Publications by authors named "Matheus Polly"
Objectives: The primary goal of this study is to evaluate the educational effects of medical students' participation in a health expedition project. Specific objectives include assessing students' perceptions of the educational value of the program, measuring gains in clinical knowledge and skills, evaluating behavioral changes, professional orientation, and students' willingness to work within the public health system (SUS) after graduation.
Methods: A quantitative methodology was employed, following Kirkpatrick's four-level evaluation model.
Meningitis in the Guise of Dementia: Lyme-Induced Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.
Clin Med Res
December 2023
While the cause of altered mentation in the elderly may be multifactorial, infectious etiologies may be missed. This case report aims to detail an account of a patient with dementia, found to have Lyme meningitis in the setting of a normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). The patient smelled of urine and presented with ambulatory dysfunction, fitting the "wet, wacky, and wobbly" triad of NPH while also having subjective chills and leukocytosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMonkeypox Virus Transmission to Healthcare Worker through Needlestick Injury, Brazil.
Emerg Infect Dis
November 2022
Article Synopsis
- - A healthcare worker contracted monkeypox virus (MPXV) from a patient due to a needlestick injury, leading to a lesion forming five days later.
- - The worker tested positive for MPXV in their blood before showing severe symptoms, and the virus was still detectable 19 days after symptoms began.
- - Implementing postexposure prophylaxis could help prevent the spread of MPXV through bloodborne routes in similar cases.
Background: The impact of COVID-19 on healthcare- associated infections (HCAI) caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria that contribute to higher mortality is a growing area of study METHODS: This retrospective observational study compares the incidence density (ID) of HCAI caused by MDR bacteria (CRE, CRAB, CRP, MRSA and VRE) pre-COVID (2017-2019) and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020) in overall hospitalized patients and in intensive care (ICU) units.
Results: We identified 8,869 HCAI, of which 2,641 (29.7%) were caused by bacterial MDR, and 1,257 (14.