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 load testing such as its lower cost, the greater stability of the target, the possibility of working with the same primary tube as that used for HCV serology, and the rapidity of obtaining results, since there is no need to work in batches, unlike the situation with most viral load platforms. Although the core antigen has lower analytical sensitivity than HCV RNA for the detection of low viremia levels, several studies and guidelines have already shown their utility in the identification of patients with active HCV infection. This article summarises current platforms for viral load determination, including point-of-care systems, and also reviews the indications attributed to this marker by the main HCV treatment guidelines. The article also reviews the characteristics of HCV core antigen, the available platforms for its determination, its correlation with viral load determination, and the indications for this marker in the distinct guidelines.
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Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clinjournal_title
Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinicaauthors
Aguilera A,Alados JC,Alonso R,Eiros JM,García Fdoi
10.1016/j.eimc.2020.02.003subject
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2020-01-01 00:00:00pages
12-18eissn
0213-005Xissn
1578-1852pii
S0213-005X(20)30033-1journal_volume
38 Suppl 1pub_type
杂志文章abstract：PURPOSE:Survival in people living with HIV (PLWH) has increased and thus people are aging with HIV, increasing the frequency of multimorbidity and polypharmacy. This cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of polypharmacy among PLWH who were on antiretroviral treatment and were followed in an out...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2020.09.020
更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00
abstract：:Seven males of 132 (5%) and 9 females of 85 (10%) out of 217 heterosexual individuals without addiction to drugs or previous blood transfusion who attended a STD clinic in Madrid because they had high risk sexual partners were found to have antiHIV antibodies by ELISA and immunofluorescence (CNMVIS). However, when var...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the number of strains of classic enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) that have the eae gene, that is considered a pathogenicity factor. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The presence of the eae gene has been evaluated on 62 EPEC strains of ten different serogroups, isolated from children with gastroenteritis. R...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been observed an spectacular increasing of opportunistic Candida yeast infections. Many of them are fatal, and rapid and effective identification of the infecting species contributes to start the correct treatment. Several new methods for yeast identification have become available; Microring YT is one...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:The incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted diseases increases in males who have sex with males (MSM), despite the knowledge on how to prevent them. To determine the mechanisms that are driving this lack of prevention is important to reverse the trend. PATIENTS AND M...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2013.04.017
更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The role of respiratory viruses in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients has not been extensively investigated. The objective was to study the implication of respiratory viruses in HIV patients with CAP, through a prospective, three-year study in a third-level hospi...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1157/13115543
更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The epidemiological surveillance data for tuberculosis in Spain in 2015 is analysed in this report. This information was gathered through cases reported to the Red Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiológica [National Epidemiological Surveillance Network]. In addition, the update of the treatment of the cases reported in 20...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2017.11.013
更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The Word Health Organization (WHO) has recommended epidemiologic surveillance of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in high risk populations. An important decrease has recently been observed in the prevalence of HIV infection in drug addicts in different regions in Spain with notable differe...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to analyse the genotypic characteristics of all Enterococcus isolates with acquired vancomycin resistance (VRE) recovered in the Hospital Clinic (Barcelona, Spain) in a period of three years and two months. METHODS:All VRE isolated in the referred Hospital in the period Januar...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2012.05.010
更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The recent increase in the practice of ocular surgery and widespread use of contact lenses have led to an increase in the incidence of severe ocular infections. Inadequate management of these infections can result in irreversible loss of vision. Microbiological diagnosis is essential when the lesions are non-specific,...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2009.01.006
更新日期：2009-11-01 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:the duration adequacy of antibiotic regimens is one of the key points of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASP) given the relationship between the risk of resistance and days of exposure to antimicrobials. METHODS:monitoring activities of intravenous antibiotics longer than 7 days at Hospital Infantil V...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2020.02.015
更新日期：2020-03-27 00:00:00
abstract：:Heart transplantation has emerged as the therapy of choice for selected patients with life-threatening, irremediable heart disease. Infectious complications are frequent, but are no longer the leading cause of death. Late infections (particularly viral infections), however, are still a threat to long-term graft surviv...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1157/13111187
