On Integrated Residency in Health with emphasis on Health Surveillance. / Sobre a Residência Integrada em Saúde com ênfase em Vigilância em Saúde.

Taking into account the four underpinning areas of Health Surveillance (environmental, epidemiological, health and worker's health), the performance of professionals in this area requires a broad and complex set of information from many fields of knowledge, including that which is not classified as health. Considering the need to prepare professionals to work in Health Surveillance in the Unified Health System (SUS), integrating the four fields of knowledge, the Public Health School of Rio Grande do Sul (ESP/RS) and the surveillance areas of the municipality of Porto Alegre and Rio Grande do Sul State have established a new emphasis in the traditional residency of ESP/RS. This work uses the experience report descriptive method. It shows the activities of residents in the formation course of the first year, fourth class of this in-service education experience and takes stock of results of residency freshmen.

Resumo A atuação dos profissionais na Vigilância em Saúde, considerando as quatro áreas que a compõe (ambiental, epidemiológica, sanitária e de saúde do trabalhador), requer um amplo e complexo conjunto de saberes oriundos de muitos setores do conhecimento, inclusive daqueles que não são classificados como da área da saúde. Considerando a necessidade de preparar profissionais para atuarem na Vigilância em Saúde no SUS, integrando as quatro áreas do conhecimento, a Escola de Saúde Pública do Rio Grande do Sul (ESP/RS) e as vigilâncias do município de Porto Alegre e do estado do Rio Grande do Sul criaram uma nova ênfase na tradicional residência da ESP/RS. O trabalho aqui apresentado, usando o método descritivo de relato de experiência, fala das atividades dos residentes no percurso formativo do primeiro ano da quarta turma desta experiência de ensino em serviço e faz um balanço dos resultados de seus primeiros anos.

Virulence genes and antimicrobial resistance of Pasteurella multocida isolated from poultry and swine

Abstract Pasteurella multocida causes atrophic rhinitis in swine and fowl cholera in birds, and is a secondary agent in respiratory syndromes. Pathogenesis and virulence factors involved are still poorly understood. The aim of this study was to detect 22 virulence-associated genes by PCR, including capsular serogroups A, B and D genes and to evaluate the antimicrobial susceptibility of P. multocida strains from poultry and swine. ompH, oma87, plpB, psl, exbD-tonB, fur, hgbA, nanB, sodA, sodC, ptfA were detected in more than 90% of the strains of both hosts. 91% and 92% of avian and swine strains, respectively, were classified in serogroup A. toxA and hsf-1 showed a significant association to serogroup D; pmHAS and pfhA to serogroup A. Gentamicin and amoxicillin were the most effective drugs with susceptibility higher than 97%; however, 76.79% of poultry strains and 85% of swine strains were resistant to sulphonamides. Furthermore, 19.64% and 36.58% of avian and swine strains, respectively, were multi-resistant. Virulence genes studied were not specific to a host and may be the result of horizontal transmission throughout evolution. High multidrug resistance demonstrates the need for responsible use of antimicrobials in animals intended for human consumption, in addition to antimicrobial susceptibility testing to P. multocida.