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

authors： Gurguí M,Muñoz P

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Our previously described multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme for Enterococcus faecalis has provided insight into the population structure and global epidemiology of this organism. Two high-risk complexes, CC2 and CC9, especially adapted to the hospital environment and widely distributed in Europe and ...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Ruiz-Garbajosa P,Coque TM,Cantón R,Willems RJ,Baquero F,Del Campo R

更新日期：2007-10-01 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

authors： Horcajada JP,García L,Benito N,Cervera C,Sala M,Olivera A,Soriano A,Robau M,Gatell JM,Miró JM

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Epidemiological and microbiological study of a salmonellosis outbreak, affecting 22 children in a nursery school in Oviedo (Spain). METHODS:Attack rates and epidemic curves were determined, and bacterial typing methods were applied. RESULTS:The outbreak was attributed to a Salmonella enterica serovar Typhim...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Bances M,Herrero A,González Y,Rodicio MR,González-Hevia MA

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study is to describe a Shigella sonnei outbreak in a school. METHOD:An epidemiological inquiry was performed. Stool samples from 5 patients were cultured. Molecular typing of the isolates was carried out by PFGE, MLST and plasmid analysis. RESULTS:The attack rate was 14.3% (67 students). ...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Herrera-León S,Alvarez-Castillo Mdel C,Taveira JA,Fernández M,Echeita MA,Sanz JC

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioterrorism has emerged as an important infectious disease and public health challenge in the 21st century, and issues of preparedness and response are now prominent. The development of attack scenarios for assessing this problem contributes to the organization of response systems and identifies aspects that may need...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Pappas G,Blanco JR,Oteo JA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enfuvirtide is a high-cost, parenterally administered drug commonly used in late phases of HIV infection, when its efficacy may be compromised. To optimize enfuvirtide use, consensus recommendations for this purpose have been formulated by 247 physicians attending patients with HIV infection in Spain. A literature rev...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Ribera E,Moreno S,Viciana P,Echevarría S,Flores J,Francés A,Gómez-Sirvent JL,González J,Hernández-Quero J,Lozano F,Mallolas J,Muñoz A,Ocampo A,Portilla J,Pulido F,Rivero A,Santos J,Soriano V,Antela A,Arazo P,Arrib

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the changes in causes of death among persons with HIV infection. METHODS:An analysis of mortality according to cause was performed in persons diagnosed with HIV infection and residing in the province of Navarre (Spain) from 1985 to 2004. RESULTS:Among 1,649 persons diagnosed with HIV infection u...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Aldaz P,Castilla J,Moreno-Iribas C,Irisarri F,Floristán Y,Sola-Boneta J,Martínez-Artola V,Fernández-Jaúregui C,Dorronsoro I

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dyslipidemia is common in HIV-infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) and it is often associated with the use of specific antiretroviral drugs. The phenotypic profile can include elevated triglycerides or cholesterol alone, or mixed patterns with varying changes in LDL and HDL lipoproteins, which impl...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Masiá-Canuto M,Bernal-Morell E,Gutiérrez-Rodero F

更新日期：2006-12-01 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

authors： García-Suárez Mdel M,Vázquez F,Méndez FJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several recent studies have shown that the combination of ddI plus TDF can produce an unexpected drop in CD4 cell counts, even after correcting the ddI dose. OBJECTIVE:Comparative study of the immunological effectiveness of various once-daily NRTI backbones (ddI plus TDF, ddI plus 3TC or TDF plus 3TC) in an...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Cervero M,Torres R,Jusdado JJ,Rodríguez-Rosado R,Del Alamo M,García-Benaya E

更新日期：2006-08-01 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

authors： Rodríguez-Granger J,Ruiz-López F,Camacho-Muñoz E,Turiño J,Sampedro A,Miranda C

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When Christopher Columbus and his men embarked on the second Colombian expedition to the New World (1493), the crew suffered from fever, respiratory symptoms and malaise. It is generally accepted that the disease was influenza. Pigs, horses and hens acquired in Gomera (Canary Islands) traveled in the same ship. The pi...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Muñoz-Sanz A

更新日期：2006-05-01 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

authors： Kanafani ZA,Fowler VG Jr

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Primaquine is now the only drug available to eradicate Plasmodium vivax malaria. The optimal dose of primaquine to prevent relapses of P. vivax remains under discussion. CLINICAL CASES:We describe three cases of P. vivax malaria from different geographical areas, in which a tolerance to standard doses of ...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Muñoz J,Velasco M,Alonso D,Valls ME,Corachán M,Gascón J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Genotypic resistance was tested to investigate changes in the rates of resistance to antiretroviral drugs in non-treated patients in Spain. MATERIAL AND METHOD:A total of 209 HIV-infected patients from different autonomous communities in Spain without prior antiretroviral (AR) drug treatment were studied ...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Guerrero A,Cañizares A,Tomás S,Velasco D,Cartelle M,Grupo de Estudio de las Resistencias Primarias del VIH en España.

