Prevalence and predictors associated with intestinal infections by protozoa and helminths in southern Brazil.

Approximately 2 billion people are infected with soil-transmitted helminths worldwide, mainly in tropical and subtropical areas. This research aimed to investigate the prevalence and predictors associated with parasitic infections in primary health care. A cross-sectional study was performed with a large random sample to identify the prevalence and predictors associated with parasitic infections in primary health care in Marialva, southern Brazil, from April 2011 to September 2013.

Utilization of fluconazole in an intensive care unit at a university hospital in Brazil.

Background: Fungi have been developing resistance and merit greater attention because these microorganisms are among the major causes of hospital infection.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to characterize the pattern of fluconazole use in an adult intensive care unit.

Setting: The setting was an intensive care unit at a university hospital in Brazil.

Potential drug-drug interactions in prescriptions to patients over 45 years of age in primary care, southern Brazil.

Background: Few cross-sectional studies involving adults and elderly patients with major DDIs have been conducted in the primary care setting. The study aimed to investigate the prevalence of potential drug-drug interactions (DDIs) in patients treated in primary care.

Methodology/principal Findings: A cross-sectional study involving patients aged 45 years or older was conducted at 25 Basic Health Units in the city of Maringá (southern Brazil) from May to December 2010.