Aims: To investigate non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli (NFGNB), Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, recovered from clinical isolates and surveillance cultures, accessing their role on morbidity and hospital mortality. Study Design: This observational case-contr...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2017/34535
Mariana de Jesus Vaz Trindade, Cristina Dutra Vieira, João Fernando G. Ferreira, Jéssica K. Távora de Sousa, João Paulo Amaral Haddad, Luiz de Macêdo Farias, Adriana Cristina de Oliveira & Simone Gonçalves dos Santos·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2017
Background: Understanding biofilm formation and the interaction between bacterial species on surgical instrument surfaces is of great importance. Due to the scarcity of studies on this subject, the present study proposes to investigate this dynamic process. Methods: Staphylococcu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/31167
João Fernando Gonçalves Ferreira, João Baptista Rezende-Neto, Rogério Augusto Pinto-Silva, Jaqueline Gontijo de Souza, Luiz de Macêdo Farias, Maria Auxiliadora Roque de Carvalho, Helton Santiago, José Carlos Serufo & Simone Gonçalves dos Santos·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Failures in the control of infectious focus may be associated with Intra-abdominal infections (IAI)-driven sepsis. We evaluated the bacterial antimicrobial profile and the cytokine production in patients with IAI in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. To the analyses, Vitek 2 bioMérieux and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25281