LIGIA CAMERA PIERROTTI
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Instituto Central, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Médico
LIM/47 - Laboratório de Hepatologia por Vírus, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/47 - Laboratório de Hepatologia por Vírus, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- First report of a clinical isolate of Candida haemulonii in Brazil(2012) ALMEIDA JR., Joao Nobrega de; MOTTA, Adriana Lopes; ROSSI, Flavia; ABDALA, Edson; PIERROTTI, Ligia Camera; KONO, Adriana Satie Goncalves; DIZ, Maria Del Pilar Estevez; BENARD, Gil; NEGRO, Gilda Maria Barbaro Del
- Critical points and potential pitfalls of outbreak of IMP-1-producing carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa among kidney transplant recipients: a case-control study(2021) FREIRE, M. P.; CAMARGO, C. H.; YAMADA, A. Y.; NAGAMORI, F. O.; JUNIOR, J. O. Reusing; SPADAO, F.; CURY, A. P.; ROSSI, F.; NAHAS, W. C.; DAVID-NETO, E.; PIERROTTI, L. C.Background: Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) infection after kidney transplantation (KT) is associated with high mortality. Aim: To analyse an outbreak of infection/colonization with IMP-1-producing CRPA on a KT ward. Methods: A case-control study was conducted. Cases were identified through routine surveillance culture and real-time polymerase chain reaction for carbapenemase performed directly from rectal swab samples. Controls were randomly selected from patients hospitalized on the same ward during the same period, at a ratio of 3:1. Strain clonality was analysed through pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and whole-genome sequencing was performed for additional strain characterization. Findings: CRPA was identified in 37 patients, in 51.4% through surveillance cultures and in 49.6% through clinical cultures. The median persistence of culture positivity was 42.5 days. Thirteen patients (35.1%) presented a total of 15 infections, of which seven (46.7%) were in the urinary tract; among those, 30-day mortality rate was 46.2%. PFGE analysis showed that all of the strains shared the same pulsotype. Multilocus sequence typing analysis identified the sequence type as ST446. Risk factors for CRPA acquisition were hospital stay >10 days, retransplantation, urological surgical reintervention after KT, use of carbapenem or ciprofloxacin in the last three months and low median lymphocyte count in the last three months.
- 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
conferenceObject Treatment of Carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae with reduced susceptibility to polymyxin among kidney transplant recipients experience during an outbreak period(2016) FREIRE, Maristela; PAULA, Flavio J. De; AZEVEDO, Luiz Sergio; LAZARO, Ana Carolina; ROSSI, Flavia; DAVID-NETO, Elias; NAHAS, Willian; PIERROTTI, Ligia C.- Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Acquired Before Liver Transplantation: Impact on Recipient Outcomes(2017) FREIRE, Maristela Pinheiro; OSHIRO, Isabel C. V. S.; PIERROTTI, Ligia C.; BONAZZI, Patricia R.; OLIVEIRA, Larissa M. de; SONG, Alice T. W.; CAMARGO, Carlos H.; HEIJDEN, Inneke M. van der; ROSSI, Flavia; COSTA, Silvia F.; D'ALBUQUERQUE, Luiz A. C.; ABDALA, EdsonBackground. Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) is an emergent microorganism of infections after liver transplant (LT). The aim of this study was to analyze the risk factors for CRE acquisition and infection after LT. Methods. This was a prospective cohort study involving patients who underwent LT in the 2010 to 2014 period. Surveillance cultures for CRE were collected immediately before LT and weekly thereafter until hospital discharge. Results. We analyzed 386 patients undergoing a total of 407 LTs. Before LT, 68 (17.6%) patients tested positive for CRE, 11 (16.2%) of those patients having CRE infection, whereas 119 (30.8%) patients acquired CRE after LT. Post-LT CRE infection was identified in 59 (15.7%) patients: Klebsiella pneumoniae was isolated in 83.2%; surgical site infection was the most common type of infection (46.7%). Multivariate analysis showed that post-LT dialysis was the only risk factor for post-LT CRE acquisition. Eighty-two percent of patients who underwent 3 or more post-LT dialysis sessions and acquired CRE before LT evolved with post-LT CRE infection. Other risk factors for CRE infection were acquisition of CRE post-LT, Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score greater than 32, combined transplantation, and reoperation. Patients who acquired CRE before LT had a high risk of developing CRE infection (P < 0.001). Conclusions. Measures for minimizing that risk, including altering the antibiotic prophylaxis, should be investigated and implemented.
