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Chromobacterium violaceum, a saprophyte bacterium found commonly in soil and water in tropical and subtropical climates, is a rare cause of severe, often fatal, human disease. We report 1 confirmed and 2 suspected cases of C. violaceum septicemia, with 2 fatalities, in siblings after recreational exposure in northeastern Brazil.

Analyze among the public institutions in Brazil, the disciplines focused on the care of patients with special needs in dentistry courses. This is a observational, documentary cross-sectional study od quantitative approach, where the adopted methodology was described by Penha and Bonato.An form was produced and information about the existence of the discipline, nomenclature, number of hours, disciplinary integration, optional or compulsory discipline and whether the discipline was theoretical or practical were collected on the official websites of the courses. In the North and Midwest, 100% of public institutions offer the discipline of special patients. In the Northeast, Southeast and South only 55%, 71% and 50%, respectively, provide this education. When present, some disciplines about special needs patients are offered in the last periods of the undergraduate course, the majority (32%) in the 9th period. Regarding the other characteristics analyzed (nomenclature, number of hours, period offered, optional or compulsory character, theoretical or practical) it was possible to notice a variation by institution. It appears that some institutions do not have the discipline in their curriculum, however, its inclusion is very important for the formation of a professional who acts on a new logic, focused on humanization and comprehensive care.

Objective: To analyze the knowledge and the self-confidence of dental surgeons and Dentistry students from the Paraiba State University (UEPB), regarding to the ethical, legal and pharmacological aspects of an accurate prescription in clinical practice. Methods: The sample (N=56) was valuated through the application of a questionnaire divided into three blocks that included the perception of the discipline of Drug Therapy or Pharmacology, current legislation and rules about prescription and the drug indication itself. Data was analyzed in a descriptive way and the multivariate logistic regression. Results: 89.3% of the research participants said that the duration of discipline of Drug Therapy or Pharmacology was not enough to make them fell self-confident to prescribe; 53.6% of them do not believe the discipline was taught at the right moment over the graduation. Between groups, only 6.6% of the Dentistry students recognized the oral hypoglycemic agents as the only drug that cannot be prescribed by the dentist, while 30% of the dental surgeons said the same (p=0,040), indicating that these ones have 6.9 times more chance to hit the right answer than the first ones (IC 95%: 0.023 – 0.915). A hypothetical situation of an older patient alcoholic consumer and with liver disease in need of painkiller and the fact of paracetamol is contraindicated was suggested: 69.5% of the Dentistry students said that this drug can be prescribed, while only 20% of the dentists said so (p=0.009), denoting that these ones have 9.43 times more chance to hit the right answer than the first ones (IC 95%: 0.020 – 0.573). Conclusions: The dental surgeons had a highest hit percentage than the Dentistry students. It is suggested that is necessary to re-evaluate the teaching of the subject.

Esta é uma revisão integrativa que considerou o período de início de 2015 a início de 2020, realizada em meados de 2020, com o objetivo de revisar as produções acerca do conhecimento de acadêmicos em odontologia frente a situações emergenciais. Elegeu-se as bases de dados PubMed, Medline e Scielo utilizando descritores, de forma isolada ou combinada: emergências médicas, cirurgiões-dentistas e emergências em odontologia. Foram incluídos 11 artigos originais, dos quais nove afirmaram que os graduandos não se sentem confiantes e/ou possuem domínio teórico-prático sobre emergências e apenas dois afirmaram o contrário. Este estudo mostra um número reduzido de produções relacionadas à avaliação do conhecimento dos graduandos em odontologia sobre emergências médicas. Tal fato evidencia o quanto a temática ainda é pouco abordada na formação e prática do cirurgião-dentista.