Detection of group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus employing three different detection methods: culture, rapid antigen detecting test, and molecular assay
Pignatari, Shirley Shizue Nagata¹; Pignatari, Antonio Carlos Campos²; Santos, Odimara; Weckx, Luc Louis Maurice
¹Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Divisao de Otorrinolaringologia Pediatrica, Sao Paulo. Brasil; ²Universidade de Sao Paulo, Divisao de Doencas Infecciosas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
[The brazilian journal of infectious diseases, Brasil, 2003 Vol. 7 Núm. 5 Oct, Pág. 297-300]

Effectiveness of the actions of antimicrobial's control in the intensive care unit
Santos, Edilson Floriano dos¹; Silva, Antonio Emanuel³; Pinhati, Henrique M. Sampaio²; Maia, Marcelo de O^2
1Universidade Catolica de Brasilia, Brasilia, Distrito Federal. Brasil; ²Hospital Santa Luzia, Servico de Controle de Infeccao Hospitalar, Brasilia, Distrito Federal. Brasil; ³Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Distrito Federal. Brasil
[The brazilian journal of infectious diseases, Brasil, 2003 Vol. 7 Núm. 5 Oct, Pág. 290-296]

Functional assesment of patients with AIDS disease
Zonta, Marise Bueno¹; Almeida, Sergio Monteiro de; Carvalho, Mirian T.M. de; Werneck, Lineu Cesar
¹Universidade Federal do Parana, Hospital das Clinicas, Curitiba, Parana. Brasil
[The brazilian journal of infectious diseases, Brasil, 2003 Vol. 7 Núm. 5 Oct, Pág. 301-306]

Measles in children with HIV infection: report of five cases
Carvalho, Vania Oliveira de¹; Marinone, Leide Parolin¹; Martins, Luzilma Flenick²; Taniguchi, Kerstin¹; Cruz, Cristina Rodrigues da²; Bertogna, Jeanine¹; Fillus-Neto, Jose^3
1Universidade Federal do Parana, Divisao Pediatrica de Dermatologia, Curitiba, Parana. Brasil; ²Universidade Federal do Parana, Divisao Pediatrica de Infectologia, Curitiba, Parana. Brasil; ³Universidade Federal do Parana, Hospital Clinico, Curitiba, Parana. Brasil
[The brazilian journal of infectious diseases, Brasil, 2003 Vol. 7 Núm. 5 Oct, Pág. 346-352]

Progress towards meningitis prevention in the conjugate vaccines era
Laval, Cristina Aparecida Borges¹; Pimenta, Fabiana Cristina²; Andrade, Joao Guimaraes de²; Andrade, Soraya S³; Andrade, Ana Lucia S.S. de^2
1Secretaria de Saude, Goiania, Goias. Brasil; ²Universidade Federal de Goias, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saude Publica, Goiania, Goias. Brasil; ³Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Divisao de Doencas Infecciosas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
[The brazilian journal of infectious diseases, Brasil, 2003 Vol. 7 Núm. 5 Oct, Pág. 315-324]

Role of the Parasight-F test in the diagnosis of complicated Plasmodium falciparum malarial infection
Sandeep, Arora¹; Manorama, Gaiha; Anju, Arora^2
1Maulana Azad Medical College, Nueva Delhi, Delhi. India; ²Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, Nueva Delhi, Delhi. India
[The brazilian journal of infectious diseases, Brasil, 2003 Vol. 7 Núm. 5 Oct, Pág. 332-338]

Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with Helicobacter pylori infection in blood donors in Salvador, Northeast-Brazil
Lyra, Andre C¹; Santana, Genoile¹; Santana, Nelma³; Silvany-Neto, Anibal²; Magalhaes, Emilia¹; Pereira, Eduardo M⁴; Mascarenhas, Ramiro¹; Lyra, Marcos C¹; Veiga, Andrea¹; Ferreira, Karina¹; Zaterka, Schilioma⁵; Lyra, Luiz G^1
1Hospital Sao Salvador, Servico de Gastro-Hepatologia, Salvador, Bahia. Brasil; ²Universidade Federal da Bahia, Departamento de Epidemiologia, Salvador, Bahia. Brasil; ³Hemocentro da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia. Brasil; ⁴Laboratorio Central, Salvador, Bahia. Brasil; ⁵Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
[The brazilian journal of infectious diseases, Brasil, 2003 Vol. 7 Núm. 5 Oct, Pág. 339-345]

Therapy with interferon-alpha plus ribavirin for membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis induced by hepatitis C virus
Lopes, Edmundo P.A¹; Valente, Lucila M²; Silva, A. Eduardo B¹; Kirsztajn, Gianna Mastroianni²; Cruz, Cibele N¹; Ferraz, Maria Lucia G^1
1Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Divisao de Gastroenterologia, Sao Paulo. Brasil; ²Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Divisao de Nefrologia, Sao Paulo. Brasil
[The brazilian journal of infectious diseases, Brasil, 2003 Vol. 7 Núm. 5 Oct, Pág. 353-357]

A case study of disseminated histoplasmosis linked to common variable immunodeficiency
Rachid, Acir¹; Rezende, Lucila Stange; Moura, Suzelle Freitas de; Loffy, Paulo C; Magalhães, Francisco Luiz Gomide M
¹Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, Parana. Brasil
[The brazilian journal of infectious diseases, Brasil, 2003 Vol. 7 Núm. 4 Ago, Pág. 268-272]

