Work-Related Depression in Primary Care Teams in Brazil.

Objectives: To identify work-related factors associated with depressive symptoms and probable major depression in primary care teams.

Methods: Cross-sectional study among primary care teams (community health workers, nursing assistants, nurses, and physicians) in the city of São Paulo, Brazil (2011-2012; n = 2940), to assess depressive symptoms and probable major depression and their associations with job strain and other work-related conditions.

Results: Community health workers presented higher prevalence of probable major depression (18%) than other primary care workers.

Violence at work and depressive symptoms in primary health care teams: a cross-sectional study in Brazil.

Purpose: Implementation of primary care has long been a priority in low- and middle-income countries. Violence at work may hamper progress in this field. Hence, we examined the associations between violence at work and depressive symptoms/major depression in primary care teams (physicians, nurses, nursing assistants, and community health workers).

Failure of early treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis in preventing the development of an ulcer.

The clinical characteristics and treatment outcome were determined for 26 patients who presented with early-stage cutaneous leishmaniasis. Illness duration ranged from 8 to 20 days, and the commonest clinical presentation was the presence of a papule with small central crust on a lower extremity. Prominent regional adenopathy was found in 22 (85%) of 26 patients.