Resistance to methicillin and other antimicrobials among community-acquired and nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus strains in a pediatric teaching hospital in Salvador, Northeast BrazilCristiana M Nascimento-Carvalho
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia UFBA, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Microb Drug Resist 14:129-31. 2008
..9% vs. 4.9%, p<0.001). Resistance to other antimicrobials was more common among NI-MRSA compared with CA-MRSA. Although at a low rate, CA-MRSA has occurred among children, in this region...
Characteristics of radiographically diagnosed pneumonia in under-5 children in Salvador, BrazilN K Key
Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Salvador, Brazil
Indian Pediatr 48:873-7. 2011
..To assess the association of demographic and clinical aspects with radiographically diagnosed pneumonia...
- Effects of socioeconomic status on presentation with acute lower respiratory tract disease in children in Salvador, Northeast Brazil
Cristiana M Nascimento-Carvalho
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Professor Hosannah de Oliveira Pediatric Center, Federal University of Bahia, Rua Prof Aristides Novis, No 105 1201B, Salvador, Bahia CEP 40210 730, Brazil
Pediatr Pulmonol 33:244-8. 2002
..0001). Children of lower socioeconomic status have more serious lower respiratory tract disease, whereas children with pneumonia of middle to high socioeconomic status have more allergic diseases (rhinitis, asthma) and wheezing...
- Neutrophils and red blood cells in the cerebrospinal fluid of newborns
Otávio A Moreno-Carvalho
Cerebrospinal Fluid Laboratory, José Silveira Foundation, Salvador, Brazil
Acta Paediatr 97:816-8. 2008
- The role of respiratory viral infections among children hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia in a developing country
Cristiana M Nascimento-Carvalho
Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Salvador, Brazil
Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:939-41. 2008
..Rhinovirus (21%) and Streptococcus pneumoniae (21%) were the most common pathogens. Our results demonstrate the importance of viral and pneumococcal infections among those patients...
- Pneumococcal conjugate vaccination and otitis media: differences among high-risk and low-risk populations
Cristiana Maria Nascimento Carvalho
Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Rua Prof Aristides Novis, 105 1201B, Salvador CEP 40210 40630, Brazil
Expert Rev Vaccines 8:695-8. 2009
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- Pharmacotherapy of childhood pneumonia
Cristiana M Nascimento-Carvalho
Federal University of Bahia, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Rua Prof Aristides Novis, 105 1201B, Salvador, CEP 40210 630, Brazil
Expert Opin Pharmacother 11:225-31. 2010
..Although viral infections have been frequently recognized, death has been attributable to bacterial infections (especially due to Streptococcus pneumoniae)...
- Procalcitonin is useful in identifying bacteraemia among children with pneumonia
Cristiana M Nascimento-Carvalho
Paediatrics Department, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Salvador
Scand J Infect Dis 42:644-9. 2010
..PCT may be useful in identifying bacteraemia among children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. IFN-alpha was uncommonly detected...
- Seasonal patterns of viral and bacterial infections among children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia in a tropical region
Cristiana M Nascimento-Carvalho
Paediatrics Department, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Salvador, Brazil
Scand J Infect Dis 42:839-44. 2010
..005) and that of RSV infection was highest in the fall (36.4%; p < 0.001). Correlations at regular strength were found between several microbes and meteorological indicators. Parainfluenza and RSV presented marked seasonal patterns...
- Sole infection by human metapneumovirus among children with radiographically diagnosed community-acquired pneumonia in a tropical region
Cristiana M Nascimento-Carvalho
Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
Influenza Other Respi Viruses 5:285-7. 2011
..Limited information is available on the role of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) as the unique pathogen among children hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in a tropical region...
- Human bocavirus infection diagnosed serologically among children admitted to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia in a tropical region
Cristiana M Nascimento-Carvalho
Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Salvador, Brazil
J Med Virol 84:253-8. 2012
..HBoV infection was diagnosed accurately in children aged 5-36 months with community-acquired pneumonia confirmed radiographically. PCR of nasopharyngeal aspirates is not a reliable marker of acute HBoV infection...
