Sepsis-Associated Microorganisms in Brazilian Ambulatories (SAMBA)
At a glance
- Project leader : Dr. Fabio Rezzonico, Dr. Theo Smits
- Project team : Dr. Marcelo Pillonetto, Dr. Joël Pothier
- Project status : completed
- Funding partner : Other
- Project partner : Microbiology Lab, School of Medicine – Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná – Curitiba-PR, Central Public Health Laboratory – State of Paraná (LACEN/PR) – São José dos Pinhais-PR
- Contact person : Theo Smits
Description
Fifty-six cases of bloodstream infections caused by contaminated total parenteral nutrition were recorded between November 2013 and July 2014 in four Brazilian states resulting in 15 deaths. One of the bacteria involved, albeit repeatedly causing similar outbreaks, is habitually misidentified in clinical diagnostics and still poorly characterized. The aim of this project is to fill this significant knowledge gap and to design diagnostic tools for routine detection of this pathogen, raising at the same time the awareness of its potential hazards in the medical field.
Publications
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Smits, Theo H. M.; Arend, Lavinia N. V. S.; Cardew, Sofia; Tång-Hallbäck, Erika; Mira, Marcelo T.; Moore, Edward R. B.; Sampaio, Jorge L. M.; Rezzonico, Fabio; Pillonetto, Marcelo,
2022.
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases.
41(4), pp. 547-558.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-022-04413-8
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Madhaiyan, Munusamy; Saravanan, Venkatakrishnan Sivaraj; Blom, Jochen; Smits, Theo; Rezzonico, Fabio; Kim, Soo-Jin; Weon, Hang-Yeon; Kwon, Soon-Wo; Whitman, William B.; Ji, Lianghui,
2020.
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
70(2), pp. 841-848.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003834
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Oh, Woo Taek; Jun, Jin Woo; Giri, Sib Sankar; Yun, Saekil; Kim, Hyoun Joong; Kim, Sang Guen; Kim, Sang Wha; Kang, Jeong Woo; Han, Se Jin; Kwon, Jun; Kim, Ji Hyung; Smits, Theo H.M.; Park, Se Chang,
2019.
Pseudomonas tructae sp. nov., novel species isolated from rainbow trout kidney.
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
69(12), pp. 3851-3856.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003696
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2019.
The importance of genome sequence quality to microbial comparative genomics.
BMC Genomics.
20(662).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-6014-5
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Pillonetto, Marcelo; Arend, Lavinia; Gomes, Suzie M. T.; Oliveira, Marluce A. A.; Timm, Loeci N.; Martins, Andreza F.; Barth, Afonso L.; Mazzetti, Alana; Hersemann, Lena; Smits, Theo H. M.; Mira, Marcelo T.; Rezzonico, Fabio,
2018.
BMC Infectious Diseases.
18(397), pp. 1-11.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3287-2
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Pillonetto, Marcelo; Arend, Lavinia N.; Faoro, Helisson; D'Espindula, Helena R. S.; Blom, Jochen; Smits, Theo H. M.; Mira, Marcelo T.; Rezzonico, Fabio,
2018.
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
68, pp. 176-184.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002477