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The aim of this study was to evaluate the role and the impact of a clinical pharmacist as a member of a multidisciplinary pain team. Although physicians have a good knowledge of pharmacotherapy in the field of pain medication, pharmacy interventions were necessary to enhance the quality of prescribing. On a population of 93 patients, a total of 120 interventions were recorded. The different types of interventions included: provision of information (10.0%), clinical intervention (89.2%) and the provision of a specific product (0.8%). Out of the 107 clinical interventions, a total of 95.3 % interventions were accepted by the physicians. The results highlight the clinical importance of the pharmacy in optimizing drug therapy for adult patients with chronic pain.
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Dor/tratamento farmacológico , Equipe de Assistência ao Paciente/organização & administração , Farmacologia Clínica , Adulto , Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Doença Crônica , Estudos de Coortes , Humanos , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
A method based on solid-phase cytometry for the detection and enumeration of single cells of Cryptococcus neoformans in serum and cerebrospinal fluid is described. Both viable and nonviable cells are detected by using fluorescence viability labeling and immunofluorescence. This 30-min procedure has a detection limit of 3 to 6 cells per ml.
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Criptococose/diagnóstico , Cryptococcus neoformans/citologia , Cryptococcus neoformans/isolamento & purificação , Citometria de Fluxo/métodos , Sangue/microbiologia , Líquido Cefalorraquidiano/microbiologia , Criptococose/microbiologia , Cryptococcus neoformans/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Imunofluorescência , Humanos , Meningite Criptocócica/diagnóstico , Meningite Criptocócica/microbiologia , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
Cryptococcus laurentii is one of the non-neoformans cryptococci that have rarely been isolated from humans. We report a case of repeated colonization of the oropharynx by Cr. laurentii in a patient with erythroleukaemia. The isolate was identified by phenotypic and genotypic tests and showed resistance to fluconazole.