Simone Gonçalves dos Santos

Dynamic of Biofilm Formation on Surgical Clamps by Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii Strains

Mariana de Jesus Vaz Trindade, Cristina Dutra Vieira, João Fernando G. Ferreira, Jéssica K. Távora de Sousa, João Paulo Amaral Haddad, Luiz de Macêdo Farias, Adriana Cristina de Oliveira & Simone Gonçalves dos Santos · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2017

Background: Understanding biofilm formation and the interaction between bacterial species on surgical instrument surfaces is of great importance. Due to the scarcity of studies on this subject, the present study proposes to investigate this dynamic process. Methods: Staphylococcu...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2017/31167

Microbiota Evaluation and Extracellular Cytokine Profile in Patients Affected with Intraabdominal Infection

João Fernando Gonçalves Ferreira, João Baptista Rezende-Neto, Rogério Augusto Pinto-Silva, Jaqueline Gontijo de Souza, Luiz de Macêdo Farias, Maria Auxiliadora Roque de Carvalho, Helton Santiago, José Carlos Serufo & Simone Gonçalves dos Santos · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2016

Failures in the control of infectious focus may be associated with Intra-abdominal infections (IAI)-driven sepsis. We evaluated the bacterial antimicrobial profile and the cytokine production in patients with IAI in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. To the analyses, Vitek 2 bioMérieux and...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25281