Publications by authors named "Veronica Diniz Rocha"
Differential diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from other febrile diseases is one of several challenges imposed by the pandemic. We present a case of severe malaria and COVID-19 coinfection in a non-malaria-endemic region. A 44-year-old female with malaise, fever, hypotension, jaundice, and enlarged liver and spleen was admitted to the intensive care unit.
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- A study in Brazil evaluated outcomes of COVID-19 patients hospitalized from June 2020 to March 2021, focusing on in-hospital mortality and events after discharge.
- Out of 1589 patients, 27% died during hospitalization, with factors like older age, the need for respiratory support, and high risk scores being linked to higher mortality rates.
- Post-discharge, 6.7% experienced rehospitalization or death, with similar risk factors indicating that older patients and those with severe initial conditions remained particularly vulnerable.
Patients undergoing hemodialysis are at an increased risk for bloodstream infections (BSIs). Infection usually occurs because of contamination of water supply, water treatment, distribution systems, or reprocessing dialyzers. Here, we report an outbreak of BSIs caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (n = 21) and Burkholderia cepacia (n = 22) among dialyzed patients at a large hemodialysis center in Brazil.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChikungunya virus (CHIKV) has never been detected in human breast milk. This is a brief report of CHIKV infection in a breastfeeding woman of a 3-month-old baby. The mother's CHIKV-RT PCR was positive in serum, urine and milk.
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