Publications by authors named "J A Paiva"
In recent years, reports of infections in humans have increased. Similarly to most known Enterococci, has been identified mostly in bacteremia, urinary tract infections, infective endocarditis, and biliary tract infections. We present a case of bacteriemia associated with traumatic soft tissue infection in a 77-year-old male patient, a polytrauma victim with a tibia-fibula open fracture after a forklift accident.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 73-year-old man presented with nausea, abdominal discomfort, and distention persisting for the past five days. He had previously been diagnosed with stage III peripheral CD4+ T cell lymphoma and had initiated chemotherapy comprising vincristine two weeks prior to presentation. An evaluation revealed diffuse colon distention and pneumatosis intestinalis without mechanical obstruction, consistent with acute colonic pseudo-obstruction.
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- The study aimed to estimate heritability for various growth and reproductive traits in snails (Cornu aspersum maximum) from 60 to 150 days old using Bayesian analysis.
- The heritability estimates for weight gain during different age periods showed values ranging from 0.32 to 0.60, with environmental factors primarily affecting pre-slaughter body weight.
- The study found significant genetic correlations between weight gain periods, suggesting that selecting for weight gain in earlier stages (WG1) could improve future gains in the population.
Purpose: This study aimed to conduct a systematic review summarizing the clinicopathological, prognostic, and molecular features of salivary gland intraductal carcinoma (SGIC).
Methods: This study followed the PRISMA 2020 guidelines and was registered in the PROSPERO database. It included case reports, case series studies, and cohort studies of SGIC indexed in the PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Embase databases published between 1983 and 2024.