MARCELO BELLESSO
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LIM/31 - Laboratório de Genética e Hematologia Molecular, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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conferenceObject The Worth of Surveillance for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in the Hematology-Oncology Unit(2014) BELLESSO, Marcelo; ABDALA, Edson; PEREIRA, Juliana; SANTUCCI, Rodrigo; IBRAHIM, Karim Yaqub; FREIRE, Maristela Pinheiro; FRATELLI, Lumena Vaz Carvalho; MARQUES, Patricia Andrea Crippa- Rhizopus arrhizus and Fusarium solani Concomitant Infection in an Immunocompromised Host(2016) ALMEIDA JUNIOR, Joao N. de; IBRAHIM, Karim Y.; NEGRO, Gilda M. B. Del; BEZERRA, Evandro D.; DUARTE NETO, Amaro N.; BATISTA, Marjorie V.; SICILIANO, Rinaldo F.; GIUDICE, Mauro C.; MOTTA, Adriana L.; ROSSI, Flavia; PIERROTTI, Ligia C.; FREIRE, Maristela P.; BELLESSO, Marcelo; PEREIRA, Juliana; ABDALA, Edson; BENARD, GilNeutropenic patients are at risk of the development of hyalohyphomycosis and mucormycosis. Correct identification is essential for the initiation of the specific treatment, but concomitant mold infections are rarely reported. We report one unprecedented case of concomitant mucormycosis and fusariosis in a neutropenic patient with acute myeloid leukemia. The patient developed rhino-orbital infection by Rhizopus arrhizus and disseminated infection by Fusarium solani. The first culture from a sinus biopsy grew Rhizopus, which was consistent with the histopathology report of mucormycosis. A second sinus biopsy collected later during the patient's clinical deterioration was reported as hyalohyphomycosis, and the culture yielded F. solani. Due to the discordant reports, the second biopsy was reviewed and two hyphae types suggestive of both hyalohyphomycetes and mucormycetes were found. The dual mold infection was confirmed by PCR assays from paraffinized tissue sections. Increased awareness of the existence of dual mold infections in at-risk patients is necessary. PCR methods in tissue sections may increase the diagnosis of dual mold infections. In case of sequential biopsies showing discrepant results, mixed infections have to be suspected.
- Health care-associated infections in hematology-oncology patients with neutropenia: A method of surveillance(2013) IBRAHIM, Karim Yaqub; PIERROTTI, Ligia Camera; FREIRE, Maristela Pinheiro; GUTIERREZ, Patricia Pinheiro; DUARTE, Laiane do Prado Gil; BELLESSO, Marcelo; PEREIRA, Juliana; CHAMONE, Dalton de Alencar Fischer; ABDALA, EdsonWe present a prospective method of surveillance of health care-associated infection in hematology-oncology inpatients with neutropenia. Incidence rates were calculated on the basis of the number of hospitalized patients, the duration of hospital stay (in days), the number of days of neutropenia, and (in cases of central line-associated blood stream infection) the number of central line-days. We detected 11.4 and 66.4 episodes of febrile neutropenia per 1,000 hospital-days and per 1,000 days of neutropenia, respectively. The incidence of central line-associated blood stream infection was 2.6 per 1,000 central line-days. Gram-negative bacteria were the most prevalent pathogens. Efforts should be made to monitor infection rates on hematology-oncology wards.