Abstract：
:The External Quality Control Program of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC) includes controls for bacteriology, serology, mycology, parasitology, mycobacteria, virology and molecular microbiology. This article presents the most important conclusions and lessons drawn from the 2007 controls. As a whole, the results obtained in 2007 confirm the excellent skill and good technical standards found in previous years. However, erroneous results can be obtained in any laboratory and in clinically relevant determinations. A few deviations were observed in some controls, calling for critical reflection. Once again, the results of this program highlighted the need to complement internal with external controls, such as those offered by the SEIMC program.
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Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clinjournal_title
Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinicaauthors
Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC).,Guna Serrano Mdel R,Orta Mira N,Ovies M,Gimeno Cardona C,Pérez JLsubject
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2008-11-01 00:00:00pages
1-7eissn
0213-005Xissn
1578-1852pii
13128773journal_volume
26 Suppl 13pub_type
abstract：:We have recently documented a case of tropical spastic paraparesis by HTLV-I in a Spanish patient. HTLV-I infection is rare in Europe, and hardly ever is accompanied by symptoms, but if it does it could trigger a major health issue. This case is presented here, as well as a discussion on the situations in which HTLV-I...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2015.07.001
更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Pharmacogenetics, the study of how individual genetic profiles influence the response to drugs, is an important topic. Results from pharmacogenetics studies in various clinical settings may lead to personalized medicine. Herein, we present the most important concepts of this discipline, as well as currently-used study...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0213-005x(08)76506-6
更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasma HIV p24 is considered a significant predictor of CD4+ T cell decline and progression to AIDS in HIV-infected patients. We evaluated the p24 levels in patients on triple therapy and after switching to ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor monotherapy (mtPI/rtv), as well as the relationships with virolog...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2016.02.001
更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the attitudes and practices of Primary Health Care professionals in the diagnosis of HIV infection according to current protocols and the degree of acceptance of simplified HIV testing (without a separate written consent and without asking about risk practices). MATERIAL AND METHODS:An observation...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2011.02.014
更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Vaccination against rotavirus has led to a significant decline of the disease. The aim of the present work is to evaluate the clinical and epidemiological features of the viral acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in an area with high immunization coverage against rotavirus. METHOD:A prospective microbiological ev...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2013.09.008
更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Quantification of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA (viral load) is the most widely used marker to diagnose and confirm active HCV infection. The HCV core antigen forms part of the internal structure of the virus and, like HCV RNA, its detection also indicates viral replication and presents certain advantages over viral loa...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2020.02.003
更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Streptococcus agalactiae or streptococcus group B (SGB) is the main etiologic agent of early neonatal sepsis. A multicenter study was performed with the aim of determining the incidence and characteristics of this disease in our medium and contribute the design of an adequate prevention protocol. METHODS:Te...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：
更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Prosthetic joint infection is an increasing public health problem. The bacterial biofilms that form on these foreign bodies are resistant to host defence mechanisms and antimicrobial therapy. Sixty per cent of prosthetic joint infections are caused by Staphylococcus sp., and they are usually acquired during surgery or...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1157/13123843
更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Rilpivirine (RPV) is a new, second-generation nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) that has been recently approved for use in the initial antiretroviral therapy (ART) of treatment-naïve HIV-infected patients, combined with two nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI). The approved...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/S0213-005X(13)70139-3
更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A limited number of antifungal agents including azoles, polyenes, pyrimidine analogues are used today to combat infections caused by yeast pathogens. While clinical factors can contribute to failures to antifungal treatments, yeast pathogens exposed to these agents can still limit their action either because they are ...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0213-005x(02)72842-5
更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) among haemodialysis patients has increased rapidly and, to date, there is no report of this incidence in Portugal. METHODS:A total of 121 faecal samples were collected from haemodialysis patients, and then tested for VRE. Antimicrobial resistance, virulence and multi...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2013.09.001
更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Atazanavir (ATV) is an HIV protease inhibitor (IP) with a high in vitro activity against HIV-1, that demonstrates a high additive activity in the presence of other antiretrovirals and a synergic activity with other PI. Oral absorption is greater than 68%, maximum concentration (C(max)) being reached approximately 2 to...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/S0213-005X(08)76613-8
更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is a versatile organism with several virulent characteristics and resistance mechanisms at its disposal. It is also a significant cause of a wide range of infectious diseases in humans. S. aureus often causes life-threatening deep seated infections like bacteremia, endocarditis and pneumonia. Whi...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1157/13086552
