Apocynaceae de Vitória da Conquista, Bahia

Isolation, pathogenicity and disinfection of Staphylococcus aureus carried by insects in two public hospitals of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil.

Currently, hospital infection is a serious public health problem, and several factors may influence the occurrence of these infections, including the presence of insects, which are carriers of multidrug-resistant bacterial species. The aim of this study was to isolate staphylococci carried by insects in two public hospitals of Vitoria da Conquista, Bahia and to identify the resistance profile, ...

[Prevalence of moderate and excessive alcohol consumption and associated factors among residents of Quilombo Communities (hinterland settlements founded by people of African origin) of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil].

The scope of the study was to assess moderate and excessive alcohol consumption and associated factors among residents of Quilombola Communities in Vitória da Conquista in the State of Bahia. It involved a cross-sectional study among 750 individuals aged ≥ 18 years interviewed in 2011 using an adapted version of the National Survey of Health Questionnaire. Alcohol consumption was classified int...

[Juliano Moreira and the Gazeta Medica da Bahia].

Recent studies of Juliano Moreira have emphasized his work in Rio de Janeiro (1903-1933), but the main objective of this article is to describe his contribution to the Gazeta Medica da Bahia in the period before that (1893-1903). It describes the evolution of this magazine, which served as a vehicle for original research of the Bahian Tropicalist School. It presents Moreira's output in the Gaze...

An interview with Matheus Melo Pithon

During one of my trips to the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), as a PhD resident, Dr. Antônio Carlos Ruellas greeted me with his usual kindness and told me: “Let’s go to the lab. I would like to introduce you to two new orthodontic residents who graduated from a Dental School at your home state. They are excellent and they write really good papers.” One of them was Dr. Matheus M. ...

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