Publications by authors named "I Couto"

During orthodontic treatment, undesirable reciprocal forces are generated during tooth movement, which explains the use of anchorage strategies to minimise their harmful effects through intra and/or extraoral appliances. Miniscrews are intraoral devices used for temporary skeletal anchorage. Miniscrews are small-sized intraoral devices used for temporary skeletal anchorage and are easy to place and remove.

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  • Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) can lead to vision loss and may also affect the eye’s front segment; this study investigates how these conditions relate to corneal health and biomechanics.
  • The research involved 154 eyes from 77 IRD patients compared to the same number from healthy controls, assessing measurements like corneal thickness and stiffness.
  • Results indicated that IRD patients have softer corneas, increasing their risk for conditions like corneal ectasia and glaucoma, suggesting that corneal evaluations could help in identifying other causes of vision loss in these patients.
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Staphylococcus aureus is a frequent agent of bacteraemia. This bacterium has a variety of virulence traits that allow the establishment and maintenance of infection. This study explored the virulence profile of S.

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Purpose: To perform a multimodal assessment of refractive outcomes and quality of vision (QoV) in patients with high myopia submitted to multifocal intraocular lens (IOL) implantation.

Methods: Retrospective study that included consecutive eyes with high myopia (axial length [AL] >26.00mm) submitted to multifocal IOL implantation between January 2014 and February 2020.

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Background: is one of the main causes of bacteraemia, associated with high mortality, mainly due to the occurrence of multidrug resistant (MDR) strains. Data on antibiotic susceptibility and genetic lineages of bacteraemic are still scarce in Mozambique. The study aims to describe the antibiotic susceptibility and clonality of isolated from blood cultures of children admitted to the Manhiça District Hospital over two decades (2001-2019).

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