Journal Information
Original articles
Gestational and congenital syphilis in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2021‒2023
Rosa Maria Soares Madeira Domingues, Marcos Augusto Bastos Dias, Ana Paula Esteves Pereira, Paula Mendes Luz, Emilia M. Jalil, Angela Cristina Vasconcelos de Andrade Rabello, Ruth Khalili Friedman, Maria do Carmo Leal
Braz J Infect Dis. 2025;29:104522
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Risk factors for neurosyphilis in HIV patients: A retrospective cohort study
Beatriz Arns, Tarsila Vieceli, Eduardo Gomes, Mariana Horn Scherer, Luisa Nakashima, Maria Luisa Santos, Ronara Blos Hepp, Fernanda Greinert, Maria Helena Rigatto
Braz J Infect Dis. 2025;29:104519
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Contemporary cohort study in adult patients with infective endocarditis
Mariana Giorgi Barroso de Carvalho, Thatyane Veloso de Paula Amaral de Almeida, Nicolas de Albuquerque Pereira Feijóo, Rafael Quaresma Garrido, Giovanna lanini Ferraiuoli Barbosa, Wilma Félix Golebiovski, Bruno Zappa, Clara Weksler, ... Cristiane da Cruz Lamas
Braz J Infect Dis. 2025;29:104521
Highlights
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Infective endocarditis in adults often affected younger individuals.
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Rheumatic valve disease and prosthesis were common predispositions.
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Blood culture negative, oral streptococci and enterococcal endocarditis were frequent.
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Mortality was high.
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COVID-19 hospitalization in vaccinated and non-vaccinated patients: Clinical profile and outcomes
Laura Holtman-Ferreira, Elessandra de Souza Bitencourt, Betina Mendez de Alcantara Gabardo, Susanne Edinger Pereira, Francine Teixeira, Diego da Silva Magatão, Vitor Loureiro Dias, Ricardo Petterle, ... Sonia Mara Raboni
Braz J Infect Dis. 2025;29:104537
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Case reports
Disseminated bartonellosis and EBV reactivation in an adolescent treated with upadacitinib
Vincent Pargny, Emilie Delugre, Raphael Janela, Soumaya Skalli, Abdeljalil Zeggay, Hortense Petat
Braz J Infect Dis. 2025;29:104536
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Bartonella henselae can cause severe infections in immunocompromised patients.
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Bartonella henselae infection should be suspected in cases of fever of unknown origin.
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Upadacitinib (JAK inhibitor) increases the risk of severe bacterial infections, opportunistic infections and viral reactivation.
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Upadacitinib increases the risk of CPK elevation.
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Brief communications
Tuberculosis parenteral therapeutic regimens for critical patients or non-functional intestinal tract: Brief review and proposal of protocol
Antonio Camargo Martins, Márcia Teixeira Garcia, Mariângela Ribeiro Resende
Braz J Infect Dis. 2025;29:104526
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Increased rates of blaNDM in Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a tertiary care hospital in southern Brazil
Patricia Orlandi Barth, Dariane Castro Pereira, Camila Mörschbächer Wilhelm, Kellen Figueira Tragnago, Afonso Luís Barth
Braz J Infect Dis. 2025;29:104523
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Real-world accuracy of SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection compared with qPCR: A cross-sectional study in Toledo - PR, Brazil
Carla Adriane Royer, Regis Goulart Rosa, Maicon Falavigna, Jaqueline Carvalho de Oliveira
Braz J Infect Dis. 2025;29:104520
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