- Outpatient antibiotic therapy as a predisposing factor for bacterial resistance: a rational approach to airway infections
Cristiana M Nascimento-Carvalho
Departamento de Pediatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia UFBA, Salvador, BA, Brazil
J Pediatr (Rio J) 82:S146-52. 2006
..To present evidence-based recommendations for the use of antibiotics for the treatment of the most common acute respiratory infections (ARI) and the available information on the importance of this type of management...
- Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination: long-term protection
Cristiana M Nascimento-Carvalho
Departamento de Pediatria, Faculdade de Medicina da Bahia, Universidade Federal da Bahia UFBA, Salvador, BA, Brazil
J Pediatr (Rio J) 82:S109-14. 2006
..To identify evidence of the impact of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine on the epidemiology of invasive Hib disease...
- Clinical and cerebrospinal fluid findings in patients less than 20 years old with a presumptive diagnosis of neuroschistosomiasis
Cristiana M Nascimento-Carvalho
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
J Trop Pediatr 50:98-100. 2004
..0 per cent, p = 0.00003) were observed. We conclude that in areas of the world where infection by S. mansoni is common, neuroschistosomiasis should be an important diagnostic consideration in children with neurological signs and symptoms...
- Etiology of bacterial meningitis among children aged 2-59 months in Salvador, Northeast Brazil, before and after routine use of Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine
Cristiana M Nascimento-Carvalho
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salavador, Brazil
Arq Neuropsiquiatr 62:250-2. 2004
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- Clinical and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) profile and CSF criteria for the diagnosis of spinal cord schistosomiasis
Otávio Augusto Moreno-Carvalho
CSF Lab, José Silveira Foundation, Salvador, BA, Brazil
Arq Neuropsiquiatr 61:353-8. 2003
..To describe the clinical and CSF findings among patients with presumptive neuroschistosomiasis (NS) and to suggest a classification for the CSF diagnosis of presumptive NS...
- [Invasive pneumococcal strains isolated from children and adolescents in Salvador]
Cristiana N Nascimento-Carvalho
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, 40210 630, Brazil
J Pediatr (Rio J) 79:209-14. 2003
..To describe the antimicrobial resistance and serotype distribution of pneumococcal strains...
- Neuroschistosomiasis due to Schistosoma mansoni: a review of pathogenesis, clinical syndromes and diagnostic approaches
Cristiana M Nascimento-Carvalho
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 47:179-84. 2005
..The localized lesions are identified by signs and symptoms, and confirmed by imaging techniques (contrast myelography, CT and MRI). Algorithms are presented to allow a stepwise approach to diagnosis...
- Changing the diagnostic framework of meningococcal disease
Cristiana M Nascimento-Carvalho
Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Lancet 367:371-2. 2006
- Childhood pneumonia: clinical aspects associated with hospitalization or death
Cristiana M C Nascimento-Carvalho
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Professor Hosannah de Oliveira Pediatric Center, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
Braz J Infect Dis 6:22-8. 2002
..To determine which available information at an Emergency Room (ER) consultation is associated with hospitalization or death among children with pneumonia...
- Evaluation of the degree of tachypnea for hospitalizing children with pneumonia
C M Nascimento-Carvalho
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Professor Hosannah de Oliveira Pediatric Center, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Indian Pediatr 41:175-9. 2004
..9%, 58.9% and 42.7%. In hospitalized children, cutoff respiratory rate > or =57, > or =48, and > or =36 were found to identify sever pneumonia requiring hospitalization in the age groups 2-11 mo, 12-59 mo and > or =5 yr, respectively...
- Respiratory viral infections among children with community-acquired pneumonia and pleural effusion
Cristiana M Nascimento-Carvalho
From the Paediatrics Department, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Salvador
Scand J Infect Dis 45:478-83. 2013
..Probable viral non-bacterial infection was identified in a third of the cases with CAP and PE. It is advisable to investigate viral as well as bacterial infections among children with CAP and PE...
- [Recommendation of the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics for antibiotic therapy in children and adolescents with community-acquired pneumonia]
Cristiana M Nascimento-Carvalho
Universidade Federal da Bahia UFBA, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Pediatria, Salvador BA
Rev Panam Salud Publica 15:380-7. 2004
..To standardize the use of antibiotics to treat community-acquired pneumonia in children and adolescents in Brazil...
