Evaluation of constitutive and inducible resistance to clindamycin in clinical samples of Staphylococcus aureus from a tertiary hospital

Introduction Infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Saddle Bags have become common in hospitals and the community environment, and this wide resistance has limited patient treatment.Clindamycin (CL) represents an important alternative therapy for infections caused by S.aureus.Antimicrobial susceptibility testing usi

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Canonical and Church Administrative Aspects of the Dispute About the Prerogatives of the Metropolitans of Nicaea and Nicomedia at the Council of Chalcedon

Introduction.On October 30, 451, during the 4th Ecumenical Council in Chalcedon, the dispute between Metropolitan Eunomius of Nicomedia and Metropolitan Anastasius of Nicaea was considered.Eunomius believed that his rights as the metropolitan of the entire province of Bithynia, in regard to ordinations, were violated by Anastasius of Nicaea, who ha

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Vaccine confidence and hesitancy in Brazil

Despite the overall benefits of immunization, vaccine hesitancy has been a growing trend and has been associated with the resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases.The aim of this study was to assess vaccine confidence and hesitancy in Brazil, as part of a wider project to map vaccine confidence globally.One thousand subjects were interviewed, eit

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