An outbreak of conjunctivitis caused by multiresistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a Brazilian Newborn Intensive Care Unit
Gontijo-Filho, Paulo Pinto¹; Brito, D.V.D; Oliveira, E.J; Matos, C; Abdallah, V.O.S
¹Universidade de Sao Paulo, Hospital das Clinicas, Uberlandia, Minas Gerais. Brasil
[The brazilian journal of infectious diseases, Brasil, 2003 Vol. 7 Núm. 4 Ago, Pág. 234-235]

Atypical presentation of syphilis in an HTLV-I infected patient
Carnauba-Junior, Dimas¹; Bittencourt, Achilea¹; Brites, Carlos^2
1Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo. Brasil; ²Universidade Federal da Bahia, Fundacao de Doencas Infecciosas, Salvador, Bahia. Brasil
[The brazilian journal of infectious diseases, Brasil, 2003 Vol. 7 Núm. 4 Ago, Pág. 273-277]

C-reactive protein in the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia
Requejo, Henry I.Z¹; Cocoza, Ana Maria
¹Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Sao Paulo. Brasil
[The brazilian journal of infectious diseases, Brasil, 2003 Vol. 7 Núm. 4 Ago, Pág. 241-244]

First isolation of enterovirus 71 (EV-71) from Northern Brazil
Gomes, Maria de Lourdes C¹; Lamarao, Leticia Martins²; Maciel, Ana Maria T.R
¹Instituto Evandro Chagas, Centro de Epidemiologia do Estado do Para, Belem, Para. Brasil; ²Fundacao Nacional de Saude, Belem, Para. Brasil
[The brazilian journal of infectious diseases, Brasil, 2003 Vol. 7 Núm. 4 Ago, Pág. 278-281]

Frequency of polymorphisms of genes coding for HIV-1 co-receptors CCR5 and CCR2 in a Brazilian population
Munerato, Patricia¹; Azevedo, Maria Lucia; Sucupira, Maria Cecilia Araripe; Pardini, Regina; Pinto, Gedson Humberto Novaes; Catroxo, Marcia; Souza, Inara Espinelli; Diaz, Ricardo Sobhie
¹Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Laboratorio de Retrovirologia, Sao Paulo. Brasil
[The brazilian journal of infectious diseases, Brasil, 2003 Vol. 7 Núm. 4 Ago, Pág. 236-240]

Seroprevalence of HbsAg, anti-HBc and anti-HCV in Southern Brazil, 1999-2001
Treitinger, Aricio¹; Rosini, Nilton; Mousse, Donaida; Spada, Celso
¹Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Analises Clinicas, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina. Brasil
[The brazilian journal of infectious diseases, Brasil, 2003 Vol. 7 Núm. 4 Ago, Pág. 262-267]

Use of rhu-GM-CSF in pulmonary tuberculosis patients: results of a randomized clinical trial
Pedral-Sampaio, Diana Brasil¹; Netto, Eduardo Martins²; Brites, Carlos; Bandeira, Antonio Carlos; Guerra, Conceicao; Barberin, Maria Goreth; Badaro, Roberto
¹Universidade Federal da Bahia, Hospital Universitario Prof. Edgard Santos, Salvador, Bahia. Brasil; ²Universidade Federal da Bahia, Fundacao de Doencas Infecciosas da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia. Brasil
[The brazilian journal of infectious diseases, Brasil, 2003 Vol. 7 Núm. 4 Ago, Pág. 245-252]

Viral hepatitis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus
Pavan, Maria Helena P¹; Aoki, Francisco Hideo²; Monteiro, Dinaida Teresa³; Goncales, Neiva Sellan Lopes; Escanhoela, Cecilia Amelia Fazzio; Goncales-Junior, Fernando Lopes
¹Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Hospital das Clinicas, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil; ²Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Medicina, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil; ³Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Centro de Hematologia e Hemoterapia, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
[The brazilian journal of infectious diseases, Brasil, 2003 Vol. 7 Núm. 4 Ago, Pág. 253-261]

Characteristics of HIV antiretroviral regimen and treatment adherence
Silveira, Vera Lucia da¹; Drachler, Maria de Lourdes; Leite, Jose Carlos de Carvalho; Pinheiro, Cezar Arthur Tavares
¹Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Faculdade de Medicina, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
[The brazilian journal of infectious diseases, Brasil, 2003 Vol. 7 Núm. 3 Jun, Pág. 194-201]

Clinical failure of vancomycin treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infection in a tertiary care hospital in southern Brazil
Lutz, Larissa¹; Machado, Adao; Kuplich, Nadia; Barth, Afonso Luis^1
1Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Unidade de Pesquisa Biomedica, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
[The brazilian journal of infectious diseases, Brasil, 2003 Vol. 7 Núm. 3 Jun, Pág. 224-228]

Comparing hospital infections in the elderly versus younger adults: an experience in a Brazilian University Hospital
Ribas, Rosineide M¹; Gontijo-Filho, Paulo Pinto
¹Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, Area de Imunologia, Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Uberlandia, Minas Gerais. Brasil
[The brazilian journal of infectious diseases, Brasil, 2003 Vol. 7 Núm. 3 Jun, Pág. 210-215]