ANA LUCIA LEI MUNHOZ LIMA
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Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/41 - Laboratório de Investigação Médica do Sistema Músculoesquelético, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/41 - Laboratório de Investigação Médica do Sistema Músculoesquelético, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- The incidence and microbiological profile of surgical site infections following internal fixation of closed and open fractures(2016) OLIVEIRA, Priscila Rosalba; CARVALHO, Vladimir Cordeiro; FELIX, Cassia da Silva; PAULA, Adriana Pereira de; SANTOS-SILVA, Jorge; LIMA, Ana Lucia Lei MunhozABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the incidence and microbiological profile of surgical site infections (SSIs) associated with internal fixation of fractures and to compare differences in the SSIs observed among patients with closed and open fractures. METHODS: Retrospective study. Analyzed data included information from all patients who underwent surgery for fixation of closed or open fractures from January 2005 to December 2012 and remained outpatients for at least one year following surgery. Incidence of surgical site infection (SSI) was compared between patients with closed and open infection, as well as polymicrobial infection and infection related to Gram-negative bacilli (GNB). Cumulative antibiograms were performed to describe microbiological profiles. RESULTS: Overall incidence of SSI was 6%. This incidence was significantly higher among patients with open fractures (14.7%) than among patients with closed fractures (4.2%). The proportions of patients with polymicrobial infections and infections due to GNB were also significantly higher among patients with open fractures. Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) species were the primary infectious agents isolated from both groups. The overall incidence of MRSA (methicillin-resistant S. aureus) was 72%. A. baumannii was the predominant GNB isolate recovered from patients with open fractures and P. aeruginosa was the most frequent isolate recovered from patients with closed fractures, both exhibited low rates of susceptibility to carbapenems. CONCLUSIONS: Incidence of SSIs related to the internal fixation of fractures was significantly higher among patients with open fractures, indicating that an open fracture can be a risk factor for infection. Among the bacterial isolates, S. aureus (with a high prevalence of MRSA) and CoNS species were most prevalent. A. baumannii and P. aeruginosa isolates underscored the low rate of susceptibility to carbapenems that was observed in the present study.
bookPart Espondilodiscites(2023) LIMA, Ana Lúcia Lei Munhoz; OLIVEIRA, Priscila Rosalba Domingos; CARVALHO, Vladimir Cordeiro de- Septic arthritis of the knee: clinical and laboratory comparison of groups with different etiologies(2016) HELITO, Camilo Partezani; TEIXEIRA, Paulo Renan Lima; OLIVEIRA, Priscila Rosalba de; CARVALHO, Vladimir Cordeiro de; PECORA, Jose Ricardo; CAMANHO, Gilberto Luis; DEMANGE, Marco Kawamura; LIMA, Ana Lucia MunhozOBJECTIVES: To clinically and epidemiologically characterize a population diagnosed with and treated for septic arthritis of the knee, to evaluate the treatment results and to analyze the differences between patients with positive and negative culture results, patients with Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial isolates and patients with S. aureus- and non-S. aureus- related infections. METHODS: One hundred and five patients with septic knee arthritis were included in this study. The clinical and epidemiological data were evaluated. Statistical analysis was performed to compare patients with and without an isolated causative agent, patients with Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens and patients with S. aureus- related and non S. aureus- related infections. RESULTS: Causative agents were isolated in 81 patients. Gram-positive bacteria were isolated in 65 patients and Gram-negative bacteria were isolated in 16 patients. The most commonly isolated bacterium was S. aureus. Comparing cases with an isolated pathogen to cases without an isolated pathogen, no differences between the studied variables were found except for the longer hospital stays of patients in whom an etiological agent was identified. When comparing Gram-positive bacteria with Gram-negative bacteria, patients with Gram-positiverelated infections exhibited higher leukocyte counts. Patients with S. aureus- related infections were more frequently associated with healthcare-related environmental encounters. CONCLUSION: S. aureus is the most common pathogen of septic knee arthritis. Major differences were not observed between infections with isolated and non-isolated pathogens and between infections with Grampositive and Gram-negative bacteria. S. aureus infections were more likely to be associated with a prior healthcare environment exposure.
bookPart Sistemas de classificação das osteomielites(2013) CARVALHO, Vladimir Cordeiro de; LIMA, Ana Lúcia Lei Munhoz- Recommendations for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy in Brazil(2017) OLIVEIRA, Priscila R.; CARVALHO, Vladimir C.; CIMERMAN, Sergio; LIMA, Ana Lucia Munhozpanel of national experts was convened by the Brazilian Infectious Diseases Society in order to determine the recommendations for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) in Brazil. The following aspects are covered in the document: organization of OPAT programs; patient evaluation and eligibility criteria, including clinical and sociocultural factors; diagnosis of eligibility; venous access and antimicrobial infusion devices; protocols for antimicrobial use and monitoring and cost-effectiveness. (C) 2017 Sociedade Brasileira de Infectologia.
