Publications by authors named "Maria L N Moura"
To evaluate 30-day mortality in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and non-HIV patients who acquired a healthcare-associated infection (HAI) while in an intensive care unit (ICU), and to describe the epidemiological and microbiological features of HAI in a population with HIV.This was a retrospective cohort study that evaluated patients who acquired HAI during their stay in an Infectious Diseases ICU from July 2013 to December 2017 at a teaching hospital in Brazil.Data were obtained from hospital infection control committee reports and medical records.
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- A case report details a Brazilian woman in her fifties who was hospitalized for schistosomiasis and found to be colonized by polymyxin-resistant E. coli and K. pneumoniae.
- Advanced methods, including antimicrobial susceptibility testing and whole genome sequencing, confirmed the presence of the mcr-1 gene in both bacteria strains identified as E. coli ST744 and K. pneumoniae ST101.
- The study highlights the emergence of mcr-1-harboring E. coli ST744, which is notably different from previously documented strains in Brazil, underlining the importance of monitoring antibiotic resistance.
Hansen's disease (leprosy) remains an important health problem in Brazil, where 34,894 new cases were diagnosed in 2010, corresponding to 15.3% of the world's new cases detected in that year. The purpose of this study was to use home visits as a tool for surveillance of Hansen's disease in a hyperendemic area in Brazil.
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