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1. Antifungal stewardship: The Latin American experience

   ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP AND HEALTHCARE EPIDEMIOLOGY, v.3, n.1, article ID e217, p, 2023

   Antifungal stewardship is a critical component of healthcare management that focuses on optimizing the use of antifungal medications to improve patient outcomes, minimize resistance, and reduce healthcare costs. In resource-limited settings, the prevalence of fungal infections remains a significa...

2. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF COLON CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY ACCURACY FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING. AN ALTERNATIVE DURING THE COVID ERA?

   GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY, v.93, n.6, suppl.S, p.AB100-AB100, 2021

3. Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infection in Patients Undergoing Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

   ARQUIVOS BRASILEIROS DE CARDIOLOGIA, v.120, n.12, article ID e20220592, 8p, 2023

   Background: Surgical site infection is an important complication after pediatric cardiac surgery, associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Objectives: We sought to identify risk factors for surgical site infection after pediatric cardiac surgeries.Methods: A case-control study included ...

4. Use of anticoagulants in patients with COVID-19: an update of a living systematic review and meta-analysis

   JORNAL BRASILEIRO DE PNEUMOLOGIA, v.49, n.3, article ID e20230095, 3p, 2023

5. Effectiveness of wearing masks during the COVID-19 outbreak in cohort and case-control studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   JORNAL BRASILEIRO DE PNEUMOLOGIA, v.49, n.6, article ID e20230003, 8p, 2023

   Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of wearing a mask to prevent COVID-19 infection. Methods: This was a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort and case-control studies, considering the best level of evidence available. Electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Co...

6. Intraductal radiofrequency ablation plus biliary stent versus stent alone for malignant biliary obstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   ENDOSCOPY INTERNATIONAL OPEN, v.12, n.1, p.E23-E33, 2024

   Background and study aims Recurrent biliary stent occlusion and tumor ingrowth remain a major concern among patients with malignant biliary obstruction (MBO) with significant impact on patient morbidity and survival. Intraductal radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has emerged as a promising treatment t...

7. Finger-Prick Whole Blood Cryptococcal Antigen Lateral Flow Assay for the Diagnosis of Cryptococcosis in HIV-Negative Patients: A Case Series Study in Two Tertiary Centers in São Paulo, Brazil

   JOURNAL OF FUNGI, v.9, n.12, article ID 1140, 15p, 2023

   Cryptococcosis in HIV-negative patients can be an opportunistic or endemic disease. There are no published studies on the use of the finger-prick whole blood (point-of-care) cryptococcal antigen lateral flow assay (CrAg LFA) for diagnosing cryptococcosis in HIV-negative patients. We conducted a c...

8. Cutaneous Naganishia albida (Cryptococcus albidus) infection: a case report and literature review

   REVISTA DO INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DE SAO PAULO, v.65, article ID e60, 4p, 2023

   Naganishia albida (Cryptococcus albidus) is considered saprophytic fungi, and is rarely reported as a human pathogen. Cutaneous infections caused by non-neoformans cryptococcus are rare. We describe a case of an immunocompetent older male with cutaneous cryptococcosis caused by Naganishia albida ...

9. Thermal and chronological stability of monocyte distribution width (MDW), the new biomarker for sepsis (vol 60, pg e232, 2022)

   CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE, v.62, n.1, p.207-207, 2024

10. Strongyloides infection screening in transplant candidates: What is the best strategy?

    TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASE, v.25, n.6, 2023

    Background: The potential that Strongyloides stercoralis infection has to cause major morbidity and high mortality when the disseminated form occurs in transplant patients is of particular concern.Methods: In this study, the objective was to observe S. stercoralis infection in patients who are ca...