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Daiane Cardozo, Gislene Maria Botão Kussen, Laura Lúcia CogoJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2014;50(6):417-420DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20140050 ABSTRACT Introduction: Urinary tract infection is quite frequent in a hospital environment, and the urine culture is the gold standard for diagnosis of this disease, because it allows bacterial identification and performing antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Culturenegative urine samples result of […]

Ruan Carlos Gomes da Silva, Amanda Cristina de Oliveira Silva, Sibele Ribeiro de OliveiraJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2014;50(6):421-427DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20140051 ABSTRACT Introduction: The emergence and spread of isolated carriers of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) have complicated the treatment of nosocomial infections, since its production is not easily identified by the sensitivity tests, routinely performed in clinical

Cristiane Martins, Antônio Carlos de Castro Gama, Daniela Valcarenghi, Anna Paula de Borba BatschauerJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2014;50(6):428-433DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20140052 ABSTRACT Introduction: Tuberculosis promotes an acute phase response with an increase of blood reactants, such as C-reactive protein (CRP), among others, which are associated with increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Objective: Evaluate the ESR and

Jailton Lobo da Costa Lima, Giwellington Silva Albuquerque, Lílian Rodrigues Alves, Kaliny Benicio Torres, Luciana Rezende Bandeira de Mello, Polliana Guabiraba e Silva Cavalcanti, Paulo Sérgio Ramos Araújo, Maria Amélia Vieira MacielJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2014;50(6):434-436DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20140053 ABSTRACT We report two cases of sepsis in critically ill patients in two tertiary care hospitals in