• A combined enrichment/polymerase chain reaction based method for the routine screening of streptococcus agalactiae in pregnant women 

      Munari, Fernanda Mosena; Paris, Fernanda de; Salton, Gabrielle Dias; Lora, Priscila Schmidt; Grazziotin, Patricia Giovanella; Machado, Alice Beatriz Mombach Pinheiro; Laybauer, Letícia Saldanha; Oliveira, Kátia Ruschel Pilger de; Ferri, Cleusa; Silveira, João Lúcio dos Santos; Laurino, Claudia Cilene Fernandes Correia; Xavier, Ricardo Machado; Barth, Afonso Luis; Echeverrigaray, Sergio; Laurino, Jomar Pereira (2012) [Artículo de periódico]
      Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the most common cause of life-threatening infection in neonates. Guidelines from CDC recommend universal screening of pregnant women for rectovaginal GBS colonization. The objective of this ...
    • Nosocomial and community infections due to class A extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBLA)-producing escherichia coli and klebsiella spp. in southern Brazil 

      Wollheim, Claudia; Guerra, Ivani M.F.; Conte, Vania D.; Hoffman, Scheila P.; Schreiner, Fernando J.; Delamare, Ana Paula Longaray; Barth, Afonso Luis; Echeverrigaray, Sergio; Costa, Sergio Olavo Pinto da (2011) [Artículo de periódico]
      Objectives: To determine the prevalence of class A extended spectrum b-lactamases (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp., and to investigate clonality among ESBL-producing isolates of nosocomial and community ...