Browsing Health Sciences by Author "Turra, Eduardo Eggers"
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Association between accessory gene regulator polymorphism and mortality among critically III patients receiving vancomycin for nosocomial MRSA bacteremia : a cohort study
Cechinel, Angélica Bauer; Machado, Denise Pires; Turra, Eduardo Eggers; Pereira, Dariane Castro; Santos, Rodrigo Pires dos; Rosa, Regis Goulart; Goldani, Luciano Zubaran (2016) [Journal article]Background. Polymorphism of the accessory gene regulator group II (agr) in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is predictive of vancomycin failure therapy. Nevertheless, the impact of group II agr expression ... -
Diagnostic accuracy of multiorgan point-of-care ultrasound compared with pulmonary computed tomographic angiogram in critically ill patients with suspected pulmonary embolism
Girardi, Adriana Muradás; Turra, Eduardo Eggers; Loreto, Melina Silva de; Albuquerque, Régis Bueno; Garcia, Tiago Severo; Rech, Tatiana Helena; Gazzana, Marcelo Basso (2022) [Journal article]Background: Critically ill patients have a higher incidence of pulmonary embolism (PE) than non-critically ill patients, yet no diagnostic algorithm has been validated in this population, leading to the overuse of pulmonary ... -
Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium bacteremia in a tertiary care hospital : epidemiology, antimicrobial susceptibility, and outcome
Rosa, Regis Goulart; Schwarzbold, Alexandre Vargas; Santos, Rodrigo Pires dos; Turra, Eduardo Eggers; Machado, Denise Pires; Goldani, Luciano Zubaran (2014) [Journal article]Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) has emerged as a relevant multidrug-resistant pathogen and potentially lethal etiology of health care associated infections worldwide. The objective of this retrospective ...