Gastrointestinal Carriage of Antimicrobial Resistance in School-Aged Children in Three Municipalities of Timor-Leste.

Invasive bacterial infections are a leading cause of death in children, primarily in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Links between carriage of antimicrobial-resistant organisms and more resistant infections have been established; however, little has been reported regarding community carriage of antibiotic-resistant organisms such as extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacterales in LMIC. The aim of this study was to determine colonic carriage of ESBL-producing fluoroquinolone- and aminoglycoside-resistant Enterobacterales in healthy children in three municipalities of Timor-Leste.

The Combined Effect of Heat and Osmotic Stress on Suberization of Roots.

The simultaneous occurrence of heat stress and drought is becoming more regular as a consequence of climate change, causing extensive agricultural losses. The application of either heat or osmotic stress increase cell-wall suberization in different tissues, which may play a role in improving plant resilience. In this work, we studied how the suberization process is affected by the combination of drought and heat stress by following the expression of suberin biosynthesis genes, cell-wall suberization and the chemical composition in roots.

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia in adolescence - a gynecological perspective.

Objectives: Analysis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) cases, gynaecological implications, referral reasons to gynaecologist and treatment.

Material And Methods: Retrospective, longitudinal, single-centre study with female CAH paediatric patients ≥ 10 years-old, followed between 1998-2018 in gynaecology and endocrinology departments at a public university tertiary hospital.

Results: 47 patients, 34.

Breast pathology in adolescence.

Objective: Description of breast pathology in adolescents.

Methods: A retrospective descriptive study of adolescents who were referred to the Gynecology consultation of a tertiary pediatric hospital for suspected breast pathology, in the period from the 1st June 2011 to the 30th December 2018.

Results: One hundred and two female adolescents (11 to 18 years old) with suspected breast pathology were referred (6% of the motives for consultation), with confirmation in 58 (56.

Bioburden in sleeping environments from Portuguese dwellings.

A wider characterization of indoor air quality during sleep is still lacking in the literature. This study intends to assess bioburden before and after sleeping periods in Portuguese dwellings through active methods (air sampling) coupled with passive methods, such as electrostatic dust cloths (EDC); and investigate associations between before and after sleeping and bioburden. In addition, and driven by the lack of information regarding fungi azole-resistance in Portuguese dwellings, a screening with supplemented media was also performed.

Compliance of indoor air quality during sleep with legislation and guidelines - A case study of Lisbon dwellings.

This study aimed to provide a comprehensive characterisation of the indoor air quality during the sleeping period of 10 couples at Lisbon dwellings, using a multi-pollutant approach, and to understand how the compliance with legislation and guidelines was to assure a good indoor air quality. The assessment of indoor air quality was conducted in the cold season using real time monitors during the sleeping period for comfort parameters (temperature and relative humidity) and air pollutants (carbon dioxide - CO, carbon monoxide - CO, formaldehyde - CHO, total volatile organic compounds - VOCs, and particulate matter - PM and PM), together with active sampling of bioaerosols (fungi and bacteria) before and after the sleeping period. Lower compliance (less than 50% of the cases) with the Portuguese legislation was found for temperature, CO (3440 ± 1610 mg m), VOCs (1.

The impact of indoor air quality on respiratory health of older people living in nursing homes: spirometric and exhaled breath condensate assessments.

In the Portuguese Geriatric Study of the Health Effects of Indoor Air Quality in Senior Nursing Homes, we aimed to evaluate the impact of indoor air contaminants on the respiratory symptoms and biomarkers in a sample of elderly living in nursing homes. A total of 269 elderly answered a health questionnaire, performed a spirometry and 150 out of these collected an exhaled breath condensate sample for pH and nitrites analysis. The study included the evaluation of indoor chemical and microbiological contaminants.

Reference values for spirometry in elderly individuals: a cross-sectional study of different reference equations.

Background: Spirometry is the single most important test for the evaluation of respiratory function. The results are interpreted by comparing measured data with predicted values previously obtained from a reference population. Reference equations for spirometry have been discussed previously.

[Reported drug allergy among children attending day care centers].

Introduction: Data about drug allergy prevalence in the general population, particularly in children, are lacking. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of parent-reported drug allergy, in children attending day care centers in Lisbon and Oporto.

Material And Methods: In Phase II of the "ENVIRH study - Environment and Health in Children Day Care Centers", a health questionnaire which included questions about drug allergies was administered to children by stratified, random sampling of day care centers.

[Pelvic floor muscle training with Plevnik's cones in women with urinary incontinence].

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the pelvic floor muscle training in the stress urinary incontinence. The standard protocol include forty eight treatment sessions all together, for sixteen weeks, three times a week with the using of Plevnik weighted vaginal cones and Kegel exercises. The effectiveness of this method in reducing urine loss was assessed through the "Pad-test" before and after exercises.