2 results
08/Feb/2022
08/Feb/2022
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2022AO5510
ABSTRACT Objective To present the frequency and species diversity of non-tuberculous mycobacteria, estimate the prevalence of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease, describe the epidemiological profile, and determine the follow-up of patients with non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease living in a region with a high burden of tuberculosis. Methods This a retrospective cohort observational study using data records obtained from the Instituto Adolfo Lutz – Santos and from the São Paulo Sistema de Vigilância de Tuberculose do Estado de São Paulo in the […]
Keywords: Lung diseases/diagnosis; Lung diseases/epidemiology; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Opportunistic infections
12/Aug/2020
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2020AO6022
ABSTRACT Objective This study describes epidemiological and clinical features of patients with confirmed infection by SARS-CoV-2 diagnosed and treated at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein , which admitted the first patients with this condition in Brazil. Methods In this retrospective, single-center study, we included all laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein , São Paulo, Brazil, from February until March 2020. Demographic, clinical, laboratory and radiological data were analyzed. Results A total of 510 patients with a confirmed diagnosis […]
Keywords: Communicable diseases; Coronavirus infections; Epidemiology; Lung diseases/epidemiology