更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The echinocandins anidulafungin, caspofungin, and micafungin have a broad and similar spectrum of in vitro and in vivo activity against most Candida spp. Minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) for Candida spp. are usually below 1 μg/mL for most isolates. The exceptions are Candidaparapsilosis and C. guilliermondii. ...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/S0213-005X(11)70002-7
更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:The results of therapy of febrile episodes during the pregraft phase in bone marrow transplant was retrospectively evaluated in 84 granulocytopenic patients. Most patients received co-trimoxazole and i.v. ticarcillin as antibacterial prophylaxis. 47 episodes were treated with a third generation cephalosporin plus an a...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Dental implant-associated infections are expected to be increasingly more common as the number of patients with implants for more than 10 years rises. There are 2 stages of peri-implant infection: early mucositis, consisting of inflammation of the peri-implant soft tissues without loss of supporting bone, and a more a...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1157/13128277
更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Streptococcus agalactiae infective endocarditis Streptococcus agalactiae is an unusual cause of infectious endocarditis. We describe the clinical characteristics, therapy and evolution of this infection in four patients diagnosed between 1996 and 2003. All four cases had native valve involvement and vegetations. All t...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1157/13089692
更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The duration of antibiotic treatment in patients with an infectious process is based on empirical considerations and those with intraabdominal infections are no exception. Therefore, the recommended duration of antibiotic therapy in intraabdominal infection is controversial and no consensus has been reached due to the...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/S0213-005X(10)70030-6
更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:In order to study the evolution of the outbreak that occurred between 2009 and 2010 in 3 hospitals in Zaragoza, all vancomycin-resistant clinical Enterococcus faecalis isolates identified between 2011 and 2013 at these hospitals were characterised. METHODS:Molecular characterisation of the isolates and an...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2016.02.020
更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is a relatively frequent disease in patients with HIV infection. This may be observed coinciding with pulmonary involvement or without diagnostic data of the same. Within extrapulmonary involvement, gastrointestinal involvement is one of the least frequently observed and its diagn...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:In 1995 a specialized home care service for infectious diseases was created in our institution. The aim was to improve the quality of life of patients with prolonged parenteral antimicrobial therapy requirements, reduce the length of hospital stay, and improve the care received after discharge by clinical and...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1157/13108706
更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The relevance of mixed genital infections in our area was evaluated, and we report their clinical and epidemiological features for both viral types. We evaluated overall 54 Herpes simplex virus (HSV) isolates from 44 patients seen at the clinic of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) of the Sevilla School of Medicine d...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Nasal swab culture is used to identify Staphylococcus aureus colonization, as this is a major risk factor for surgical site infection (SSI) in patients who are going to undergo major heart surgery (MHS). We determined nasal carriage of S. aureus in patients undergoing MHS by comparing the yield of a conven...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eimc.2019.07.013
更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:To date, more than 170 species of mycobacteria have been described, of which more than one third may be pathogenic to humans, representing a significant workload for microbiology laboratories. These species must be identified in clinical practice, which has long been a major problem due to the shortcomings of conventi...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/S0213-005X(16)30188-4
更新日期：2016-06-01 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：:Intraabdominal infections are severe with a high morbidity and mortality which may be produced by multiple causes: perforation of the empty viscera, intestinal inflammatory processes, vascular pictures, abdominal traumatisms as a consequence of surgery. From a microbiologic point of view, different types of gram posit...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In the present study the 60 patients with brucellosis and evaluation of bone marrow aspirate seen at the Hospital Base Cayetano Heredia from 1980 to 1986 were included. Iron deficiency was found in the bone marrow in 34.5% of patients, 31% in males and 36% in females. No correlation was found between iron deficiency a...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The morbidity and mortality rates associated with Streptococcus pneumoniae remain very high worldwide. The virulence of this bacterium is largely dependent on its polysaccharide capsule, which is quite heterogeneous and represents a serious obstacle for designing effective vaccines. However, it has been demonstrated t...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1157/13092469
更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnosis usefulness of antibodies detection against different specific antigens of H. pylori (Hp) in children by a Western-blot commercially available (Helicoblot 2.0). MATERIAL AND METHODS:96 symptomatic paediatric patients in two groups were studied. Group 1: 48 ...
journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00
