Objectives: to evaluate the sociodemographic, clinical, histopathological, cytopathological and microbiological profile of women with cervical cancer treated at Oncology Center in Pernambuco, located in the city of Caruaru-PE. Methods: a retrospective study was carried out to evaluate the medical records of women with cervical cancer treated for radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy between January 2014 and December 2016. For the analysis of variables, the absolute and relative frequencies were calculated. Results: there was a predominance of cases in the age range between 40 and 59 years (45.37%), non-white race/color (91.75%) and incomplete primary education (44.32%). Squamous carcinoma was present in 85.19% of the cases, with a moderately differentiated histological grade being the most common (53.41%). Most women underwent radiotherapy and associated chemotherapy (72.72%) and had 3 or more pregnancies before diagnosis (73.44%). Cytopathology has more frequently identified high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) cases (45.83%) and cocci and/or bacilli (66.67%) were the most evident microorganisms. Conclusions: the results showed that the perimenopause age, low educational level, multiparity, cytopathologic result of HSIL and histopathological examination evidencing moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma were among the characteristics most related to cervical cancer in the population studied.
Introduction: The emergence and spread of isolated carriers of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) have complicated the treatment of nosocomial infections, since its production is not easily identified by the sensitivity tests, routinely performed in clinical laboratories, leading to difficulties in the hospital control of resistant microorganisms and antibiotics misuse. Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the resistance profile and the frequency of ESBL in Gram-negative bacteria isolated from blood cultures. A hundred bacterial samples from blood cultures of adult patients were analyzed, which were phenotypically identified by biochemical tests of carbohydrates fermentation and submitted to determination of the resistance profile by disc diffusion test and ESBL screening by disc approximation and disc replacement methods. Results: Among the bacterial samples tested, 30 were identified as Gram-negative bacteria, predominantly by Proteus mirabilis, Pantoea agglomerans, and Escherichia coli. Of these, 73.33% were positive for the detection of ESBL by phenotypic tests, and was found mainly in Pantoea agglomerans, Proteus mirabilis, and Enterobacter cloacae. Conclusion: The increase in the occurrence of ESBL in different Enterobacteriaceae shows the importance of the amplification of detection in other species than Escherichia coli or Klebsiella sp., so that the assistance to the patient is not restrained, since these resistant bacteria cannot be detected by the laboratories. Considering the frequency of ESBL in this study, we highlight the importance of its detection, aiming to its contribution to the development of improvements in the health care policies of hospitals.
Objective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of Group A β-hemolytic streptococcus in oropharynx of asymptomatic children who attend a public school and also the sensitivity and resistance profile of these bacteria to antibiotics commonly tested Methods: It was used sterile swabs to collect samples from the orpharynx of asymptomatic children for the accomplishment of microbiological culture. These children should not be using any antibiotic. For the differentiation of samples between others beta hemolytic species, bacitracin and L-Pyrrolidonyl-β-Naphthylamide tests were performed. All Group A β-hemolytic streptococcus samples were submitted to antibiogram test to establish the sensitivity and resistance profile. Results:From the 229 samples analyzed the etiological agent of study was detected in 4.8%. Antibiogram test was made and despite of the high sensitivity observed, there were cases of intermediate and / or total resistance to the antibiotics tested: beta-lactams, microclines and cephalosporin of the 3rd and 4th generation. In addition, only one of the positive cases for the bacterium under study was sensitive to all antibiotics. Conclusion:These results are relevant considering that bacteria belonging to Group A Beta-hemolytic Streptococcus are one of the microorganisms of major clinical interest, mainly when diagnosed in children. Thus, in order to reduce bacterial resistance to antibiotics it is important to use these drugs rationally.
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