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List of works by Anna S Levin

A Model-Based Strategy to Control the Spread of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae: Simulate and Implement

scientific article

A nosocomial outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis associated with lyophilized enteral nutrition

scientific article published in October 2004

Acanthamoeba spp. in urine of critically ill patients

scientific article published on July 2009

Acinetobacter spp. are associated with a higher mortality in intensive care patients with bacteremia: a survival analysis.

scientific article

Ampicillin/sulbactam compared with polymyxins for the treatment of infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp.

scientific article published on 25 March 2008

An outbreak of invasive fusariosis in a children's cancer hospital

scientific article published on 12 October 2014

An outbreak of multiresistant Acinetobacter baumanii in a university hospital in São Paulo, Brazil

scientific article published on 01 June 1996

An outbreak of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease in a renal transplant unit in São Paulo, Brazil. Legionellosis Study Team

scientific article published in July 1991

An outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation outpatients: good outcome without specific antiviral treatment.

scientific article published on 11 July 2012

Antifungal drug susceptibility profile of Pichia anomala isolates from patients presenting with nosocomial fungemia.

scientific article published on 29 January 2007

Antimicrobial Combinations against Pan-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates with Different Resistance Mechanisms

scientific article

Bloodstream infection caused by extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in cancer patients: high mortality associated with delayed treatment rather than with the degree of neutropenia

scientific article published on 19 December 2015

Candida colonisation as a source for candidaemia

scientific article published on 21 March 2009

Candida haemulonii Complex Species, Brazil, January 2010-March 2015.

scientific article published on March 2016

Candida parapsilosis Fungemia Associated with Implantable and Semi-Implantable Central Venous Catheters and the Hands of Healthcare Workers

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Candida parapsilosis candidaemia in a neonatal unit over 7 years: a case series study

scientific article

Characterization of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates, carrying multiple genes coding for this antibiotic resistance

scientific article published on 2 September 2014

Characterization of epidemiological surveillance systems for healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in the world and challenges for Brazil

scientific article published on January 2014

Chlorhexidine bathing for the prevention of colonization and infection with multidrug-resistant microorganisms in a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation unit over a 9-year period: Impact on chlorhexidine susceptibility

scientific article

Clonality, outer-membrane proteins profile and efflux pump in KPC- producing Enterobacter sp. in Brazil.

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Clusters of infection due to metallo-β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in stem cell transplant and haematology units

scientific article published on 27 October 2010

Colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections: clinical and molecular characterization and analysis of in vitro synergy.

scientific article published on 15 November 2016

Colonization and molecular epidemiology of coagulase-negative Staphylococcal bacteremia in cancer patients: a pilot study

scientific article

Colonization pressure as a risk factor for colonization by multiresistant Acinetobacter spp and carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an intensive care unit

scientific article published on January 2013

Comparative performance of two air samplers for monitoring airborne fungal propagules ⬇️

scientific article published on April 22, 2003

Comparative study of etiological diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia

scientific article published on 01 February 2008

Comparison of disc diffusion, Etest and broth microdilution for testing susceptibility of carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa to polymyxins.

scientific article

Comparison of methods to detect the in vitro activity of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) against multidrug resistant bacteria

scientific article (publication date: 5 October 2015)

Controlling the clonal spread of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

scientific article published in June 2008

Cost-effectiveness of sick leave policies for health care workers with influenza-like illness, Brazil, 2009.

scientific article

Differences between "classical" risk factors for infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and risk factors for nosocomial bloodstream infections caused by multiple clones of the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec t

scientific article published in February 2009

Disconnecting central hot water and using electric showers to avoid colonization of the water system by Legionella pneumophila: an 11-year study

scientific article published on 29 June 2007

Effect of low-dose gaseous ozone on pathogenic bacteria

scientific article

Electric showers as a control measure for Legionella spp. in a renal transplant unit in São Paulo, Brazil

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Emergence of resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter species after the use of antimicrobials for burned patients

scientific article published on October 2004

Empiric use of linezolid in febrile hematology and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients colonized with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp.

