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Home / Archives for BMC Infectious Diseases

Evaluation of disinfection of surfaces at an outpatient unit before and after an intervention program

  • Autores: Furlan MCR, Ferreira AM, da Silva Barcelos L, Rigotti MA, Sousa AFL, Dos Santos Junior AG, de Andrade D, de Almeida MTG, da Silva Barreto M
  • Ano de Publicação: 2019
  • Journal: BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31035961

BACKGROUND: Cleaning and disinfection processes must be improved so that there is a reduction in environmental contamination of frequent-contact surfaces. The objective of this study was to evaluate cleaning and disinfection of surfaces at a specialized healthcare unit after an intervention program. METHODS: Exploratory, longitudinal, and correlational study carried out in a medium-complexity clinic. Two […]
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Factors associated with self-reported non-completion of the hepatitis B vaccine series in men who have sex with men in Brazil

  • Autores: Queiroz AAFLN, Sousa AFL, Matos MCB, Araújo TME, Brignol S, Reis RK, Gir E, Moura MEB
  • Ano de Publicação: 2019
  • Journal: BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Link: https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-019-3970-y

Background The objective of the present study was to analyze the factors associated with non-completion of the hepatitis B vaccine series among men who have sex with men and use geosocial dating apps in Brazil. Methods This was a cross-sectional, population survey-based, analytical study, conducted exclusively online in all the regions of Brazil, with a […]
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Time delay and associated mortality from negative smear to positive Xpert MTB/RIF test among TB/HIV patients: A retrospective study 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1103 Clinical Sciences 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1117 Public Health and Health Services

  • Autores: Lisboa M, Fronteira I, Colove E, Nhamonga M, Martins MRO
  • Ano de Publicação: 2019
  • Journal: BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322291/

Background The GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay (Xpert®) is known to be a feasible, effective and a hopeful tool for rapid tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment. However, little is known about the time delay caused by initial negative sputum smear microscopy (NSSM), but consecutive positive Xpert TB test (PXTBt) and its association with TB mortality in resource-constrained […]
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Time delay and associated mortality from negative smear to positive Xpert MTB/RIF test among TB/HIV patients: a retrospective study

  • Autores: Colove E, Fronteira I, Lisboa M, Nhamonga M, Oliveira Martins MR
  • Ano de Publicação: 2019
  • Journal: BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Link: https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-018-3656-x

Background The GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay (Xpert®) is known to be a feasible, effective and a hopeful tool for rapid tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment. However, little is known about the time delay caused by initial negative sputum smear microscopy (NSSM), but consecutive positive Xpert TB test (PXTBt) and its association with TB mortality in resource-constrained […]
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Behavioural and demographic correlates of undiagnosed HIV infection in a MSM sample recruited in 13 European cities

  • Autores: Marcus U, Nöstlinger C, Rosińska M, Sherriff N, Gios L, Dias SF, Gama AF, Toskin I, Alexiev I, Schink SB, Mirandola M, Naseva E
  • Ano de Publicação: 2018
  • Journal: BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30081839

BACKGROUND: Reducing the number of people with undiagnosed HIV infection is a major goal of HIV control and prevention efforts in Europe and elsewhere. We analysed data from a large multi-city European bio-behavioural survey conducted among Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) for previously undiagnosed HIV infections, and aimed to characterise undiagnosed MSM who […]
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