Journal Information
Issue
portada-S1413867025X00027Vol. 29. Issue 2. (In progress)
(March - April 2025)
This issue is in progress but contains articles that are final and fully citable.
Original articles
Prevalence and investigation of Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) in blood donors from the main blood establishment in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil
Agildo da Silva Oliveira, Jéssica Gonçalves Pereira, Gabrielle Tantos Nunes, Ivanildo Pedro de Sousa Junior, Dmitry José de Santana Sarmento, Josiane Iole França Lopes, Luiz Amorim Filho, Vanessa Salete de Paula
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Demographic, epidemiological and clinical profile of patients with post-COVID syndrome followed at a teaching hospital in Brazil
João Paulo Borges de Melo, Alex Eduardo da Silva, Leandro Resende Yamamoto, Taciana Fernandes Araújo Ferreira, Gustavo José Luvizutto, Fernando Freitas Neves, Kelly Cristina Santos, Roger Lopes Batista, ... Mario León Silva-Vergara
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Transmission of Dolutegravir resistance in treatment-naive individuals with HIV-1: A cohort study
Jorge Francisco da Cunha Pinto, Luiza Brito Gomes, Natalia Dias Melo, Fabiana Barbosa Assumpção de Souza, Debora Viana Freitas, Sara Gonzalez Viega, Erica Ramos dos Santos Nascimento, Lidia Theodoro Boullosa, ... Amilcar Tanuri
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Treatment costs of long-term invasive meningococcal disease sequelae: A literature review and Delphi study in Brazil
Noemia Teixeira de Siqueira Filha, Fanny Cortes, Meline Kron, Maira Galdino da Rocha Pitta, Fernando Zanghelini, Bruna de Veras, Tatiane Almeida Menezes, Ana Medina, ... Thatiana Pinto
Highlights

  • Significant costs varying by sequelae type, care level, and medical procedures.

  • Delphi survey in Brazil: consensus on high resource use for IMD sequelae, especially in first year.

  • Highest costs for amputations with hospitalization, medical care, and therapy.

  • Findings aid in understanding patient & family needs, from healthcare to income loss.

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Experience in Ceftazidime-Avibactam for treatment of MDR BGN infection in Oncologic Children
Wilson Toyohiro Hoshino, Adriana Maria Paixão De Sousa da Silva, Antonio Carlos Pignatari, Ana Cristina Gales, Fabianne Carlesse
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Early prediction of 30-day mortality in patients with surgical wound infections following cardiothoracic surgery: Development and validation of the SWICS-30 score utilizing conventional logistic regression and artificial neural network
Julio Alejandro Cedeno, Tania Mara Varejão Strabelli, Bruno Adler Maccagnan Pinheiro Besen, Rafael de Freitas Souza, Denise Blini Sierra, Leticia Rodrigues Goulart de Souza, Samuel Terra Gallafrio, Cely Saad Abboud, ... Rinaldo Focaccia Siciliano
Highlights

  • Creation an score that can predict early mortality in patients with surgical wound infection after cardio thoracic surgery.

  • Use an artificial intelligence (deep learning with artificial neural network) for validation.

  • 8.3 % of mortality due to infection in patients with surgical wound infection after cardio thoracic surgery.

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Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever: Strategies for diagnosis at initial admission
Ahmet Melih Şahin, Emrullah Ataş, Sinan Çetin
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Dried blood spot as alternative specimen for molecular epidemiology studies among HCV/HIV coinfected patients
Geane Flores, Barbara Vieira Lago, Amanda R Caetano, Jessica Silva, Vanessa Marques, Carlos Eduardo Brandão-Mello, Marcia Amendola-Pires, Jose Pilotto, ... Livia Melo Villar
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Evidence-based clinical standard for the diagnosis and treatment of invasive lung aspergillosis in the patient with oncohematologic disease
Jorge Alberto Cortés, Diego Andrés Rodríguez-Lugo, Martha Carolina Valderrama-Rios, Ricardo Rabagliati, Domenico Capone, Carlos Arturo Álvarez-Moreno, Fabio Varón-Vega, Laura Cristina Nocua-Báez, ... Marcio Nucci
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Evaluating long-term MRSA colonization and household spread: Insights from a community-based study
Taniela Marli Bes, Robson Eduardo Soares, Roberta Ruedas Martins, Lauro Perdigao-Neto, Diego Mongelos, Luisa Moreno, Andrea Moreno, Gerson Salvador de Oliveira, ... Anna Sara Levin
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Brief communications
Expression of CD64 and CD69 as biomarkers for late-onset sepsis diagnosis in infants born prematurely
Alicia Ramírez-Ramírez, Ismael Mancilla-Herrera, Ricardo Figueroa-Damián, Diana Mercedes Soriano-Becerril, Graciela Villeda-Gabriel
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The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases