Helena R. S. D'Espindula
helenadespindula.bsky.social
Helena R. S. D'Espindula
@helenadespindula.bsky.social
Postdoc @ Fiocruz-PR / ICC 🧬 | University professor 🎓 | Researching mainly bacterial resistance 🧫 & bioinformatics 💻 | Pets & plant mom 🐾🌱 | Passionate about reading 📖 and crafting 🧶🖌️ | Lover of nature 🐝🌿, arts 🖼️🎧🎥🎭🎲🎮, and learning languages 📚👂👄 | she/her
🧪 Carbapenem Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii: Mechanisms, Therapeutics, and Innovations

New review article published!

🔗 Open access: www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/13...
🧬 Special Issue: Combating Antimicrobial Resistance

#AMR #Microbiology

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June 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
🧪 A new application programming interface (API) for antimicrobial prescription support

To combat rising AMR, an AI-driven API guides clinical antimicrobial use, supporting smarter, resistance-aware prescribing decisions! 🏥💊📝

🔗
doi.org/10.12688/gat...
Gates Open Research Article: A new application programming interface (API) for antimicrobial prescription support.
Read the latest article version by Marcelo Pillonetto, Leticia Kraft, Stephany Ellen, Debora Kulek, Aline Kalil, Guilherme Becker, Lucas Oliveira de Morais, Ana Luisa Giamberardino, Beatriz Teixeira, ...
doi.org
May 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
🧪*Leprosy worsened during the covid-19 pandemic in Brazil*

Brazil ranks 2nd in the global ranking of nations with a high burden of leprosy, which continues to be a serious public health problem

Check out the press release (in Portuguese only):
pressreleases.scielo.org/blog/2025/04...
April 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
🧪Pioneering study on hantaviruses transmitted by bats, a topic still little explored in Brazil, especially in tropical forests.

Study: doi.org/10.1590/0074...
March 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Abutilon striatum or "Lanterna-chinesa"🇧🇷
(from a municipal park in South of Brazil)

If you see this feel free to quote flowers and plants from your gallery.📷📱
We can always use some natural beauty in our lives. 🌻🌹🌷
March 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Insights into leprosy epidemiology from an isolated population located in the Brazilian Amazon

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

#scientificreports

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Insights into leprosy epidemiology from an isolated population located in the Brazilian Amazon - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Insights into leprosy epidemiology from an isolated population located in the Brazilian Amazon
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February 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Today, February 11, is the International Day of Girls and Women in Science.

*Congratulations to all Girls, Women and those who fight for representation and equality in Science!*

OBS: promotional image from Fiocruz-PR
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February 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Watching good science 🧪
youtu.be/2Lp04lY31o8?...
January 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Reposted by Helena R. S. D'Espindula
A study published in BMC Infectious Diseases reports a high prevalence of cognitive decline and diminished quality of life at a median of 2 years after SARS-CoV-2 infection for people who reported they did not recover from COVID-19 illness within 3 months.
Long COVID and recovery from Long COVID: quality of life impairments and subjective cognitive decline at a median of 2 years after initial infection
BMC Infectious Diseases
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January 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A simple onion (Allium cepa) flower...
January 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Reposted by Helena R. S. D'Espindula
The risk of bird flu continues to rise as it spreads in herds &flock around the country. This is the absolute worst time for health communications the CDC to be muzzled. If we have another pandemic we will be even more vulnerable than the last time around. #h5n1
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Will bird flu spark a human pandemic? Scientists say the risk is rising
H5N1 is adapting to new mammal hosts, raising the possibility of the virus spreading between humans.
www.nature.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM