Lígia Cordeiro Matos Faial

High Prevalence of Methicillin- and Multidrug-Resistant Golden Staphylococci in Nasal Carriage of Companion Dogs in South Region of Espírito Santo, Brazil: Implications for One Health Surveillance

João Beraldi Passini de Castro, Samara Torres Gualhano, Bianca Magnelli Mangiavacchi, Lígia Cordeiro Matos Faial, Clara dos Reis Nunes, Juliana Toledo Campos Arêas, Kelen Salaroli Viana, Julio Cesar dos Santos Boechat, Renato Mataveli Ferreira Filho, Paulo Roberto Blanco Moreira Norberg & Antonio Neres Norberg · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2025

Aims: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance profiles of golden-pigmented staphylococci isolated from the nasal mucosa of dogs that visited at a veterinary clinic in Bom Jesus do Norte, Espírito Santo, Brazil, in 2024, considering zoonotic impli...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jammr/2025/v37i115979

A Systematic Review on Prototheca spp. Infections in the Human Central Nervous System and Evaluation of Therapeutic Drug Approaches

Antonio Neres Norberg, Paulo Roberto Blanco Moreira Norberg, Fernanda Castro Manhães, Bianca Magnelli Mangiavacchi, Lígia Cordeiro Matos Faial, Ivy de Campos, Renato Mataveli Ferreira Filho, Alcemar Antônio Lopes de Matos, Kelen Salaroli Viana, Julio Cesar dos Santos Boechat & Juliana Toledo Campos Arêas · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2024

Background and Aim: Prototheca is a genus of unicellular, non-photosynthetic microalgae found in diverse environments, including water, soil, and the intestinal microbiota of animals and humans. They are the only algae pathogenic to humans. Infections of the Central Nervous Syste...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jammr/2024/v36i85523

Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance Profiles of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from the Nasal Mucosa of Medical Students at University Center in the Northwest Region, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

João Gabriel Pimentel Curcio, Bianca Magnelli Mangiavacchi, Clara dos Reis Nunes, Juliana Toledo Campos Arêas, Leonara de Oliveira Zanon, Lígia Cordeiro Matos Faial, Kelen Salaroli Viana, Julio Cesar dos Santos Boechat, Alcemar Antônio Lopes de Matos, Renato Mataveli Ferreira Filho, Paulo Roberto Blanco Moreira Norberg & Antonio Neres Norberg · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2025

Background and Aim: Nasal colonization by Staphylococcus aureus, particularly among healthcare workers and students exposed to hospital environments, constitutes a significant risk factor for infection and dissemination of multidrug-resistant strains such as MRSA (methicillin-res...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jammr/2025/v37i95925

Comparison of Three Diagnostic Methods for Trichomonas vaginalis Detection in a Low-Resource Setting

Sinval César Machado, Antonio Neres Norberg, Paulo Roberto Blanco Moreira Norberg, Fernanda Castro Manhães, Bianca Magnelli Mangiavacchi, Lígia Cordeiro Matos Faial, Ademir Hilário de Souza, Ana Paula Borges de Souza, Renato Mataveli Ferreira Filho & Fabiano Guerra Sanches · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2023

Aims: To comparatively evaluate the efficiency of three simple trichomoniasis diagnostic techniques in a low-resource setting at the Baixada Fluminense region, Province of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Place and Duration of Study: The sample was obtained from the medical records of wom...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jammr/2023/v35i24940