Left-sided infective endocarditis: analysis of in-hospital and medium-term outcome and predictors of mortality.

Introduction: Despite diagnostic and therapeutic advances, infective endocarditis (IE) remains a challenging and potentially lethal disease. The prognosis of IE remains poor; in the last 30 years, its incidence and mortality have only been marginally reduced. Early identification of high-risk patients can change the course of the disease and improve outcomes.

Prevalence of Theileria equi, Babesia caballi, and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in horses from the north of Portugal.

Piroplasmid protozoa Theileria equi and Babesia caballi and zoonotic rickettsial bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum are important agents of equine vector-borne diseases (EVBD). This study aimed at investigating the prevalence of infections with or exposure to these pathogens in horses from the north of Portugal. Blood was randomly collected from 162 horses, living in 72 different stables, to prepare Giemsa-stained slide smears.

[Evaluation of the use of raw extract of Jatropha gossypiifolia L. in the healing process of skin wounds in rats].

Introduction: Phytotherapy is one of the research branches in the healing process of surgical wounds.

Purpose: To analyze the morphological aspects of the healing process occurring in open skin lesions in rats under administration of raw extract from Jatropha Gossypiifolia L.

Method: Sixty Wistar rats were utilized.

[Healing process in bladder suture of rats with and without the administration of intraperitoneal Jatropha gossypiifolia L. gross extract].

Introduction: The suture of tissues and their healing process is one of the basic fundamentals of surgery, and the research on substances which could improve the process is an ongoing challenge. The use of plants has been tested but till nowadays without scientific demonstration.

Purpose: To compare the macroscopic and histological alterations done by the use of intraperitoneal Jatropha gossypiifolia L.