2023
The impact of COVID-19 on microbiological profile and antibiotic consumption in ICU: a retrospective study in an infectious disease hospital in Brazil
de França Diniz Rocha V, da Silva E, Azevedo J, Ribeiro M, Reis M, Barros T, Reis J. The impact of COVID-19 on microbiological profile and antibiotic consumption in ICU: a retrospective study in an infectious disease hospital in Brazil. The Brazilian Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2023, 28: 103705. PMID: 38065221, PMCID: PMC10764251, DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2023.103705.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive care unitInfectious Diseases HospitalAntimicrobial resistanceMicrobiological profileCandida sppRetrospective studyTracheal secretionsCarbapenem-resistant A. baumanniiConsequences of antimicrobial resistanceIntensive care unit patient-daysImpact of antimicrobial resistanceMultidrug-resistant Enterococcus faeciumCharacteristics of patientsConsumption of ceftriaxoneConsumption of antibioticsPiperacillin-tazobactamUnique characteristics of patientsA. baumanniiAcinetobacter baumanniiAntibiotic consumptionEnterobacter speciesIncidence densityESKAPE groupClinical culturesKlebsiella pneumoniae
2001
Referral pattern of leptospirosis cases during a large urban epidemic of dengue.
Flannery B, Pereira MM, Velloso L de F, Carvalho C de C, De Codes LG, Orrico G de S, Dourado CM, Riley LW, Reis MG, Ko AI. Referral pattern of leptospirosis cases during a large urban epidemic of dengue. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2001, 65: 657-63. PMID: 11716133, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2001.65.657.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfectious diseases reference hospitalFirst medical evaluationLarge urban epidemicDays of illnessInfectious Diseases HospitalIntensive care unitOnset of illnessCases of leptospirosisDiagnosis of dengueDiseases HospitalCare unitInitial diagnosisReference hospitalReferral patternsAmbulatory clinicsLeptospirosis epidemicMedical evaluationConcurrent epidemicsDengue diagnosisDiagnostic confusionUrban epidemicEarly symptomsHigh mortalityLeptospirosis casesLeptospirosis