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Home / Archives for International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Artemether-lumefantrine treatment failure of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in travellers coming from Angola and Mozambique

  • Authors: André Silva-Pinto, João Domingos, Margarida Cardoso, Ana Reis, Ernest Diez Benavente, João Paulo Caldas, Cláudia Conceição, Cristina Toscano, Teresa Baptista-Fernandes, Taane G. Clark, Kamal Mansinho, Susana Campino, Fatima Nogueira
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Journal: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221005634?via%3Dihub

Artemether-lumefantrine treatment failure of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in travellers coming from Angola and Mozambique   Highlights Artemether-lumefantrine (AL) treatment failure of imported malaria in Portugal AL treatment failure in the presence of wild-type pfk13 and pfmdr1 Is the standard 3-day course of AL sufficient to ensure parasite clearance? AL increasing treatment failures urges closer […]
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Antimicrobial resistance and molecular characteristics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from men who have sex with men

  • Authors: Calado J, Castro R, Lopes A, Campos MJ, Rocha M, Pereira F
  • Publication Year: 2019
  • Journal: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328766979_Antimicrobial_resistance_and_molecular_characteristics_of_Neisseria_gonorrhoeae_isolates_from_MSM

Objectives: To analyze the susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates to penicillin (Pen), cefixime (Cfm), ceftriaxone (Cro), tetracycline (Tet), ciprofloxacin (Cip), azithromycin (Azm) and spectinomycin (Spt). To verify the presence of Mutations in resistant genes. Methods: Antibiotic susceptibility testing was carried out by Etest method in 30 N. gonorrhoeae isolates collected from MSM population. PCR and […]
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Human gastric hyperinfection by Anisakis simplex: A severe and unusual presentation and a brief review

  • Authors: Baptista-Fernandes T, Belo S, Castro I, Ferreira PM, Mansinho K, Paixao P, Pinto-Marques P, Rodrigues M, Roque L, Toscano C
  • Publication Year: 2017
  • Journal: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28882665

Anisakiasis is an emerging marine food-borne zoonosis resulting from the accidental ingestion of Anisakis larvae, through the consumption of raw or undercooked infected seafood products. The first case of human gastric hyperinfection by Anisakis simplex with an unusual and severe presentation, occurring in a Portuguese woman, is described in this article. Over 140 anisakid larvae […]
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First isolation of human Leptospira strains, Azores, Portugal

  • Authors: Ahmed A, Carreira T, Collares-Pereira M, Gonçalves AT, Harstkeerl RA, Hyde K, Melo-Mota F, Mota-Vieira L, Nunes MS, Paiva C, Vieira ML
  • Journal: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20413339

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was the first identification of Leptospira isolates from Azorean inpatients. METHODS: Whole blood samples from 68 inpatients attending the São Miguel Hospital between 2006 and 2008, with a clinical and epidemiological suspicion of leptospirosis, were inoculated in a transport medium broth at the patient’s bedside and further processed using […]
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