comparative studies are undertaken. The best studied for the treatment of urinary incontinence as a result of neurogenic detrusor overactivity and overactive bladder/idiopathic detrusor overactivity is onabotulinum toxin A. This brand is only approved for the treatment of urinary incontinence as a result of neurogenic detrusor overactivity at a dose of 200 U and idiopathic detrusor overactivity at a dose of 100 U.

Rat detrusor overactivity induced by chronic spinalization can be abolished by a transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) antagonist.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of a transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) antagonist GRC 6211 on neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO) of spinal origin.

Materials And Methods: Cystometries under urethane anaesthesia were obtained in 14 chronic spinalized rats to confirm NDO. Two groups were created.