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PURPOSE: To describe and analyze ocular features in infants with microcephaly due to presumed congenital Zika syndrome. METHODS: Ophthalmologic evaluation, including indirect ophthalmoscopy and eye fundus imaging, visual acuity testing with Teller Acuity Cards, and strabismus assessment were performed in infants with microcephaly at a nongovernmental organization clinic for visually disabled children. RESULTS: A total of 70 infants with microcephaly were referred to the clinic. Of these, 25 (mean age, 3 months; 14 males) had ophthalmologic changes: 18 (26%) had intraocular abnormalities, including macular chorioretinal atrophy, mottled retinal pigment epithelium and optic nerve pallor; 7 patients (10%) had strabismus or nystagmus without intraocular abnormalities. Visual acuity was below normal range in all 11 infants tested. CONCLUSIONS: Ophthalmologic abnormalities occurred in 36% of the patients. Macular circumscribed chorioretinal atrophy, focal mottled retinal pigment epithelium, optic nerve pallor, early-onset strabismus, nystagmus and low visual acuity were common ophthalmological features in infants with microcephaly due to presumed congenital Zika syndrome.

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Objective: To describe, through the perception of the academics, the actions of health education in the community Jurujuba, Niterói/RJ, discussing the contribution of this activity to its formation in the first period of nursing and graduate of the Federal Fluminense University. Method: A descriptive exploratory of qualitative type, conducted with 17 academics from the first semester of the second half of 2011. We used a semi-structured questionnaire. Results: from the interpretation and analysis of the questionnaires revealed three categories: Health education in nursing education, Skill development and Community observation. Conclusion: the activities offered to the students the development of skills that will mature during graduation, such as critical thinking, observation and communication. Moreover, added knowledge about the benefits of planning projects of health education in partnership with different institutions.

Objetivo: descrever, na percepção dos acadêmicos, a ação de educação em saúde na comunidade de Jurujuba, Niterói/RJ, discutindo a contribuição desta atividade para sua formação no primeiro período do curso de enfermagem e licenciatura da Universidade Federal Fluminense. Método: pesquisa descritiva exploratória do tipo qualitativa, realizada com 17 acadêmicos do primeiro período do segundo semestre de 2011. Utilizou-se um questionário semi estruturado. Resultados: a partir da interpretação e análise dos questionários, emergiram três categorias: Educação em saúde no ensino da enfermagem, Desenvolvimento de competências e Observação da comunidade. Conclusão: a atividade oportunizou aos acadêmicos o desenvolvimento de competências que serão amadurecidas durante a graduação, como o pensamento crítico, a observação e a comunicação. Além disso, agregaram conhecimento sobre os benefícios do planejamento de projetos de educação em saúde em parceria com diferentes instituições.

Objetivo: Describir las percepciones de los académicos, las acciones de educación para la salud en la comunidad Jurujuba, Niterói / Rio de Janeiro, discutiendo la contribución de esta actividad a su formación en el primer período de la enfermería y de posgrado de la Universidad Federal Fluminense. Método: Estudio descriptivo y exploratorio de tipo cualitativo, realizado con 17 estudiantes del primero semestre de la segunda mitad de 2011. Se utilizó un cuestionario semi-estructurado. Resultados: a partir de la interpretación y el análisis de los cuestionarios fueron reveladas tres categorías: Educación para la salud en la formación de enfermería, Desarrollo de habilidades y La observación de la comunidad. Conclusión: la actividad ofreció a los estudiantes el desarrollo de habilidades que maduran durante la graduación, tales como el pensamiento crítico, la observación y la comunicación. Por otra parte, añade el conocimiento sobre los beneficios de la planificación de proyectos de educación para la salud, en colaboración con diferentes instituciones.

