Publications by authors named "Vera Magalhaes Silveira"
Article Synopsis
- Antiretroviral treatments have improved survival rates for People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), but they've also led to an increased incidence of sarcopenia among an aging population, prompting the need for local studies due to varying prevalence results.
- A cross-sectional study involving 218 PLWHA aged 40 and older utilized the EWGSOP2 criteria to assess sarcopenia prevalence, muscle mass, strength, and function through various tests, finding an 8.7% prevalence rate.
- The study concluded that longer duration of HIV infection and illicit drug use were associated with a higher likelihood of developing sarcopenia, although overall prevalence was relatively low.
Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between vitamin D deficiency and risk of heart failure in elderly patients of cardiology outpatient clinics.
Methods And Results: A cross-sectional study with an analytical approach was employed. Clinical data were collected from the elderly from August 2015 to February 2016.
Occurrence and analysis of irp2 virulence gene in isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter spp. from microbiota and hospital and community-acquired infections.
Microb Pathog
July 2016
Eighty-five isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter spp., originating from hospital- and community-acquired infections and from oropharyngeal and faecal microbiota from patients in Recife-PE, Brazil, were analyzed regarding the presence of irp2 gene. This is a Yersinia typical gene involved in the synthesis of siderophore yersiniabactin.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFReport of a 45-year-old male farmer, a resident in the forest zone of Pernambuco, who was diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 1999 and treated using antiretroviral (ARV) drugs. In 2005, the first episode of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), as assessed by parasitological diagnosis of bone marrow aspirate, was recorded. When admitted to the hospital, the patient presented fever, hepatosplenomegaly, weight loss, and diarrhea.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe objectives of this study were to determine the distribution of phylogenetic groups among Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Recife, Brazil and to assess the relationship between the groups and the isolation sites and resistance profile. Ninety four isolates of K. pneumoniae from hospital or community infections and from normal microbiota were analyzed by gyrA PCR-RFLP, antibiotic susceptibility, and adonitol fermentation.
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