Low levels of parvovirus B19 (B19V) DNA can be detected in the circulation and in different tissue of immunocompetent individuals for months or years, which has been linked to inflammatory diseases such as cardiomyopathy, rheumatoid arthritis, hepatitis, and vasculitis. However, the detection of B19V DNA does not necessarily imply that infectious virions are present. This study aimed to evaluate the method based on the Benzonase® treatment for differentiation between the infectious virions from “naked” DNA in serum and bone marrow (BM) samples to be useful for the B19V routine diagnosis. In addition, we estimated the period of viremia and DNAemia in the sera and bone marrow of nonhuman primates experimentally infected with B19V. Serum samples from ten patients and from four cynomolgus monkeys experimentally infected with B19V followed up for 60 days were used. Most of the human serum samples became negative after pretreatment; however, only decreased viral DNA loads were observed in four patients, indicating that these samples still contained the infectious virus. Reduced B19V DNA levels were observed in animals since 7th dpi. At approximately 45th dpi, B19V DNA levels were below 105 IU/mL after Benzonase® pretreatment, which was not a consequence of active B19V replication. The test based on Benzonase® pretreatment enabled the discrimination of “naked DNA” from B19V DNA encapsidated in virions. Therefore, this test can be used to clarify the role of B19V as an etiological agent associated with atypical clinical manifestations.
Objetivo: Investigar a produção de carbapenemase entre amostras de Enterobacterales obtidas a partir de culturas de vigilância, de pacientes internados em um hospital universitário no Rio de Janeiro, bem como a distribuição das espécies bacterianas e seus perfis de sensibilidade. Métodos: Os swabs retais foram coletados na admissão dos pacientes e, após, semanalmente, nas unidades: Coronariana, Diálise, Emergência, Hematológica, Pediatria, e de Terapia Intensiva. As amostras obtidas foram submetidas a métodos fenotípicos para detecção de produção de carbapenemases. A identificação bacteriana foi realizada por meio de espectrometria de massas. O perfil de sensibilidade aos antimicrobianos foi determinado por disco-difusão e a detecção dos determinantes genéticos foi realizada por meio da Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase. Resultados: A produção de carbapenemases foi observada em 34,9% dos isolados. As espécies mais frequentes foram Klebsiella pneumoniae (68,4%) e Escherichia coli (15,8%). Uma elevada taxa de multirresistência (89,5%) foi observada entre as Enterobacterales produtoras de carbapenemases (EPC). Verificou-se que 81,6% das amostras apresentavam o gene blaKPC e 15,8%, o blaNDM. Duas amostras foram concomitantemente positivas para os genes blaKPC/blaNDM. Conclusão: Foi observada uma elevada taxa de colonização por EPC multirresistentes, com predominância de K. pneumoniae carreando blaKPC.
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