Journal Information
Issue
Vol. 15. Issue 4.
Pages 301-412 (July - August 2011)
Original article
Biofilm production using distinct media and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Leandro Reus Rodrigues Perez, Afonso Luís Barth
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:301-4
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Evaluation of different detection methods of biofilm formation in the clinical isolates
Afreenish Hassan, Javaid Usman, Fatima Kaleem, Maria Omair, Ali Khalid, Muhammad Iqbal
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:305-11
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Outbreaks, persistence, and high mortality rates of multiresistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in a hospital with AIDS-predominant admissions
Marisa Zenaide Ribeiro Gomes, Carolina Romero Machado, Magda de Souza da Conceição, Jois Alves Ortega, Sonia Maria Ferraz M Neves, Maria Cristina da Silva Lourenço, Marise Dutra Asensi
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:312-22
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Group B Streptococcus detection: comparison of PCR assay and culture as a screening method for pregnant women
Fernanda de-Paris, Alice Beatriz Mombach Pinheiro Machado, Tailise Conte Gheno, Bruna Maria Ascoli, Kátia Ruschel Pilger de Oliveira, Afonso Luis Barth
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:323-7
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Risk factors for catheter-related bloodstream infection: a prospective multicenter study in Brazilian intensive care units
Daniela Bicudo, Ruth Batista, Guilherme Henrique Furtado, Angela Sola, Eduardo Alexandrino Servolo de Medeiros
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:328-31
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Propolis derivatives inhibit the systemic inflammatory response and protect hepatic and neuronal cells in acute septic shock
Aida Abdelhamid Korish, Maha Mohamed Arafa
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:332-8
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Antimicrobial activity of ceftobiprole against Gram-negative and Gram-positive pathogens: results from INVITA-A-CEFTO Brazilian study
Rosângela Ferraz Cereda, Heber Dias Azevedo, Raquel Girardello, Danilo Elias Xavier, Ana C. Gales
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:339-48
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Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS in a region of Southern Brazil where the subtype C of HIV-1 infection predominates
Sandra Aparecida Manenti, João Galato Júnior, Elizângela da Silva Silveira, Roberto Teixeira Oenning, Priscyla Waleska Targino de Azevedo Simões, Jeverson Moreira, Celine Maria Fochesato, Luís Fernando de Macedo Brígido, ... Pedro Roosevelt Torres Romão
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:349-55
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Importance of high IgG anti-Toxoplasma gondii titers and PCR detection of T. gondii DNA in peripheral blood samples for the diagnosis of AIDS-related cerebral toxoplasmosis: a case-control study
José E. Vidal, Adrián Vladimir Hernández Diaz, Augusto César Penalva de Oliveira, Rafi Felicio Dauar, Fabio Antonio Colombo, Vera Lucia Pereira-Chioccola
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:356-9
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Behavioral and biological risks of women seeking HIV test in an anonymous testing center
Ayrton Daniel Ribeiro Filho, Paulo César Giraldo, Maria José Penna Maisonnette de Attayde Silva, Rose Luce Gomes do Amaral, José Eleutério Junior, Ana Katherine da Silveira Gonçalves
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:360-4
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Comparison of multiplex PCR with serogrouping and PCR-RFLP of fliC gene for the detection of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC)
Saeid Bouzari, Mohammad M. Aslani, Mana Oloomi, Anis Jafari, Amir Dashti
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:365-9
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Brief communication
Risk factors for bloodstream infections caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae
Olivia Ferrández Quirante, Santiago Grau Cerrato, Sonia Luque Pardos
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:370-6
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Thyroid disorders in patients with chronic hepatitis C using interferon-alpha and ribavirin therapy
Luis Jesuino de Oliveira Andrade, Ajax Mercês Atta, Maria Luiza Brito de Sousa Atta, Célia Neder Kalil Mangabeira, Raymundo Paraná
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:377-81
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Giardiasis as zoonosis: between proof of principle and paradigm in the Northwestern region of São Paulo State, Brazil
Aline Cardoso Caseca Volotão, Nathália Motta Delvaux Ramos, Maria Fantinatti, Marcus Vinícius Proença de Moraes, Halim Atique Netto, Luciane Moreno Storti- Melo, Elenir Alves Macedo de Godoy, Andréa Regina Baptista Rossit, ... Ricardo Luiz Dantas Machado
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:382-3
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Case report
Infectious endocarditis caused by Nocardia sp.: histological morphology as a guide for the specific diagnosis
Jussara Bianchi Castelli, Rinaldo Focaccia Siciliano, Edson Abdala, Vera Demarchi Aiello
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:384-6
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Breast cancer in a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a cases series report and an incidence rate estimate
Angela Cristina Vasconcelos de Andrade, Paula Mendes Luz, Valdiléa Gonçalves Veloso, Sandra Wagner Cardoso, Ronaldo Ismerio Moreira, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Ruth Khalili Friedman
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:387-93
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Multiple cutaneous swellings in an immunocompetent host – cryptococcosis overlooked
Kranthi Kosaraju, Chiranjoy Mukhopadhyay, K.E. Vandana, Kiran Yagain, N.R. Rao
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:394-6
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Use of assisted reproductive technology to separate sperm from human immunodeficiency virus infected men resulting in pregnancy among serodiscordant couples
Alessandro Schuffner, Ana Paula Lisboa, Vinicius Bonato da Rosa, Monica Maria Gomes da Silva
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:397-8
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Letter to the editor
Cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-negative patient with liver cirrhosis due to hepatitis C
Érique José Peixoto de Miranda, Luiz Guilherme Gonçalves, Francisco Oscar de Siqueira França
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:399-400
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Invasive bacteria isolates from children with cerebral shunt and pattern of antimicrobial drug susceptibility in an Iranian referral pediatrics center
Nasrin Shayanfar, Masoud Mohammadpour, Mohammad Taghi Haghi-Ashtiani, Farideh Nejat, Narges Node Farahani, Mina Abedini, Nima Rezaei
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:401-2
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Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in a renal transplant unit
Felipe Francisco Tuon, Sergio Ricardo Penteado-Filho, Janaina Camilotti, Inneke Marie van der Heijden, Silvia Figueiredo Costa
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:403-5
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Unusual clinical presentations of brucellosis in childhood
Mehmet Ulug, Ferda Yapici, Nuray Can-Ulug
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:406-7
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Bacteremia among liver and kidney transplant recipients: etiologic agents and antimicrobial susceptibilities
Kivanc Serefhanoglu, Funda Timurkaynak, Hande Arslan, Hamdi Karakayali
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:408-9
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Clinical aspects of pediatric AIDS cases notified in the state of Amazonas, 1991–2009
Claudia Marques de Oliveira Soeiro, Angelica Espinosa Miranda, Valeria Saraceni, Sinesio Talhari, Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011;15:411-2
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