A5004194540- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Nail Diseases and Treatments
- Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes
- Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
- Fungal Infections and Studies
- Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments
- Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
- Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
- Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine
- Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies
- Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes
- Dermatological diseases and infestations
- Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Healthcare Regulation
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Studies on Chitinases and Chitosanases
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
University of Coimbra
2014-2024
University of Minho
2024
Universidade do Porto
2016-2024
Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering
2022
University of Lisbon
2022
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular
2021
Universidade Salvador
2013
Stoke Mandeville Hospital
2011
Endodontic biofilms eradication from the infected root canal system remains as primary focus in endodontic field. In this study, it was assessed efficacy of antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy (aPDT) with Zn(II)chlorin e6 methyl ester (Zn(II)e6Me) activated by red light against monospecies and mixed Enterococcus faecalis Candida albicans. The results were compared ones obtained Rose Bengal (RB), Toluidine Blue-O (TBO), synthetic tetracationic porphyrin (TMPyP) well classical irrigants (3%...
Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common malignant tumors digestive tract and third leading cause death worldwide. Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) has been associated with approximately 10% total cases gastric carcinomas. No previous study analyzed prevalence EBV infection in Portuguese population. In present study, we have 82 carcinoma 33 healthy individuals (control group) from Coimbra region for presence by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) situ hybridization (ISH) EBV-encoded small RNAs...
The genus Alternaria includes several of fungi that are darkly pigmented by DHN-melanin. These pathogenic to plants but also associated with human respiratory allergic diseases and serious infections in immunocompromised individuals. present work focuses on the alterations composition structure hyphal cell wall alternata occuring under catabolism L-tyrosine L-phenylalanine when cultured minimal salt medium (MM). Under these growing conditions, we observed released a brown pigment into...
Abstract SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs mainly indoors, through virus-laden airborne particles. Although the presence and infectivity of in aerosol are now acknowledged, underlying circumstances for its occurrence still under investigation. The contamination domiciliary environments during isolation SARS-CoV-2-infected patients their respective rooms individual houses a nursing home was investigated by collecting surface air samples these environments. Surface detected different contexts,...
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ABSTRACT The present work reports the effects of caspofungin, a β-1,3-glucan synthase inhibitor, and nikkomycin Z, an inhibitor chitin synthases, on two strains Alternaria infectoria , melanized fungus involved in opportunistic human infections respiratory allergies. One tested, IMF006, bore phenotypic traits that conferred advantages resisting antifungal treatment. First, resting cell wall content was higher response to level remained constant. In other strain, IMF001, increased upon...
Increased sugar intake is implicated in Type-2 diabetes and fatty liver disease; however, the mechanisms through which glucose fructose promote these conditions are unclear. We hypothesize that alterations intestinal metabolite microbiota profiles specific to each monosaccharide involved. Two groups of six adult C57BL/6 mice were fed for 10-weeks with diets (G) or (F) as sole carbohydrates, a third group was normal chow carbohydrate mixture (N). Fecal metabolites profiled by nuclear magnetic...
Objectives Since most of the studies evaluates diabetics on multiple daily injections therapy and continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion may help gain better metabolic control prevent complications, objective this study was to evaluate prevalence dental caries, unstimulated salivary flow rate total bacteria load, Streptococcus spp. levels Lactobacillus in saliva supragingival biofilm type 1 pump. Material Methods Sixty patients with diabetes pump 60 nondiabetic individuals were included....
Onychomycosis is one of the most frequent reasons for visiting podiatrist clinics. Complementary tests and accurate identification infectious agents are key issues a successful treatment onychomycosis. This particularly important when lifestyle, age immunodepressed patients increase prevalence non-dermatophyte fungal infection. In this paper, we describe related to onychomycosis in population patients, mostly with rural lifestyles, podiatry clinic area Spain. A total 51 cases were studied an...
Caffeine affords several beneficial effects on human health, acting as an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory agent, and analgesic. is widely used in cosmetics, but its antimicrobial activity has been scarcely explored, namely against skin infection agents. Dermatophytes are the most common fungal agents of infection, mainly infections. This work describes vitro effect caffeine during keratinocyte by
// Lisa Rodrigues 1,2 , Isabel M. Miranda 3 Geanne Andrade 4 Marta Mota Luísa Cortes 1 Acácio G. Rodrigo A. Cunha and Teresa Gonçalves CNC-Centre for Neuroscience Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal 2 FMUC-Faculty Medicine, Department Microbiology, Cardiovascular Research & Development Unit, CINTESIS-Center Health Technology Services Research, Faculty Porto, Physiology Pharmacology, Federal Ceará, Brazil Correspondence to: Gonçalves, email: Keywords : ageing, infection, gut,...
Heart failure (HF) patients are at constant risk of decompensation, and urgent hospital admissions can be life-threatening events. Monitoring biological variables has been proved to an important mechanism anticipate decompensations. TriageHF is a validated diagnostic algorithm tool available on Medtronic® cardiac implantable electronic devices that combines physiological data stratify patient's HF hospitalization in the following 30 days low, medium or high risk. We aimed evaluate utility...
Dermatophytoses are infectious skin diseases of public health importance because their transmissibility and high prevalence, especially among children. This is the first study aiming to estimate report burden dermatophytoses on school-age children island Santiago in Cape Verde, an African country that archipelago. A total 249 students attending afternoon shift three elementary schools city Achada Igreja were examined. Of these, 60 had suspected lesions dermatophyte infection. However, from...
Increased sugar intake is implicated in Type-2 diabetes and fatty liver disease. Mechanisms by which glucose fructose components promote these conditions are unclear. We hypothesize that alterations intestinal metabolite microbiota profiles specific to each monosaccharide involved. Two groups of six adult C57BL/6 mice were fed for 10-weeks with a diet where either or was the sole carbohydrate component (G F, respectively). A third group normal chow (N). Fecal metabolites profiled every...
Objetivos:Analisar a influencia da pigmentacao zirconia e do condicionamento de superficie na rugosidade, molhabilidade transformacao fase zirconia. Materiais metodos: Foram fabricados cinquenta discos (10 x 0,9mm) estabilizada com itria (Zerion, Straumann). Dez grupos experimentais foram constituidos partir das diferentes combinacoes possiveis entre [1sem pigmento; 2com pigmento cor A3] (controlo); 2jato Al2O3 110 m; 3broca diamante grao grosso; 4acido quente; 5acido hidrofluoridrico). A...
Introducao: Com a excecao do tempo de espera prolongado, pouco se sabe acerca outras possiveis causas para o abandono doentes servico urgencia pediatrico antes da avaliacao medica.Metodos: Estudo caso-controlo retrospeti vo com recurso base dados eletronica que recorreram ao um hospital grupo II durante ano. Foram considerados como casos os apos triagem abandonaram observacao medica e controlos restantes. avaliadas variaveis demograficas, temporais, relacionadas atendimento. Foi efetuada uma...