Publications

identification and antimicrobial susceptibility of micro-organisms recovered from cutaneous lesions of human american tegumentary leishmaniasis in minas gerais, brazil.	an evaluation of the microbiota present in cutaneous ulcers from 31 patients with a clinical and parasitological diagnosis of american tegumentary leishmaniasis (atl) was carried out by the standard filter paper disc technique, including antimicrobial susceptibility of the bacterial isolates. microbial examination indicated that 21 patients (67.7%) were contaminated with one to four bacteria and some of them also with yeast. a total of 142 micro-organisms were isolated. staphylococcus aureus was ...	2005	16192439
prevalence of dermatomycosis in a brazilian tertiary care hospital.	a total of 233 specimens obtained from suspected cases of dermatomycosis from 189 patients were examined for causative fungi from december 2009 to may 2010 in a tertiary care hospital in the city of belo horizonte, state of minas gerais, southeastern brazil. yeast and fungal isolates obtained from specimens were regarded as conclusive diagnosis of mycoses in 82 cases (35.19 %), with the exception of two patients with pityriasis versicolor (2.4 %), in which the diagnosis was made only by direct e ...	2012	22936103
prevalence and fluconazole susceptibility profile of candida spp. clinical isolates in a brazilian tertiary hospital in minas gerais, brazil.	candidiasis has become an important concern for clinical practice, especially with the increasing incidence of immunocompromised patients. in this scenario, the development resistance to fluconazole presents a challenge for treating these opportunistic infections. the aim of this study was to evaluate some epidemiology features of candida infections in a brazilian university hospital using data, previously unavailable. we observed that 44% of the 93 clinical isolates tested, belonged to candida ...	2015	26312420