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OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) due to Chlamydia trachomatis in newborn infants and to describe the clinical, laboratory, and radiological characteristics of the disease. METHODS: A cross-sectional study carried out over a 12-month period. All infants up to 6 months of age admitted consecutively at the Centro Pediátrico Professor Hosannah de Oliveira of the Universidade Federal da Bahia in Salvador, Brazil, and diagnosed with LRTI according to clinical and/or radiological criteria were included in the study. C. trachomatis infection was diagnosed by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of IgM-class antibodies. The prevalence of LRTI by C. trachomatis was determined and the prevalence ratios for the infection and clinical or laboratory variables were calculated. RESULTS: One hundred and fifty-one infants were submitted to serology for C. trachomatis and 15 (9.9%) tested positive. Chlamydial infection was found only in infants under 5 months of age, mainly in those aged under 2 months. Three of the infants with C. trachomatis infection were born by cesarean section. Conjunctivitis and eosinophilia had occurred in 33.3% of the cases. Chest X rays were abnormal in 92.0% of cases. There was an association between C. trachomatis infection and the duration of hospitalization exceeding 15 days (p = 0.0398) and oxygen therapy (p = 0.0484). CONCLUSIONS: There was a high prevalence of C. trachomatis respiratory infection in the population studied. The infection was associated with a more severe form of the disease, emphasizing the importance of testing pregnant women for this infection to avoid infection in the newborn infant.

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OBJETIVOS: Determinar a prevalência de infecção do trato respiratório inferior (ITRI) por Chlamydia trachomatis em lactentes internados e descrever as características clínicas, laboratoriais e radiológicas da doença. MÉTODOS: Este foi um estudo do tipo corte transversal, realizado durante um período de 12 meses. Foram incluídos todos os lactentes de até 6 meses internados consecutivamente no Centro Pediátrico Professor Hosannah de Oliveira da Universidade Federal da Bahia, em Salvador, BA, com diagnóstico clínico ou clínico-radiológico de ITRI. O diagnóstico de infecção por C. trachomatis foi realizado através da pesquisa de anticorpos da classe IgM, utilizando-se o ensaio imunoenzimático (ELISA). A prevalência de ITRI por C. trachomatis foi determinada, e foram calculadas as razões de prevalência para essa infecção e variáveis clínicas e laboratoriais. RESULTADOS: Cento e cinquenta e um lactentes realizaram sorologia para C. trachomatis, das quais 15 (9,9%) foram positivas. A infecção por C. trachomatis ocorreu unicamente entre os menores de 5 meses, principalmente naqueles menores de 2 meses. Três crianças com infecção por C. trachomatis nasceram de parto cesáreo. Conjuntivite e eosinofilia ocorreram em 33,3% dos casos. As radiografias de tórax se mostraram alteradas em 92% dos casos. Demonstrou-se associação da infecção por C. trachomatis com duração de internação superior a 15 dias (p = 0,0398) e com oxigenoterapia (p = 0,0484). CONCLUSÕES: Houve alta prevalência de ITRI por C. trachomatis na população estudada. A infecção por esta bactéria foi associada a uma forma mais grave da doença, demonstrando a importância de se investigar essa infecção na gestante de forma a evitar o adoecimento de recém-nascidos.

OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) due to Chlamydia trachomatis in newborn infants and to describe the clinical, laboratory, and radiological characteristics of the disease. METHODS: A cross-sectional study carried out over a 12-month period. All infants up to 6 months of age admitted consecutively at the Centro Pediátrico Professor Hosannah de Oliveira of the Universidade Federal da Bahia in Salvador, Brazil, and diagnosed with LRTI according to clinical and/or radiological criteria were included in the study. C. trachomatis infection was diagnosed by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of IgM-class antibodies. The prevalence of LRTI by C. trachomatis was determined and the prevalence ratios for the infection and clinical or laboratory variables were calculated. RESULTS: One hundred and fifty-one infants were submitted to serology for C. trachomatis and 15 (9.9%) tested positive. Chlamydial infection was found only in infants under 5 months of age, mainly in those aged under 2 months. Three of the infants with C. trachomatis infection were born by cesarean section. Conjunctivitis and eosinophilia had occurred in 33.3% of the cases. Chest X rays were abnormal in 92.0% of cases. There was an association between C. trachomatis infection and the duration of hospitalization exceeding 15 days (p = 0.0398) and oxygen therapy (p = 0.0484). CONCLUSIONS: There was a high prevalence of C. trachomatis respiratory infection in the population studied. The infection was associated with a more severe form of the disease, emphasizing the importance of testing pregnant women for this infection to avoid infection in the newborn infant.

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