In The New Editions

The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases brings 38 papers about new and relevant aspects of infectious diseases in February and April numbers of 2008:

February Issue: Original Papers

• Risk Factors for Nosocomial Infection in a Brazilian Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

• Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infections among Brazilian Haemophiliacs at Hospital Brigadeiro – São Paulo – Brazil

• Anatomopathological Study in Balb/C Mice Brains Experimentally Infected with Toxoplasma gondii

• Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Isolated from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis and from Patients with Extra-Pulmonary Infections

• Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in an Adult Clinical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit of a Brazilian University Hospital: Incidence, Risk Factors, Etiology and Antibiotic Resistance

• Hepatitis C as a Risk Factor for Diabetes Type 2: Lack of Evidence in a Hospital of Central Brazil

• Influence of Ertapenem Administration on the Incidence of Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

• Aspartate Aminotransferase to Platelet Ratio Index for Fibrosis and Cirrhosis Prediction in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients

• Placental Transfer of Haemophilus influenzae Type B Antibodies in Malnourished Pregnant Women

• Characterization from Chronic Hepatitis B AgHBE Negative in Western Brazilian Amazon

• Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis: Case Reports Study in a Central State of Brazil

• Activity of Nalidixic Acid and Fluoroquinolones against Urinary Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Curitiba, Brazil

• Incidence and Risk Factors for Diarrhea in Children Living in Urban Slums in Salvador, Brazil

• Rotavirus Infection in Children and Adult Patients Attending a Tertiary Hospital of São Paulo

• Antifungal Activity of the Lemongrass Oil and Citral against Albicans and Non-Albicans Candida sp.

• Experimental Infections with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Obtained from Armadillos: Comparison to Clinical Isolates

• Occurrence of Auditory Disorders and Evolution of Sound Localization Ability in Children Born from HIV Positive Mother

• Intravenous Azithromycin Plus Ceftriaxone Followed by Oral Azithromycin for the Treatment of Inpatients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

• Prognostic Markers of Symptomatic Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection

• Epidemiologic Aspects of the Infection by Brucella abortus in Occupational Groups at Risk in the Micro-Region from Araguaina, Tocantins, Brazil

• Oral Miltefosine Treatment in Children with Visceral Leishmaniasis: A Review

• Guillain-Barrè Syndrome and Leptospirosis: A Case Report

• Comparative Study of Methods of Etiological Diagnosis of Nosocomial Pneumonia

• Indinavir-Associated Toxicity Mimicking Urinary Tuberculosis in a Patient with AIDS

• Ventriculitis: A Rare Case of Primary Cerebral Toxoplasmosis in AIDS Patient and Review of Literature

• Paragonimiasis in Brazil

Table of Contents: February Issue 2008>>

April Issue: Original Papers

• Enteroparasitosis in HIV/AIDS Patients During Pre and Pos Antiretroviral Powerful Therapy

• Measurement of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Producing IFN-Gamma in Patients with Tuberculosis

• Evaluation of Annexin-V and Calcein-AM as Markers of Mononuclear Cell Apoptosis During Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

• Thyroid Dysfunction in Hepatitis C Individuals Treated with Interferon-Alpha And Ribavirin – Review

• Congenital Toxoplasmosis: Public Health Policy Concerns

• Profile of Antibodies Anti-Tp47 in Patients with Positive Serology for Syphilis Analyzed by Western Blot

• Penile Myiasis with a Differential Diagnosis of Genital Ulcer: A Case Report

• Characterization of Rickettsia rickettsii in a Case of Fatal Brazilian Spotted Fever in the City of Rio de Janeiro

• Lupus Vulgaris in a Pediatric Patient: A Clinicohistopathological Diagnosis

• Cat Scratch Disease Complicated with Aseptic Meningitis and Neuroretinitis

• Development of a Clinical Scoring System for the Diagnosis of Smear Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis

• Monocular Blindness in a Non Ketotic Patient

Table of Contents: April Issue 2008>>