Abstract:
:The earth of ornamental plants is one of the main reservoirs of Aspergillus type of fungi in hospital areas. We studied 174 ornamental interior plants from a hospital at Santiago. Samples were obtained from the soil surface and sowed in Sabouraud-glucose agar, adding streptomycin and G-penicillin. After 72 h of culture, at least one strain of Aspergillus was isolated from 140 samples (80.5%). The most frequently isolated strain was A fumigatus (129 samples), followed by A niger (75 samples). A fumigatus and A niger were the only isolated strains in 65 and 11 samples respectively. These findings confirm that ornamental plants can be important reservoirs of Aspergillus strains, a potential infectious agent for immunocompromised patients, in hospital areas.
journal_name
Rev Med Chiljournal_title
Revista medica de Chileauthors
Thompson L,Castrillón MA,Delgado M,García Msubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1994-12-01 00:00:00pages
1367-71issue
12eissn
0034-9887issn
0717-6163journal_volume
122pub_type
杂志文章abstract::We report a girl with a chronic hepatitis caused by C virus diagnosed at the age of nine, unsuccessfully treated with interferon and ribavirine. Two years later, she was subjected to a liver transplantation. She maintained elevated viral loads with a normal pathological study of the liver until 22 months after transpl...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0034-98872004000400010
更新日期:2004-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Osteoporotic hip fractures are devastating events in older women. There is a genetic modulation of bone phenotypic parameters including bone density (BMD) and bone fragility fractures. Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms explain a small part of the genetic influence on BMD, whereas their effect on fr...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:/S0034-98872008000400008
更新日期:2008-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::A revolution is taking place in Medicine as a consequence of advances in biotechnology and informatics. The unraveling of the human genome with a description of chromosomal maps for all structural genes affords a new framework for the understanding of etiology, diagnosis and prevention of every disease. More than thre...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1989-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of this work was to study the knowledge, opinions and sexual behaviour of a sample of 464 students from the Universidad Austral de Chile. Results show that 78% of male and 41% of female students have had a sexual intercourse and that 78% of males and 72% of females with an active sexual life use contraceptive ...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The ideal number of nuclear medicine specialists in relation to the needs of a given population should be defined by the institutions training such specialists. AIM:To establish the relationship between the number of gammacameras, nuclear medicine specialists and the number of inhabitants in different count...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The great diversity of commercially available products for the serologic diagnosis of Chagas disease led us to conduct a study of these products in comparison with the indirect immunofluorescence test. Percent agreement between methods ranged from 79 to 100%, the details for each product being given in the text. Bette...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The early diagnosis and therapy of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency can prevent adrenal crises and erroneous gender assignment in affected newborns. To achieve this goal neonatal mass-screening programs have been developed, measuring blood 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone (17...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common acute leukemia in adults, emphasizing its high recurrence rate despite hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). AIM:To report the results of AML treatment at the Catholic University of Chile Clinical Hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Review of medical records o...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872015001000005
更新日期:2015-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper reviews the sentences dictated between 1993 and 2002 by the Supreme Courts of Canada and the Unites States, the House of Lords and Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the European Human Rights Court, about the validity of the legal prohibition of assistance for suicide. These sentences constituted a jud...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872016000400009
更新日期:2016-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:CEA is widely used in the follow up of patients with colorectal carcinoma. AIM:To study the value of preoperative CEA as an independent prognostic factor in colorectal carcinoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Analysis of 373 operated patients (204 females, age range 21-92 years) with colorectal carcinoma and a mean...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0034-98872004000600005
更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Renal failure secondary to effort rhabdomyolysis is uncommon. We report three males age 28, 37 (military sportsmen) and 44 years (sedentary obese), with this condition. Episodes occurred after a training session to run a triathlon, during the course of a mini marathon and during a rescue attempt of a drowning person. ...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0034-98872006000200012
更新日期:2006-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, "morning sickness", is a common contemporary complaint. Many pregnant patients note alterations in smell and taste which can precipitate "morning sickness", symptoms that characterize early gestation. Epidemiologic studies suggest that pregnancies accompanied by "morning sickness" hav...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0034-98872002000500014
更新日期:2002-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Sézary syndrome (SS) is an unusually aggressive T- cell lymphoma characterized by the triad of erythroderma, the presence of more than 1,000 Sézary cells in peripheral blood and lymphadenopathies. It is accompanied by generalized pruritus and poor quality of life. The management of SS depends on its stage, patient com...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872015001100011
