Bacterial pneumonias are the most common pulmonary complication in HIV-infected patients. Up to now, H. influenzae and S. pneumoniae have been described as the most important germs. Within a period of 4 years we diagnosed 15 cases of pneumonia caused by P. aeruginosa. All patients were in HIV stage C3; 3F, 12M; median age 34 (24-54) years; median CD4 count 10 (0-130) microliters. Except for 3 n...

1. Travis WD, Costabel U, Hansell DM, et al. An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: Update of the international multidisciplinary classification idiopathic interstitial pneumonias. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013;188(6):733-748. doi:10.1164/rccm.201308-1483ST CrossRef Google Scholar

in this study, the effect of hydrocarbon and rosin ester resins combination on the physical and mechanical properties of thermoplastic road markings were evaluated. at first, two basic thermoplastic road marking formulations based on hydrocarbon and rosin ester resins were prepared. several samples of the blends of two basic formulations for thermoplastic road marking were characterized and com...

Introdução: A redução do número de pneumonias associadas a ventilação mecânicas-PAVM, é um trabalho que exige identificação dos riscos presentes nas unidades terapia intensiva. Objetivo: Descrever ocorrência casos pneumonia associada mecânica-PAVM entre pacientes imunossuprimidos internados em duas UTIs hospital referência infectologia no Amazonas. Metodologia: Trata-se levantamento descritivo ...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia is preceded by lower-respiratory-tract colonization by pathogenic microorganisms that derive from endogenous or exogenous sources. Most ventilator-associated pneumonias are the result of exogenous nosocomial colonization, especially, pneumonias caused by resistant bacteria, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and multi-resistant Acinetobacter baum...

Pneumonias acquired in a healthcare facility have different epidemiology, risk factors, responsible pathogens, treatments and outcomes than those acquired in the community. Patients with such infections generally have greater mortality and incur greater medical costs. Initially, hospitals were regarded as the major site for this paradigm; more recently, long term care facilities, rehabilitation...

BACKGROUND Microorganisms have devised ways by which they increase the bioavailability of many water immiscible substrates whose degradation rates are limited by their low water solubility. Hexadecane is one such water immiscible hydrocarbon substrate which forms an important constituent of oil. One major mechanism employed by hydrocarbon degrading organisms to utilize such substrates is the pr...