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Intravenous Colistin as Therapy for Nosocomial Infections Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii by Levin, Anna S., Barone, Antonio A., Penço, Juliana, Santos, Marcio V., Marinho, Ivan S., Arruda, Erico A. G., Manrique, Edison I., Costa, Silvia F.

“…Sixty nosocomial infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii resistant to aminoglycosides, cephalosporins, quinolones, penicillins,…”
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INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES AND CORRELATED MYELOID NEOPLASM TREATED WITH AZACITIDINE: AN UNICENTRIC COHORT by AFV Agreda, TDM Pereira, V Buccheri, L Otuyama, J Gasparini, Y Nukui, SF Costa, EDRP Velloso, V Rocha

“…Introduction: Although the survival benefit of azacitidine in patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), oligoblastic acute myeloid leukemia…”
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Estimation of filament temperature and adhesion development in fused deposition techniques by Costa, S.F., Duarte, F.M., Covas, J.A.

“…This work presents an analytical solution to the transient heat conduction developing during filament deposition in Fused Deposition Techniques (FDT), which is…”
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PERFIL DEMOGRÁFICO E PADRÕES DE TRATAMENTO DE PACIENTES COM DOENÇA FALCIFORME NO HEMOCENTRO REGIONAL DE SOBRAL: UMA ANÁLISE DOS ANOS 2023 E 2024 by VVM Oliveira, MLS Sousa, LAL Frota, GA Paiva, ACC Parente, AMR Pinheiro, AMN Dias, SF Costa, MSC Araújo, AKA Arcanjo, JJDN Costa

“…Objetivo: Caracterizar a demografia, os padrões de tratamento e a distribuição dos tipos de hemoglobinopatias entre os pacientes com doença falciforme…”
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Identification of bacteriophages in the vagina of pregnant women: a descriptive study by Costa, AC, Moron, AF, Forney, LJ, Linhares, IM, Sabino, E, Costa, SF, Mendes‐Correa, MC, Witkin, SS

“…Objective To determine the presence and identity of extracellular bacteriophage (phage) families, genera and species in the vagina of pregnant women. Design…”
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Ampicillin/sulbactam compared with polymyxins for the treatment of infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp by Oliveira, M. S., Prado, G. V. B., Costa, S. F., Grinbaum, R. S., Levin, A. S.

“…Background There has been an increase in worldwide infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter. This poses a therapeutic challenge as few treatment…”
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Polymyxin B and colistimethate are comparable as to efficacy and renal toxicity by Oliveira, Maura S, Prado, Gladys V.B, Costa, Silvia F, Grinbaum, Renato S, Levin, Anna S

“…Abstract We compared 41 patients who received colistimethate with 41 who received polymyxin B for the treatment of serious infections caused by…”
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Mucosa or skin as source of coagulase-negative staphylococcal bacteraemia? by Costa, Silvia F, Miceli, Marisa H, Anaissie, Elias J

“…Nosocomial bacteraemia is associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and cost worldwide, and is most commonly caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci…”
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Severe nosocomial infections with imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii treated with ampicillin/sulbactam by Levin, Anna S, Levy, Carlos E, Manrique, A.Edison I, Medeiros, Eduardo A.S, Costa, Silvia F

“…Forty consecutive patients with nosomial infections caused by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii were treated with intravenous ampicillin/sulbactam…”
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Nosocomial Aspergillosis Is Waterborne by Anaissie, Elias J., Costa, Silvia F.

“…Nosocomial invasive aspergillosis can cause life-threatening infections among immunosuppressed patients and is thought to be primarily airborne. Despite the…”
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Polymyxin use as a risk factor for colonization or infection with polymyxin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii after liver transplantation by Freire, M.P., Van Der Heijden, I.M., do Prado, G.V.B., Cavalcante, L.S., Boszczowski, I., Bonazzi, P.R., Rossi, F., Guimarães, T., D'Albuquerque, L.A.C., Costa, S.F., Abdala, E.

“…Introduction Acinetobacter baumannii is a leading agent of healthcare‐associated infection. The objective of this study was to evaluate cases of colonization…”
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Prevalence of SCCmec Type IV in Nosocomial Bloodstream Isolates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Trindade, Priscila de A, Pacheco, Renata L, Costa, Silvia F, Rossi, Flavia, Barone, Antonio A, Mamizuka, Elsa M, Levin, Anna S

“…Over a period of 7 months, 151 consecutive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus blood isolates were evaluated. None was community acquired. Twenty (13%)…”
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Impact of an educational program and policy changes on decreasing catheter-associated bloodstream infections in a medical intensive care unit in Brazil by Lobo, Renata D., Levin, Anna Sara, Brasileiro Gomes, Laura M., Cursino, Rosa, Park, Marcelo, Figueiredo, Valquiria B., Taniguchi, Leandro, Polido, Cilmara G., Costa, Silvia Figueiredo

“…Central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections (CVC-BSI) are a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality in intensive care settings. Many strategies…”
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Bond Strength Evaluation of Two Adhesive Systems in Fiberglass Posts Cementation by Scelza, MFZ, Gallito, MA, Silva, LE, Costa, SF, Scelza, P, Noronha, F

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Drug treatment of microsporidiosis by Costa, Sylvia F., Weiss, Louis M.

“…Microsporidia are ubiquitous organisms that are emerging pathogens in humans. These are most likely zoonotic and/or waterborne infections. In the…”
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Characterization of Mycobacterium montefiorense sp. nov., a Novel Pathogenic Mycobacterium from Moray Eels That Is Related to Mycobacterium triplex by LEVI, Michael H, BARTELL, John, GANDOLFO, Leanne, SMOTE, Sandra C, COSTA, Sylvia F, WEISS, Louis M, JOHNSON, Linda K, OSTERHOUT, Gerard, HERBST, Lawrence H

“…Article Usage Stats Services JCM Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Comparison of disc diffusion, Etest and broth microdilution for testing susceptibility of carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa to polymyxins by van der Heijden, Inneke M, Levin, Anna S, De Pedri, Ewerton H, Fung, Liang, Rossi, Flavia, Duboc, Gisele, Barone, Antonio A, Costa, Silvia F

“…Considering the increasing use of polymyxins to treat infections due to multidrug resistant Gram-negative in many countries, it is important to evaluate…”
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Colonization and molecular epidemiology of coagulase-negative Staphylococcal bacteremia in cancer patients: A pilot study by Costa, Silvia F., Barone, Antonio A., Miceli, Marisa H., van der Heijden, Inneke M., Soares, Robson E., Levin, Anna S., Anaissie, Elias J.

“…Controversy surrounds the source (skin vs mucosa) of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) bacteremia in cancer patients. Determining the source of this…”
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Non-Aspergillus fungal pneumonia in transplant recipients by Costa, Sylvia F, Alexander, Barbara D

“…Although species of Aspergillus and Candida account for most deeply invasive and life-threatening fungal infections, the past decades have seen a rise in the…”
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Candida parapsilosis Fungemia Associated with Implantable and Semi-Implantable Central Venous Catheters and the Hands of Healthcare Workers by Levin, A.S, Costa, S.F, Mussi, N.S, Basso, M, Sinto, S.I, Machado, C, Geiger, D.C, Villares, M.C.B, Schreiber, A.Z, Barone, A.A, Branchini, M.L.M

“…A cluster of six cases of fungemia among hematology, bone marrow transplant, and oncology patients was investigated in a case-control study (18 controls). The…”
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