bookPart Osteomielites(2015) LIMA, Ana Lúcia Lei Munhoz; OLIVEIRA, Priscila Rosalba Domingos; CARVALHO, Vladimir Cordeiro- Orthopedic infections due to Trichosporon species: Case series and literature review(2022) LOPEZ, Andres; NETO, Luiz Alves da Silva; OLIVEIRA, Vitor Falcao de; CARVALHO, Vladimir Cordeiro de; OLIVEIRA, Priscila Rosalba Domingos de; LIMA, Ana Lucia Lei MunhozReports of orthopedic fungal infections caused by Trichosporon species are extremely scarce, thus we aimed to describe a case series and review the cases published in the literature. Patients were retrospectively included if a previous culture of bone, joint, or soft tissues had resulted positive for Trichosporon species along with a clinical diagnosis of an orthopedic infection. Eight patients were included with diverse orthopedic conditions, most of them cases of osteomyelitis. The main isolated species was Trichosporon asahii. All patients were treated with antifungals, mainly voriconazole, and surgical management, resulting in high rates of clinical improvement and low associated mortality. Lay Summary Reports of orthopedic infections caused by Trichosporon species are scarce. We described a case series of orthopedic infections caused by Trichosporon species and reviewed the previous published cases in the literature. We observed a high rate of clinical improvement and a low associated mortality.
- Candida haemulonii Complex Species, Brazil, January 2010-March 2015(2016) ALMEIDA JR., Joao Nobrega de; ASSY, Joao Guilherme Pontes Lima; LEVIN, Anna S.; NEGRO, Gilda M. B. Del; GIUDICE, Mauro C.; TRINGONI, Marcela Pullice; THOMAZ, Danilo Yamamoto; MOTTA, Adriana Lopes; ABDALA, Edson; PIERROTI, Ligia Camara; STRABELLI, Tania; MUNHOZ, Ana Lucia; ROSSI, Flavia; BENARD, Gil
- Performance of alpha-defensin lateral flow test after synovial fluid centrifugation for diagnosis of periprosthetic knee infection(2021) ABDO, Rodrigo Calil Teles; GOBBI, Riccardo Gomes; LEITE, Chilan Bou Ghosson; PASOTO, Sandra Gofinet; LEON, Elaine Pires; LIMA, Ana Lucia Lei Munhoz; BONFA, Eloisa; PECORA, Jose Ricardo; DEMANGE, Marco KawamuraBACKGROUND The quantitative alpha-defensin enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) demands a prior synovial fluid centrifugation, whereas this processing is not routinely required prior to the alpha-defensin lateral flow test. AIM To evaluate whether a prior synovial fluid centrifugation could lead the lateral flow performance to achieve comparable results to ELISA during periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) diagnosis. METHODS Fifty-three cases were included in this study: 22 classified as PJI and 31 classified as aseptic cases, according to Musculoskeletal Infection Society 2013 criteria. Synovial fluid samples were submitted to centrifugation, and the supernatant was evaluated by ELISA and lateral flow tests. The sensitivity (SE), specificity (SP) and accuracy of each method were calculated as well as the agreement between those two methods. RESULTS In all of the 31 samples from aseptic patients, alpha-defensin ELISA and lateral flow tests showed negative results for infection. Regarding the 22 infected patients, the lateral flow test was positive in 19 cases (86.4%) and the ELISA was positive in 21 (95.5%). Sensibility, SP and accuracy were, respectively, 86.4% (95%CI: 65.1%-97.1%), 100% (95%CI: 88.8%-100%) and 93.2% (95%CI: 82.8%-98.3%) for the lateral flow test and 95.5% (95%CI: 77.2%-99.9%), 100% (95%CI: 88.8%-100%) and 98.1% (95%CI: 89.9%-100%) for ELISA. An agreement of 96.2% between those methods were observed. No statistical difference was found between them (P = 0.48). CONCLUSION Alpha-defensin lateral flow test showed high SE, SP and accuracy after a prior synovial fluid centrifugation, achieving comparable results to ELISA. Considering the lower complexity of the lateral flow and its equivalent performance obtained in this condition, a prior centrifugation might be added as a valuable step to enhance the PJI diagnosis.
bookPart Osteomielites(2023) LIMA, Ana Lúcia Lei Munhoz; OLIVEIRA, Priscila Rosalba Domingos; CARVALHO, Vladimir Cordeiro de