scientific article published on 7 February 2015

Environmental contamination by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in an intensive care unit

scientific article published in November 2001

Epidemiology of human infection with the novel virus influenza A (H1N1) in the Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo, Brazil--June-September 2009.

scientific article

Evaluation of interventions to reduce catheter-associated bloodstream infection: continuous tailored education versus one basic lecture

scientific article

Evaluation of two methods for direct detection of Fusarium spp. in water

scientific article published on February 2016

Factors associated with mortality in patients with bloodstream infection and pneumonia due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

scientific article published on 16 May 2008

Five-year evaluation of bloodstream yeast infections in a tertiary hospital: the predominance of non-C. albicans Candida species.

scientific article published in September 2010

Healthcare-associated infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients: risk factors and impact on outcome.

scientific article published on 28 March 2012

High prevalence of OXA-143 and alteration of outer membrane proteins in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. isolates in Brazil

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Impact of an educational program and policy changes on decreasing catheter-associated bloodstream infections in a medical intensive care unit in Brazil

scientific article

Implementing 1-dose antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of surgical site infection

scientific article published in November 2006

Incidence of diarrhea by Clostridium difficile in hematologic patients and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients: risk factors for severe forms and death.

scientific article

Infections in a burn intensive care unit: experience of seven years

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Intestinal translocation of clinical isolates of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and ESBL-producing Escherichia coli in a rat model of bacterial colonization and liver ischemia/reperfusion injury

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 01 May 1999

Investigation of the possible association between nosocomial candiduria and candidaemia

scientific article

In vitro activity of potential old and new drugs against multidrug-resistant gram-negatives

scientific article published on 13 November 2014

Late-Onset Relapsing Hepatitis Associated with Yellow Fever

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage in a dermatology unit.

scientific article published on January 2011

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying SCCmec type II was more frequent than the Brazilian endemic clone as a cause of nosocomial bacteremia.

scientific article

Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study of Renal Failure in Patients Treated with Colistin versus Polymyxin B.

scientific article published on 8 February 2016

Multiplex PCR for rapid detection of genes encoding oxacillinases and metallo- -lactamases in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp

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National prevalence survey in Brazil to evaluate the quality of microbiology laboratories: the importance of defining priorities to allocate limited resources

scientific article published on 01 January 2013

Non-multidrug-resistant, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a neonatal unit

scientific article published on October 2014

Nosocomial Infection With Cephalosporin-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Is Not Associated With Increased Mortality

scientific article published on 31 July 2006

Nosocomial fungaemia: a 2-year prospective study

scientific article published on 01 May 2000

Nosocomial infections caused by multiresistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article

Nosocomial outbreak of Pantoea agglomerans bacteraemia associated with contaminated anticoagulant citrate dextrose solution: new name, old bug?

scientific article published on 13 January 2012

Nursing workload as a risk factor for healthcare associated infections in ICU: a prospective study

scientific article

Outbreak of IMP-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter gergoviae among kidney transplant recipients

scientific article published on 19 May 2016

Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: two-year epidemiologic follow-up in a tertiary hospital

scientific article published on February 2013

Outbreak of extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a neonatal intensive care unit related to onychomycosis in a health care worker

scientific article published in July 2005

Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a tertiary hospital: the lack of effect of measures directed mainly by surveillance cultures and differences in response between Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis

scientific article published on 16 December 2009

Outer-membrane proteins pattern and detection of β-lactamases in clinical isolates of imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii from Brazil

article

Pandemic 2009 H1N1 influenza among health care workers ⬇️

scientific article published on December 29, 2012

Performance of a qualitative rapid chromatographic immunoassay to diagnose COVID-19 in patients in a middle-income country

scientific article published on 14 August 2020

Performance of surveillance cultures at different body sites to identify asymptomatic Staphylococcus aureus carriers

article

Pichia anomala outbreak in a nursery: exogenous source?

scientific article published in September 2001

Polyclonal outbreak of bloodstream infections caused by Burkholderia cepacia complex in hematology and bone marrow transplant outpatient units

scientific article

Polymyxin B and colistimethate are comparable as to efficacy and renal toxicity.

