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Article in English, Portuguese | LILACS-Express | LILACS | ID: biblio-1437463

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A feared fungal disease surprised and became a warning to severe cases of COVID-19, especially to health professionals involved with the pandemic. Designated as black fungus for public health services in India, where reported data reflects an increase of more than eighty times the expected increase for Rhizopus among the communities. The disease has become even more worrisome due to the high mortality already established as an opportunistic infection, coupled with the reserved prognosis for all those infected and hospitalised by the SARS-CoV-2 severity criteria. This patient, who was submitted to corticosteroid therapy, in an excessive dose, therefore immunosuppressive, developed a severe, disseminated clinical form. It was verified the progression of the lesions and thus the high risk of trans- surgical lethality, or, also, by the insufficiency of conduct in removing the lesions to their satisfaction. Thus, the therapeutic option is the associated use of micafungin, liposomal amphotericin B and isavuconazole for the regressive phase. The patient remains hospitalised with progressive and discrete improvement. Until the opportunity of reevaluation of the surgery by the interspecialty collaboration.


Uma temida doença fúngica surpreendeu e se tornou um alerta para casos graves de COVID-19, principalmente aos profissionais de saúde envolvidos com a pandemia. Designado como fungo preto para serviços de saúde pública na Índia, onde os dados relatados refletem um aumento de mais de oitenta vezes o aumento esperado para Rhizopus entre as comunidades. A doença tornou-se ainda mais preocupante devido à alta mortalidade já estabelecida como infecção oportunista, aliada ao prognóstico reservado para todos os infectados e internados pelos critérios de gravidade do SARS-CoV-2. Esse paciente, que foi submetido à corticoterapia, em dose excessiva, portanto imunossupressora, desenvolveu uma forma clínica grave e disseminada. Verificou-se a progressão das lesões e, portanto, o alto risco de letalidade transcirúrgica, ou, ainda, pela insuficiência de conduta na remoção das lesões a contento. Assim, a opção terapêutica é o uso associado de micafungina, anfotericina B lipossomal e isavuconazol para a fase regressiva. O paciente permanece internado com melhora progressiva e discreta. Até a oportunidade de reavaliação da cirurgia pela colaboração interespecialista.

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Diagn. tratamento ; 20(4)dez. 2015.
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-764946

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O risco para resultados adversos cardiovascularesaumenta na presença de infeccções semelhantes àinfluenza (influenza-like), e a vacinação contra a gripe poderiamelhorar estes desfechos cardiovasculares.Objetivos: Avaliar os potenciais benefícios da vacinaçãopara a prevenção primária e secundária da doença cardiovascular.Esta é uma atualização da revisão sistemática Cochranepublicada em 2008...


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Humans , Female , Adult , Cardiovascular Diseases , Disease Prevention , Influenza, Human , Vaccines
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Braz. j. infect. dis ; 15(1): 69-73, Jan.-Feb. 2011. tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-576789

ABSTRACT

In 2008 isolates of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC-KPN) were detected for the first time at Hospital Heliópolis, São Paulo, Brazil. The aim of this study was to characterize the clinical and microbiological outcomes of infections caused by KPC-KPN. A historical cohort of patients from whom KPC-KPN strains were isolated was performed. Isolates were identified as resistant to ertapenem by automated broth microdilution system and screened as carbapenemase producers by the modified Hodge test. The beta-lactamase resistance gene blaKPC was detected by PCR. The genetic relatedness of isolates was determined by PFGE. The study provides early clinical experience in treating KPC-KPN infections in a Brazilian tertiary center.


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Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Bacterial Proteins/biosynthesis , Klebsiella Infections/microbiology , Klebsiella pneumoniae/enzymology , beta-Lactamases/biosynthesis , Brazil , Klebsiella pneumoniae/drug effects , Klebsiella pneumoniae/genetics , Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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