- Bloodstream infection caused by extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in cancer patients: high mortality associated with delayed treatment rather than with the degree of neutropenia(2016) FREIRE, M. P.; GARCIA, D. de Oliveira; GARCIA, C. P.; BUENO, M. F. Campagnari; CAMARGO, C. H.; MAGRI, A. S. G. Kono; FRANCISCO, G. R.; REGHINI, R.; VIEIRA, M. F.; IBRAHIM, K. Y.; ROSSI, F.; HAJJAR, L.; LEVIN, A. S.; HOFF, P. M.; PIERROTTI, L. C.; ABDALA, E.This study aimed to describe severe infections with extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex (XDR-ABC), as well as to investigate risk factors for mortality, in cancer patients. It was a retrospective study including all patients diagnosed with XDR-ABC bacteraemia during hospitalization in the intensive care unit of a cancer hospital between July 2009 and July 2013. Surveillance cultures were collected weekly during the study period, and clonality was analysed using pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). We analysed underlying diseases, oncology therapy, neutrophil counts, infection site and management of infection, in terms of their correlation with 30-day mortality. During the study period, 92 patients with XDR-ABC bacteraemia were identified, of whom 35 (38.0%) were patients with haematological malignancy. We identified XDR-ABC strains with four different profile patterns, 91.3% of patients harbouring the predominant PFGE type. Of the 92 patients with XDR-ABC bacteraemia, 66 (71.7%) had central line-associated bloodstream infections; infection occurred during neutropenia in 22 (23.9%); and 58 (63.0%) died before receiving the appropriate therapy. All patients were treated with polymyxin, which was used in combination therapy in 30 of them (32.4%). The 30-day mortality rate was 83.7%. Multivariate analysis revealed that septic shock at diagnosis of XDR-ABC infection was a risk factor for 30-day mortality; protective factors were receiving appropriate therapy and invasive device removal within the first 48 h. Among cancer patients, ineffective management of such infection increases the risk of death, more so than do features such as neutropenia and infection at the tumour site.
- Outbreak of IMP-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter gergoviae among kidney transplant recipients(2016) FREIRE, Maristela Pinheiro; GARCIA, Doroti de Oliveira; CURY, Ana Paula; SPADAO, Fernanda; GIOIA, Thais S. R. Di; FRANCISCO, Gabriela Rodrigues; BUENO, Maria Fernanda Campagnari; TOMAZ, Mariama; PAULA, Flavio Jota de; FARO, Lorena Brito de; PIOVESAN, Affonso C.; ROSSI, Flavia; LEVIN, Anna Sara; DAVID NETO, Elias; NAHAS, William C.; PIERROTTI, Ligia CameraThe objective of this study was to investigate a prolonged outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter gergoviae (CREG) involving kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) between 2009 and 2014. A case-control study was undertaken. Controls (naEuroS=aEuroS52) were selected from CREG-negative KTRs. Surveillance cultures for CREG were collected weekly. Colonization was defined as isolation of CREG from surveillance samples or from clinical specimens, with no evidence of infection. We also investigated infection control practices at the facility. Of 26 identified cases, 13 had had no known contact with another CREG-positive patient before the first positive culture. Seven patients (27%) developed infection. The site most often colonized was the urinary tract. During the study period two clusters were identified, one in 2009 and another in 2013-14. DNA sequencing revealed bla(IMP-1) in all CREG tested. No environmental or hand cultures tested positive for CREG. An audit of infection control practices detected flaws in the handling and cleaning of urinary tract devices. Multivariate analysis identified advanced age, ureteral stent use, retransplantation and male gender as risk factors for CREG acquisition. An outbreak among KTRs caused by an unusual species of MDR bacteria may have resulted from a common source of contamination related to urinary tract devices.
- Predictors of mortality in solid organ transplant recipients with bloodstream infections due to carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales: The impact of cytomegalovirus disease and lymphopenia(2020) PEREZ-NADALES, Elena; GUTIERREZ-GUTIERREZ, Belen; NATERA, Alejandra M.; ABDALA, Edson; MAGALHAES, Maira Reina; MULARONI, Alessandra; MONACO, Francesco; PIERROTTI, Ligia Camera; FREIRE, Maristela Pinheiro; IYER, Ranganathan N.; STEINKE, Seema Mehta; CALVI, Elisa Grazia; TUMBARELLO, Mario; FALCONE, Marco; FERNANDEZ-RUIZ, Mario; COSTA-MATEO, Jose Maria; RANA, Meenakshi M.; STRABELLI, Tania Mara Varejao; PAUL, Mical; FARINAS, Maria Carmen; CLEMENTE, Wanessa Trindade; ROILIDES, Emmanuel; MUNOZ, Patricia; DEWISPELAERE, Laurent; LOECHES, Belen; LOWMAN, Warren; TAN, Ban Hock; ESCUDERO-SANCHEZ, Rosa; BODRO, Marta; GROSSI, Paolo Antonio; SOLDANI, Fabio; GUNSEREN, Filiz; NESTOROVA, Nina; PASCUAL, Alvaro; MARTINEZ-MARTINEZ, Luis; AGUADO, Jose