scientific article published on 3 September 2009

Polymyxin-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa assigned as ST245: First report in an intensive care unit in São Paulo, Brazil

scientific article published on 08 January 2019

Prevalence of SCCmec type IV in nosocomial bloodstream isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

scientific article

Prevalence, serotypes, and risk factors for pneumococcal carriage among HIV-infected adults

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Prospective etiological investigation of community-acquired pulmonary infections in hospitalized people living with HIV.

scientific article published on January 2017

Pseudo-outbreak of Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea (CDAD) in a tertiary-care hospital

scientific article published on 01 May 2010

Pseudooutbreak of rapidly growing mycobacteria due to Mycobacterium abscessus subsp bolletii in a digestive and respiratory endoscopy unit caused by the same clone as that of a countrywide outbreak.

scientific article published on 11 August 2016

Randomized Study of Surgical Prophylaxis in Immunocompromised Hosts

scientific article published on 22 November 2010

Recurrent bacteremia after injection of N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate for treatment of bleeding gastric varices: a case report and review of the literature

scientific article published on 19 November 2015

Reprocessing and reuse of single-use medical devices used during hemodynamic procedures in Brazil: a widespread and largely overlooked problem.

scientific article published on September 2008

Risk factor for death in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: are biomarkers useful to foresee the prognosis in this population of patients?

scientific article published on 30 September 2014

Salvage of long-term central venous catheters during an outbreak of Pseudomonas putida and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections associated with contaminated heparin catheter-lock solution

scientific article

Salvage treatment of pneumonia and initial treatment of tracheobronchitis caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli with inhaled polymyxin B

scientific article published on 09 March 2007

Serotyping Distribution and Antimicrobial Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolated in Brazil (1992–1996) ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 1997

Seven-year trend analysis of nosocomial candidemia and antifungal (fluconazole and caspofungin) use in Intensive Care Units at a Brazilian University Hospital

scientific article published in September 2008

Severe nosocomial infections with imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii treated with ampicillin/sulbactam

scientific article

Should polymyxin be used empirically to treat infections in patients under high risk for carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter?

scientific article published on 20 January 2011

Smqnr variants in clinical isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in Brazil

scientific article published on November 2013

Socioeconomic Determinants of Antibiotic Consumption in the State of São Paulo, Brazil: The Effect of Restricting Over-The-Counter Sales

scientific article

Soroterapia intratecal no tétano. Revisão

scientific article published on 01 September 1987

Spread of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a tertiary hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil

scientific article published on 27 July 2011

Staphylococcus aureus isolates colonizing and infecting cirrhotic and liver-transplantation patients: comparison of molecular typing and virulence factors

scientific article published on 14 November 2015

Successful control program to implement the appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis for Cesarean section

scientific article published in March 2008

Susceptibility of multiresistant gram-negative bacteria to fosfomycin and performance of different susceptibility testing methods.

scientific article

Swab cultures across three different body sites among carriers of carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter species: a poor surveillance strategy

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The Impact of Restricting Over-the-Counter Sales of Antimicrobial Drugs: Preliminary Analysis of National Data

scientific article published on September 2015

The challenge of multidrug resistance: the treatment of gram-negative rod infections

scientific article published in October 2008

The changing epidemiology of Acinetobacter spp. producing OXA carbapenemases causing bloodstream infections in Brazil: a BrasNet report.

scientific article published on 12 August 2015

The minimal inhibitory concentration for sulbactam was not associated with the outcome of infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter sp. treated with ampicillin/sulbactam.

scientific article published on April 2013

Trauma is associated with a better prognosis in intensive care patients with Acinetobacter infections.

scientific article published on 30 October 2013

Treatment of KPC-producing Enterobacteriaceae: suboptimal efficacy of polymyxins

scientific article published on 13 October 2014

Trends and outcome of 1121 nosocomial bloodstream infections in intensive care units in a Brazilian hospital, 1999–2003

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Trends in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Bloodstream Infection in Relation to Usage Density of Cephalosporins and Carbapenems During 7 Years

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

Virulence and resistance pattern of a novel sequence type of linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecium identified by whole-genome sequencing

scientific article

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