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Anna S. Levin

Researcher at University of São Paulo

Publications -  247
Citations -  7119

Anna S. Levin is an academic researcher from University of São Paulo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 207 publications receiving 6059 citations. Previous affiliations of Anna S. Levin include Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

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Intravenous Colistin as Therapy for Nosocomial Infections Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii

TL;DR: Colistin may be a good therapeutic option for the treatment of severe infections caused by multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa and A. baumannii.
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Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas

Nuno R. Faria, +78 more
- 15 Jun 2017 - 
TL;DR: The origin and epidemic history of ZIKV in Brazil and the Americas remain poorly understood, despite the value of this information for interpreting observed trends in reported microcephaly and other birth defects as mentioned in this paper.
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Estabelecimento e transmissão crítica do vírus Zika no Brasil e nas Américas/Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas

TL;DR: Analyses of viral genomes with ecological and epidemiological data yield an estimate that ZikV was present in northeast Brazil by February 2014 and is likely to have disseminated from there, nationally and internationally, before the first detection of ZIKV in the Americas.
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Candida colonisation as a source for candidaemia.

TL;DR: It is suggested that gastrointestinal colonisation is the probable source of C. albicans candidaemia and C. parapsilosis, both of which are found in patients with positive blood culture for candida.
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Infections in a burn intensive care unit: experience of seven years.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe infections in a specialized burns intensive care unit from 1993 to 1999, and describe the criteria for admission to the unit are: children with burns involving at least 10% of total body surface; burns affecting face, perineum or feet; suspected or proven airway injury; electric or chemical burns; age less than one year or above 50; or preexisting disease with any extent of burns.