Clonal relationship, virulence genes, and antimicrobial resistance of Morganella morganii isolated from community-acquired infections and hospitalized patients: a neglected opportunistic pathogen.

Morganella morganii is a bacterium belonging to the normal intestinal microbiota and the environment; however, in immunocompromised individuals, this bacterium can become an opportunistic pathogen, causing a series of diseases, both in hospitals and in the community, being urinary tract infections more prevalent. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence, virulence profile, and resistance to antimicrobials and the clonal relationship of isolates of urinary tract infections (UTI) caused by M. morganii, both in the hospital environment and in the community of the municipality of Londrina-PR, in southern Brazil, in order to better understand the mechanisms for the establishment of the disease caused by this bacterium.

Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance and Clonal Relationship in ESBL/AmpC-Producing Isolated from Meat Products and Community-Acquired Urinary Tract Infection (UTI-CA) in Southern Brazil.

The present study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance and clonal relationships in isolated from chicken meat, beef, pork, and community-acquired urinary tract infections (UTI-CA). Chicken meat isolates showed the highest multidrug resistance (MDR), followed by those from pork and UTI-CA, whereas beef had relatively few MDR strains. All sources had strains that carried , whereas and were only detected in chicken meat and UTI-CA isolates.

Three-dimensional analysis of dental arch forms in Italian population.

Background: The aim of this study was the comparison of male and female upper and lower dental arch form in untreated Italian patients by 3D analysis, to find differences in shape, in transversal and longitudinal diameters between sexes, and to give a representative set of population's dental arch to clinicians in order to provide suitable orthodontic treatment.

Methods: The sample consisted of 3D scans of dental casts deriving from 104 Italian untreated patients (Male = 35, Female = 69) in permanent dentition. An evaluation of the arch form was performed by angular and linear values on every patient using a 3D software (SolidWorks®).

Relationship between vertical facial patterns and dental arch form in class II malocclusion.

Background: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between dental arch form and the vertical facial pattern determined by the angle between the mandibular plane and the anterior cranial base (Sella-nasion/mandibular plane angle (SN-MP)) in skeletal class II untreated patients.

Methods: A sample of 73 Caucasians patients with untreated skeletal class II in permanent dentition was divided into three groups according to the values of the angle SN-MP. An evaluation of the arch form was performed by angular and linear relation values on each patient.

Assessment of mandibular growth and response to functional appliance treatment in prepubertal patients with different auxologic categories.

Objective: To assess mandibular growth and response to functional appliance treatment in different Petrovic's auxologic categories and to investigate diagnostic and prognostic usefulness of the Lavergne-Petrovic's flow diagram.

Materials And Methods: Eighteen patients with class II malocclusion (ANB>/=4 degrees , dental class II) were selected and divided into 4 groups according to the auxologic categories. Category 2 group had 4 patients, category 3 group had 5, category 4 group had 5 and category 5 group had 4.

Gabapentin in the treatment of uremic itch: an index case and a pilot evaluation.

Background: The prevalence of renal itch in patients on dialysis is approximately 30%, but its treatment is often ineffective. We describe an index case of a hemodialysis (HD) patient suffering from painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) treated with gabapentin; the first administration of the drug led to the complete remission of the concomitant uremic pruritus. Subsequently, we report the results of a pilot evaluation aimed at testing the effectiveness and safety of low gabapentin doses in HD patients with uremic pruritus.