更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To update antiretroviral recommendations in antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV-infected children and adolescents. METHODS:Theses guidelines have been formulated by a panel of members of the Plan Nacional sobre el SIDA (PNS) and the Asociacion Espanola de Pediatria (AEP) by reviewing the current available ev...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 共识发展会议,杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1157/13074970
更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The analysis of the immune response to rotavirus infection and the characterization of the viral antigens recognized by specific antibodies are of great concern in evaluating the protection against rotavirus. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The levels of rotavirus-specific fecal (sIgA) and serum antibodies (IgM, IgG a...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine the characteristics of HIV-infection in foreign patients residing in Elche, Spain. METHOD:A retrospective comparative analysis of clinical and epidemiological characteristics was performed to study HIV-infection in foreign immigrants, foreigners who were not immigrants and the native Spanish po...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1157/13078824
更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:One hundred and seven Shigella spp. strains were isolated in our laboratory during the years 2000 to 2010. One Shigella sonnei harboured the genes that coded the β-lactamases TEM-1 and CTX-M-15, identifying the structure, ISEcp1+bla(CTX-M-15)+orf477, in their genetic environment. The strain also carried a class 2 inte...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2011.11.015
更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In a global world, knowledge of imported infectious diseases is essential in daily practice, both for the microbiologist-parasitologist and the clinician who diagnoses and treats infectious diseases in returned travelers. Tropical and subtropical countries where there is a greater risk of contracting an infectious dis...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 共识发展会议,杂志文章,实务指引
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2017.02.009
更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Measles is a rash illness of moderate severity and high risk of serious complications, with recovery in several weeks. It is a viral disease caused by one of the most infectious and contagious pathogens that exists, whose only known reservoir is human. In 1998, the European Region of the WHO set a target of eliminatin...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2015.10.013
更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Production of beta-lactamase by normal pharyngeal flora could account for penicillin treatment failure in patients with acute streptococcal pharyngitis. The aim of the present investigation was to study the beta-lactamase-producing bacteria (BLPB) in 58 patients with acute pharyngitis, and to investigate the...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Bacteremia due to Campylobacter is a rare infection. Patients with HIV infection are an important risk group for this condition. We describe here two patients with Campylobacter bacteremia and advanced HIV infection. One case was due to C. jejuni infection in a drug addict, being also isolated C. jejuni in stool sampl...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Citrus hystrix is widely used by Indonesians as a traditional medicine for gastrointestinal diseases, including Salmonella spp. infection. We investigated the antibacterial activity of the ethanolic peel extract of C. hystrix against Salmonella typhimurium. METHODS:The antibacterial activity was evaluated...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2020.05.016
更新日期：2020-07-04 00:00:00
abstract：:The results of the study of 117 outbreaks of food poisoning in the Basque Autonomous Community during 1984-1986 are reported. In 76% of these outbreaks the causative agent could be isolated. Bacteria of the genus Salmonella accounted for 86.5% of the outbreaks with a known etiology, S. enteritidis being the most commo...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The hospital environment is both a reservoir and source of infection for the hospital patient. Several areas around the patient should be considered: air, toilet water coming into contact with the patient, staff and medical devices, food, surfaces, and instruments contacting the patient's skin and mucosa, and sterile ...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2013.10.004
更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of respiratory tract infections due to Chlamydia trachomatis in pediatric patients is very important because of its complications and sequelae. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the performance of rapid methods for reading this diagnosis in 111 children with lower acute respiratory disea...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Adherence is essential for successful antiretroviral therapy (ART), but complex dosing schedules compromise the adherence to and efficacy of this treatment. Once-daily (QD) ART simplifies treatment by lowering the dosing frequency and pill burden. The aim of this study, performed when QD regimens were stil...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1157/13116748
更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Diagnosis of HSV-1 keratitis (HK) is frequently based on clinical findings. Invasive specimens (corneal scrapings, biopsies) are required for microbiological diagnosis. METHODS:Corneal scrapings and conjunctival swabs were collected on patients with/without clinical suspicion of HK from 2007 to 2012. RES...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2013.07.005
更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cancer patients may constitute a special risk group for the development of infective endocarditis (IE) because they are often subjected to invasive procedures. The aim of this study is to determine the differential clinical profile and prognosis of patients with IE and cancer. METHODS:A retrospective obse...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2016.10.011
更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe: 1) the main features of antimicrobial stewardship activities (ASA) in Spanish hospitals and 2) the perceptions of the Spanish Infectious Diseases (ID) community on ASA. METHODS:An online survey was designed and distributed through the e-mailing lists of several working groups of the Spanish Cli...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2010.05.005
更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this investigation was to study the epidemiology of nasopharyngeal (NP) colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae after the introduction of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7). METHODS:NP swabs were obtained from 848 children aged 6 months to six years seen in four primary ca...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2011.05.010
更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00
