Publications by authors named "Isabel de Quadros"
Exposure to stress may contribute to enhanced vulnerability to drug use disorders, by altering sensitivity to drug-related reward and psychomotor effects. This study aimed to characterize the psychomotor effects of nicotine administration and then investigate the consequences of two types of repeated social defeat stress (episodic and continuous) on nicotine-induced psychomotor effects in mice. Adult male Swiss mice were treated for 13 days with daily injections of nicotine (0.
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- This case marks the first reported instance of fungemia caused by Cryptococcus neoformans linked to a central venous catheter.
- A patient with chronic renal failure experienced this fungal infection while being treated for a bacterial infection related to dialysis.
- The presence of C. neoformans was confirmed through cultures taken from both the catheter tip and the patient's blood.