Misperception of poor asthma control in the outpatients clinic of a tertiary hospital in Rio de Janeiro.

Objective: To determine the proportion of patients with asthma with misperception of poor control of their disease.

Methods: A cross-sectional study with a convenience sample of patients with asthma and aged ≥18 years. Asthma control was assessed by the Asthma Control Test and the Global Initiative for Asthma questionnaire.

High rate of detection of OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter from two general hospitals in Brazil.

Introduction: In recent decades, the prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter isolates has increased, and the production of oxacillinase (OXA)-type carbapenemases is the main mechanism underlying resistance. We evaluated OXA production from 114 Acinetobacter isolates collected between March and December 2013 from different clinical specimens of patients in two hospitals (Hospital 1 [n = 61] and Hospital 2 [n = 53]) located in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We also evaluated the genetic diversity of OXA-producing isolates.