Prophylaxis of Virus Infections

Comparison of Metronidazole and Ceftizoxime in Prophylaxis of Post-Hysterectomy Infections

Ceftizoxime is the standard agent used in prophylaxis of infections after abdominal hysterectomy. Metronidazole could be used instead of ceftizoxime for this matter. To compare these two drugs, in a randomized clinical trial, 34 patients received metronidazole suppositories (1g) and 34 patients received intravenous ceftizoxime (1g) before surgery.   There were not any significant demograp...

Prophylaxis and Treatment of Herpetic Infections.

Prophylaxis of fungal infections in transplant patients

Edson Abdala, Sı́lvia Figueiredo Costa, Tania Mara Varejão Strabelli, Lı́gia Camera Pierrotti, Marlova Luzzi Caramori, Luis Sérgio Fonseca de Azevedo, Karim Y. Ibrahim, Frederico Luiz Dulley, Glaucia Fernanda Varkulja, Gilberto de Castro Junior, Gisele Madeira Duboc de Almeida, Heloisa Helena de Souza Marques, Maria Aparecida Shikanai-Yasuda, Comissão de Infecção em Imunodeprimidos, Hospital das ...

Epidemiological and clinical evaluation of children with respiratory virus infections

  Background :Respiratory viruses are the leading cause of respiratory tract infections among children and are responsible for causing morbidity and mortality worldwide. This study was performed to detect viruses in children with respiratory infections and describe their epidemiology and clinical characteristics.   Methods : In this descriptive cross sectional study, throat swabs and wash speci...

Preparation and use of hyperimmune serum for prophylaxis and therapy of Ebola virus infections.

To obtain hyperimmune serum appropriate for the treatment of filovirus infection, methods were developed to immunize nonsusceptible animals with live Ebola (EBO) virus preparations. Immune plasma with high ELISA and neutralization-specific antibody titers was obtained by multiple immunization of sheep and goats with preparations of live EBO virus. Goat immunoglobulin was prepared by Cohn's meth...