Objective: The effects of prenatal coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) exposure on the infantile neurological development are unknown. It has been considered that inflammatory, thrombotic, and vascular changes occurred in placentas taken from pregnant women diagnosed with COVID-19 inflammatory nature infection may lead to negative obstetric events. We aimed assess potential infant.
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Phenotyping is commonly used for detection of extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) production in gram-negative isolates. ESBLs are mainly coded for by three important genes, namely bla(TEM), bla(SHV) and bla(CTX-M). In this study we used a multiplex PCR as a rapid method to identify two common genes (bla(CTX-M) & bla(SHV)) responsible for extended spectrum beta lactama...

Objectives: To evaluate the neuropsychomotor development of children treated in an outpatient clinic, using the Denver Developmental Screening Test II (DDST-R). Methods: This was an exploratory descriptive research using a quantitative approach, conducted in the outpatient clinic of the Project Einstein in the Community of Paraisopolis (PECP), São Paulo, Brazil. The sample consisted of 35 child...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to determine the effect febrile convulsion (FC) on neuromotor development. METHODS Data 325 patients, who were followed up at our outpatient clinic and diagnosed with FC between January 2012 December 2018, retrospectively evaluated. Of these 203 underwent Denver Developmental Screening Test II (DDST II) included in as patient group 100 healthy children...

An in vitro method of detecting synergy which is simple to perform, accurate, and reproducible and has the potential for clinical extrapolation is desirable. Time-kill and checkerboard methods are the most widely used techniques to assess synergy but are time-consuming and labor-intensive. The Epsilometer test (E test), a less technically demanding test, has not been well studied for synergy te...

Abstract Infection of the urinary tract ranks as one most common infections affecting people worldwide and its treatment is made complicated by rising incidence antibiotic resistance. This study aimed to detect extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) genes resistance profile uropathogenic Escherichia coli ( E. ) recovered from patients attending a University Teaching hospital in Nigeria. Uropat...

We followed 55 high risk newborns from birth till one year using Trivandrum Development Screening Chart (TDSC) and Denver Development Screening Test (DDST). We also assessed their muscle tone, vision and hearing. Babies were classified into mild, moderate, and severe risk groups using a scoring system. Babies with developmental delay were categorized as having mild, moderate, or severe delay. T...