Maria; RODRIGUEZ-BANO, Jesus; TORRE-CISNEROS, Julian; SONG, A. T. Wan; ANDRAUS, W.; D'ALBUQUERQUE, L. A. Carneiro; DAVID-NETO, E.; PAULA, F. Jota de; ROSSI, F.; OSTRANDER, D.; AVERY, R.; RIZZI, M.; LOSITO, A. R.; RAFFAELLI, F.; GIACOMO, P. Del; TISEO, G.; LORA-TAMAYO, J.; SAN-JUAN, R.; GRACIA-AHUFINGER, I; CASTON, J.; RUIZ, Y. A.; ALTMAN, D. R.; V, S. Campos; BAR-SINAI, N.; KOPPEL, F.; ALMAJANO, F. Arnaiz de las Revillas; RICO, C. Gonzalez; MARTINEZ, M. Fernandez; MOURAO, P. H. O.; NEVES, F. A.; FERREIRA, J.; PYRPASOPOULOU, A.; IOSIFIDIS, E.; ROMIOPOULOS, I; V, M. Minero; SANCHEZ-CARRILLO, C.; LARDO, S.; COUSSEMENT, J.; DODEMONT, M.; JIAYUN, K.; MARTIN-DAVILA, P.; FORTUN, J.; ALMELA, M.; MORENO, A.; LINARES, L.; GASPERINA, D. D.; BALSAMO, M. L.; ROVELLI, C.; CONCIA, E.; CHIESI, S.; SALERNO, D. N.; OGUNC, D.; PILMIS, B.; SEMINARI, E. M.; CARRATALA, J.; DOMINGUEZ, A.; CORDERO, E.; LEPE, J. A.; MONTEJO, M.; LUCAS, E. Merino de; ERIKSSON, B. M.; DELDEN, C. van; MANUEL, O.; ARSLAN, H.; TUFAN, Z. Kocak; KAZAK, E.; DAVID, M.; LEASE, E.; CORNAGLIA, G.; AKOVA, M.Treatment of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales bloodstream infections in solid organ transplant recipients is challenging. The objective of this study was to develop a specific score to predict mortality in solid organ transplant recipients with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales bloodstream infections. A multinational, retrospective (2004-2016) cohort study (INCREMENT-SOT, ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02852902) was performed. The main outcome variable was 30-day all-cause mortality. The INCREMENT-SOT-CPE score was developed using logistic regression. The global cohort included 216 patients. The final logistic regression model included the following variables: INCREMENT-CPE mortality score >= 8 (8 points), no source control (3 points), inappropriate empirical therapy (2 points), cytomegalovirus disease (7 points), lymphopenia (4 points), and the interaction between INCREMENT-CPE score >= 8 and CMV disease (minus 7 points). This score showed an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.82 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.76-0.88) and classified patients into 3 strata: 0-7 (low mortality), 8-11 (high mortality), and 12-17 (very-high mortality). We performed a stratified analysis of the effect of monotherapy vs combination therapy among 165 patients who received appropriate therapy. Monotherapy was associated with higher mortality only in the very-high (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] 2.82, 95% CI 1.13-7.06, P = .03) and high (HR 9.93, 95% CI 2.08-47.40, P = .004) mortality risk strata. A score-based algorithm is provided for therapy guidance.
- 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.
- Surveillance culture for multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria: Performance in liver transplant recipients(2017) FREIRE, Maristela Pinheiro; OSHIRO, Isabel Cristina Villela Soares; BONAZZI, Patricia Rodrigues; PIERROTTI, Ligia Camera; OLIVEIRA, Larissa Marques de; MACHADO, Anna Silva; HEIJDENN, Inneke Marie Van Der; ROSSI, Flavia; COSTA, Silvia Figueiredo; D'ALBUQUERQUE, Luiz Augusto Carneiro; ABDALA, EdsonBackground: The prevalence of infection with multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria (MDR-GNB) after solid-organ transplantation is increasing. Surveillance culture (SC) seems to be an important tool for MDR-GNB control. The goal of this study was to analyze the performance of SC for MDR-GNB among liver transplant (LT) recipients. Methods: This was a prospective cohort study involving patients who underwent LT between November 2009 and November 2011. We screened patients for extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli, extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, and carbapenemresistant Enterobacteriaceae, carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA), and carbapenemresistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB). We collected SC samples immediately before LT and weekly thereafter, until hospital discharge. Samples were collected from the inguinal-rectal area, axilla, and throat. The performance of SC was evaluated through analysis of its sensitivity, negative predictive value, and accuracy. Results: During the study period, 181 patients were evaluated and 4,110 SC samples were collected. The GNB most often identified was CRAB, in 45.9% of patients, followed by CRKP in 40.3%. For all microorganisms, the positivity rate was highest among the inguinal-rectal samples. If only samples collected from this area were considered, the SC would fail to identify 34.9% of the cases of CRAB colonization. The sensitivity of SC for CRKP was 92.5%. The performance of SC was poorest for CRAB (sensitivity, 80.6%). Conclusions: Our data indicate that SC is a sensitive tool to identify LT recipients colonized by MDR-GNB.