Journal Information
Original articles
Bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia: serotype distribution, antimicrobial susceptibility, severity scores, risk factors, and mortality in a single center in Chile
Alberto Fica, Nicolás Bunster, Felipe Aliaga, Felipe Olivares, Lorena Porte, Stephanie Braun, Jeannette Dabanch, Juan Carlos Hormázabal, ... María Guacolda Benavides
Braz J Infect Dis. 2014;18:115-23
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Isolation, pathogenicity and disinfection of Staphylococcus aureus carried by insects in two public hospitals of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
Pollianna S. Oliveira, Simone G. Souza, Guilherme B. Campos, Danilo C.C. da Silva, Daniel S. Sousa, Suerda P.F. Araújo, Laiziane P. Ferreira, Verena M. Santos, ... Lucas M. Marques
Braz J Infect Dis. 2014;18:129-36
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Survival analysis of acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients with and without hepatitis C virus infection at a reference center for sexually transmitted diseases/acquired immune deficiency syndrome in São Paulo, Brazil
Wong Kuen Alencar, Paulo Schiavom Duarte, Eliseu Alves Waldman
Braz J Infect Dis. 2014;18:150-7
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Chlamydia trachomatis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected men treated at a referral hospital for sexually transmitted diseases in the Amazonas, Brazil
Alex Panizza Jalkh, Angelica Espinosa Miranda, Jose Camilo Hurtado-Guerreiro, Lorena Angelica Castano Ramos, Guiseppe Figliuolo, Jussimara Maia, Cintia Mara Costa, Rajendranath Ramasawmy, Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira
Braz J Infect Dis. 2014;18:158-63
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Anti-hepatitis C virus treatment may prevent the progression of liver fibrosis in non-responder human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus coinfected patients
Caterina Sagnelli, Caterina Uberti-Foppa, Laura Galli, Giuseppe Pasquale, Nicola Coppola, Luca Albarello, Carlo Doglioni, Adriano Lazzarin, Evangelista Sagnelli
Braz J Infect Dis. 2014;18:164-9
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Coffee has hepatoprotective benefits in Brazilian patients with chronic hepatitis C even in lower daily consumption than in American and European populations
Silmara Rodrigues Machado, Edison Roberto Parise, Luciana de Carvalho
Braz J Infect Dis. 2014;18:170-6
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Pertussis in the central-west region of Brazil: one decade study
Angelita Fernandes Druzian, Yvone Maia Brustoloni, Sandra Maria do Valle Leone Oliveira, Vanessa Terezinha Gubert de Matos, Adriana Carla Garcia Negri, Clarice Souza Pinto, Silvia Asato, Cirlene dos Santos Gonçalves Urias, Anamaria Mello Miranda Paniago
Braz J Infect Dis. 2014;18:177-80
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Review article
Trends in overall opportunistic illnesses, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, cerebral toxoplasmosis and Mycobacterium avium complex incidence rates over the 30 years of the HIV epidemic: a systematic review
Lara Coelho, Valdiléa Gonçalves Veloso, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Paula Mendes Luz
Braz J Infect Dis. 2014;18:196-210
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Brief communications
First characterization of a Providencia stuartii clinical isolate from a Tunisian intensive care unit coproducing VEB-1-a, OXA-2, qnrA6 and aac(6′)-Ib-cr determinants
Sihem Mahrouki, Hela Chihi, Amel Bourouis, Mohamed Ben Moussa, Omrane Belhadj
Braz J Infect Dis. 2014;18:211-4
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Microbiology of the middle meatus compared to sputum in young patients with cystic fibrosis from Bahia – Brazil
Alessandro Tunes, Joice Neves Reis, Regina Terse, Maria Angélica Santana, Ana Lúcia Diniz, Tânia Fraga Barros, Ana Karina Souza Leal, Vilma Paixão, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi
Braz J Infect Dis. 2014;18:215-9
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Human herpesvirus-6 and cytomegalovirus DNA in liver donor biopsies and their correlation with HLA matches and acute cellular rejection
Ana Carolina Guardia, Raquel Silveira Bello Stucchi, Arlete Milan, Sandra Cecília Botelho Costa, Ilka de Fátima Santana Ferreira Boin
Braz J Infect Dis. 2014;18:220-4
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Clinical images
Letters to the editor
Viral genotypes and human rs12979860 polymorphism of the IFNL3 gene in hepatitis C infected patients in Southern Brazil
Kelen Frizon, Camila Fernanda da Silveira Alves, Alessandra Caroline Borchardt, Vagner Ricardo Lunge, Daniel Simon
Braz J Infect Dis. 2014;18:229-30
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Assessment of the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection: a case series from a hospital in the Brazilian Amazon region
Ivanete do Socorro Abraçado Amaral, Juarez Antonio Simões Quaresma, Esther Castello Branco de Mello Miranda, Lizomar de Jesus Maués Pereira Móia, Manoel do Carmo Pereira Soares
Braz J Infect Dis. 2014;18:233-4
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Case report