- Prevalence and risk factors for nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae among adolescents
Déa M Cardozo
Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Avenida Reitor Miguel Calmon, S N, CEP 40110 100, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
J Med Microbiol 57:185-9. 2008
..52, P=0.003). These findings provide tools for increasing the use of prevention strategies for pneumococcal diseases, such as pneumococcal vaccination among asthmatic patients and public health measures to stop smoking...
- Risk factors for nosocomial rotavirus infection in a paediatric hospital: the potential role for rotavirus vaccine use
Licia L L Moreira
Infection Control Service of the Professor Hosannah de Oliveira Paediatric Centre, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
Vaccine 27:416-20. 2009
..001). The temporal distribution of community-acquired and NI rotavirus showed similar trends. The universal use of rotavirus vaccine is a potential tool to control NI among children...
- Wheezing in infants: frequency, clinical characteristics and treatment
Maiara Lanna Bouzas
Universidade Federal da Bahia UFBA, Salvador, BA, Brazil
J Pediatr (Rio J) 88:361-5. 2012
..To estimate the frequency and describe the clinical characteristics and respective treatments of previous history of wheezing...
- Adding fever to WHO criteria for diagnosing pneumonia enhances the ability to identify pneumonia cases among wheezing children
Maria Regina A Cardoso
Department of Epidemiology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Arch Dis Child 96:58-61. 2011
..To examine the ability of the criteria proposed by the WHO to identify pneumonia among cases presenting with wheezing and the extent to which adding fever to the criteria alters their performance...
- Clinical failure among children with nonsevere community-acquired pneumonia treated with amoxicillin
Maria Socorro H Fontoura
Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Rua Prof Aristides Novis, 105 1201B, Salvador, CEP 40210 630, Brazil
Expert Opin Pharmacother 11:1451-8. 2010
..To estimate the clinical failure and adverse events in children with nonsevere pneumonia receiving amoxicillin, identifying risk factors...
- Antimicrobial resistance and serotypes of nasopharyngeal strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Brazilian adolescents
Déa Mascarenhas Cardozo
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia UFBA, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil CEP 40 210 630
Microb Drug Resist 12:29-32. 2006
..Serotype patterns are similar, except for type 14, which was unusually infrequent...
- Frequency of lymphocytic meningitis associated with mumps before and after a mass campaign for mumps vaccination in children from Salvador, Northeast Brazil
Cristiana M Nascimento-Carvalho
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil
Arq Neuropsiquiatr 61:728-30. 2003
..To describe the frequency of lymphocytic meningitis(LM) concomitant with mumps, before and after the mumps mass immunization campaign in 1997...
- Clinical prediction rules and pediatric infectious diseases
Fernando Ferrero
Hospital de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pediatr Infect Dis J 31:628-9. 2012
..It is important to take into account that even a less-than-perfect CPR may be more sensitive than the physician's clinical judgment alone...
Outcome of children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia treated with aqueous penicillin GRaquel Simbalista
School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
Clinics (Sao Paulo) 66:95-100. 2011
..To describe the evolution and outcome of children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia receiving penicillin...
- Extensive spondylodiscitis with epidural abscess causing fever and lower limbs pain in a child with sickle cell disease
André Henrique Lott-Duarte
Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 30:70-2. 2008
..She was fully recovered. The treatment was conservative because there was no neurologic deficit. We add to the literature 1 case of spondylodiscitis with epidural abscess that was successfully treated with antibiotics alone...
- Severity of childhood community-acquired pneumonia and chest radiographic findings
Ng Kin Key
Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Pediatr Pulmonol 44:249-52. 2009
..No association was found by using the BTS criteria. The admission chest radiography was useful to predict severity of children aged > or =1 year hospitalized with CAP...
- Markers to be added to the case management of childhood pneumonia in developing countries
Cristiana Maria Nascimento-Carvalho
Pediatr Infect Dis J 26:969; author reply 969-70. 2007