更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Microbiology starts in Chile at the end of the XIXth century as part of the effort to develop basic sciences at the University of Chile Medical School. Publications by Vicente Izquierdo on gonorrheae and Alejandro del Río on the organisms of dysenteriae were pioneer works in this area. The field was progressively deve...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1992-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::We analyzed 1529 diabetic patients seen between 1959 and 1982 at a teaching hospital in Concepción, Chile. 116 of them were insulin dependent diabetics. Gestational diabetes was excluded. The 10 year actuarial risk of acquiring tuberculosis was 24.2% for insulin-dependent diabetics and 4.8% for the rest (p less than 0...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1989-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Equity has been recognized as one of the driving principles of many health systems in the world. In Latin America, Chile has led the explicit inclusion of equity in their health policies, which is reflected in its recent health reform. On the other hand, Chile faces the challenge of defining and implementing a policy ...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872014001300008
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of this study was to assess the predictive value for mortality of admission and daily APACHE II score, mortality due to multiple organ failure and the Organ Failure Score in patients with acute hepatic failure. We retrospectively studied 15 such patients admitted to an intensive care unit. Thirteen patients di...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Soft tissue foreign bodies are a frequent cause of consultation in emergency rooms. It is difficult to verify their existence since conventional radiology only detects radio opaque objects. Ultrasound can be a useful diagnostic procedure. AIM:To report our experience in the detection of soft tissue foreign ...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Low plasma HDL cholesterol levels are an independent risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. During the past years, the study of HDL has been stimulated by the discovery of novel genes and proteins, which have provided new insights into the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in HDL metabolism. ...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.4067/s0034-98872005000700011
更新日期:2005-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Hodgkin lymphoma is a highly curable disease. AIM:To evaluate the clinical characteristics and the treatment results of Hodgkin lymphoma patients of the National Cancer Program in Chile. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Prospective assessment of 682 patients treated in 18 adult cancer centers. Progression free surviva...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.4067/s0034-98872007000300009
更新日期:2007-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:the six minute walking distance test (6MWD) is widely used to evaluate exercise capacity in several diseases due to its simplicity and low cost. AIM:to establish reference values for 6MWD in healthy Chilean individuals. MATERIAL AND METHODS:we studied 175 healthy volunteers aged 20-80 years (98 women) with...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:/S0034-98872010000900006
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::This article gives technical orientation to health institutions for the promotion of community participation and sets forth the challenge of constructing a health system for Chile, according to the needs and problems of the country and based on the principles of solidarity, equity and social participation. It presents...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1994-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Parents have a control role in the development and treatment of eating disorders among teenagers. AIM:To compare attitudes, beliefs and behaviors between mothers of patients with eating disorders and mothers of teenagers without these disorders. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Twenty one mother-sibling pairs of adole...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:/S0034-98872009000600008
更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Islet cell-specific autoantibodies such as islet cell antibody (ICA), antiinsulin (IAA), anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and anti-tyrosine phosphatase (IA2) can be present in patients with type I diabetes. Breast feeding duration and the early exposure to milk substitutes are environmental factors ass...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Recent studies in mice have demonstrated that the Msx-1 homebox gene is implicated in cleft palate. Thus, it has been suggested that its human homologue, MSX1 (HOX-7), located in chromosome 4 could be involved in the etiology of non syndromic cleft lip palate. AIM:To study the linkage between non syndromic ...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1998-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The dual potential to promote tolerance or inflammation when facing self-antigens makes dendritic cells (DCs) fundamental players in autoimmunity. There is an association between smoking and DCs maturation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, ethnicity is a key factor in autoimmune disorders....
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0034-98872018000200150
更新日期:2018-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Subjects with glucose intolerance or high fasting glucose levels have a higher cardiovascular risk and frequently become diabetic. AIM:To assess clinical and metabolic characteristics of patients with glucose intolerance or high fasting glucose levels. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Fasting and post glucose load ser...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:/S0034-98872009000200002
更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report a 29 years old male, with a history of cocaine abuse and excessive alcohol intake, who was admitted to the hospital with an acute peritonitis. The patient was operated and multiple perforations of the cecum were found. A right hemicolectomy was performed and the pathological study of the surgical piece showe...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Behçet's disease (BD) is a rare multisystemic inflammatory disease that is potentially disabling and may cause death. AIM:To describe the characteristics of BD patients from two Chilean centers. PATIENTS AND METHOD:Retrospective review of the clinical records of patients with BD attended in two rheumatolog...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:/S0034-98872009001000008
更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 68 years old male presented with right hypochondrium abdominal pain and jaundice with no other clinical finding. CAT Scan and Ultrasonography showed right lobe bile duct dilatation. Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography gave an outstanding vision of a restricted right lobe bile duct dilatation associated to ch...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00