Abstract Human sewage from Florianopolis (Santa Catarina, Brazil) was analyzed for severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV2) from October 2019 until March …

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Introduction. Bacterial infection is a frequent complication in patients with decompensated
liver cirrhosis and is related to high mortality rates during follow-up of these individuals. We …

Objectives Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance is imperative
internationally, but only eight (22.9%) countries in the WHO Region of the Americas reported …

To minimize sample dilution effect on SARS-CoV-2 pool testing, we assessed analytical and
diagnostic performance of a new methodology, namely swab pooling. In this method, swabs …

Introduction. Adiponectin and resistin levels are increased in patients with cirrhosis, but it
prognostic significance is unknown. We sought to investigate the factors associated with …

Introduction Although both pro-and anti-inflammatory circulating cytokines are known to be
elevated in liver cirrhosis, its clinical significance is not completely recognized. Our aim was …

Objectives Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a global threat and
novel treatment alternatives are imperative. Herein, susceptibility to the novel antimicrobial …

Background Syphilis is a sexually and vertically transmitted infection caused by the bacteria
Treponema pallidum for which there are few proven alternatives to penicillin for treatment …

This paper is the result of a visit by Brazilian researchers to Ghana, with the aim of improving
understanding of the relationship between traditional healers and conventional health …