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an increasingly common cause of hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) and the second most frequently isolated pathogen from patients who die from HAP. High-risk units for MRSA colonization such as intensive care (ICU's) are the most affected. Multiple risk factors for ...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Koulenti D,Myrianthefs P,Dimopoulos G,Baltopoulos G

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological data are useful to determine changes in forms of clinical expression and in the microbial agents causing infections. This allows empirical or preemptive treatments to be designed and can guide diagnostic tests. Empirical data also allow patients to be classified by risk group in order to decide on the ...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Díaz-Mediavilla J,Lizasoain M

更新日期：2005-12-01 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

authors： Ramos JM,Gutiérrez F,Padilla S,Masiá M,Escolano C

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To analyze the production and repercussions of the scientific activity of Spanish authors in the fields of microbiology, mycology, parasitology and virology. METHODS:Documents published during the period of 1990 to 2000 compiled on the MEDLINE database >(WEBSPIRS 4.2) were retrieved using the following sear...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Ramos JM,Gutiérrez F,Royo G

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uncontrolled progression of the AIDS epidemic has made the development of an efficacious human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine a major objective of scientific research. No effective preventive vaccine against HIV is currently available and sterilizing immunity has not yet been achieved in animal models. This ...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Alcamí J,Joseph Munné J,Muñoz-Fernández MA,Esteban M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of human immunodeficience virus (HIV) infection among patients under renal replacement therapy varies, with estimates of 1% for Europe and 1.5% for the United States. Survival in HIV infected individuals receiving renal replacement therapy has improved since the introduction of high activity antiretrovi...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Trullás JC,Miró JM,Barril G,Ros S,Burgos FJ,Moreno A,Mazuecos A,Alvarez-Vijande R,Oppenheimer F,Carmen Sánchez M,Blanco JL,Tuset M,Torre-Cisneros J,Polo R,González J

更新日期：2005-06-01 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

authors： Ramos JT,de José MI,Polo R,Fortuny C,Mellado MJ,Muñoz-Fernández MA,Beceiro J,Bertrán JM,Calvo C,Chamorro L,Ciria L,Guillén S,González-Montero R,González-Tomé MI,Gurbindo MD,Martín-Fontelos P,Martínez-Pérez J,Moreno D,

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antibiotics account for 30% of hospital pharmacy expenses. More than 50% of the prescriptions are considered inappropriate; hence, programs devoted to optimizing the prescription of antibiotics should be developed. We present the results of a non-compulsory program for the assessment and control of antibioti...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： López-Medrano F,San Juan R,Serrano O,Chaves F,Lumbreras C,Lizasoaín M,Herreros de Tejada A,Aguado JM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospitals are places with high selective pressure by antimicrobial agents. For this reason, bacteria producing nosocomial infections need to be not only virulent, but also resistant to antimicrobial agents. In the present review we analyse the effect of the acquisition of an antibiotic resistance phenotype in bacteria...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Linares-Rodríguez JF,Martínez-Menéndez JL

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quinolone resistance is caused mainly by chromosomal mutations in gram negative bacteria. In 1998, plasmid-mediated resistance to quinolones in clinical isolates was first reported in a Klebsiella pneumoniae strain. Locus qnr (quinolone resistance) was responsible of the quinolone resistance in this plasmid. qnr codes...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Rodríguez-Martínez JM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fecal colonization by multiresistant bacteria can be a source of nosocomial infections. The aim of this work was to study fecal colonization by Klebsiella pneumoniae in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients and investigate the resistance profiles of the strains. METHODS:From May to October 2001, 11 s...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Desimoni MC,Esquivel GP,Merino LA

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Given the sanitary repercussion of serious intrahospital pneumonia (SIP), representatives of three scientific societies (SEMICYUC; SEPAR and SEIMC) have developed during 2002 and 2003 a practical guide for its treatment. METHOD:A task force was constituted to value five clinical situations related with th...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Jordà Marcos R,Torres Martí A,Ariza Cardenal FJ,Alvarez Lerma F,Barcenilla Gaite F,Comisión de Expertos del Grupo de Trabajo de Enfermedades Infecciosas de la Sociedad Española de Medicina Intensiva, Critica y Coronarias.,Area de Trabajo de

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last years, there have been important advances in sexually transmitted infections such as genome sequencing of Treponema pallidum, Chlamydia trachomatis or Mycoplasma genitalium; the new taxonomic position of Calymmatobacterium granulomatis; commercial diagnostic systems based on nucleic acid amplification; the...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Vázquez F,Otero L,Ordás J,Junquera ML,Varela JA

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Primary lymphoma is the most common neoplasm of the central nervous system (CNS) in AIDS patients. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the clinical manifestations, neuroimaging findings, diagnostic methods used, histological characteristics, detection of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA by PCR in cerebrospina...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Corti M,Villafañe F,Trione N,Schtirbu R,Yampolsky C,Narbaitz M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To investigate the susceptibility of group B streptococci (GBS) to macrolides and lincosamides and assess alternatives for intrapartum chemoprophylaxis in women allergic to penicillin and colonized by a GBS strain resistant to these antibiotics. METHODS:Multicenter study performed with 131 strains isolate...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： González JJ,Andreu A,Grupo de Estudio de Infección Perinatal, Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica.

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The choice of antibiotic therapy in respiratory tract infections is usually empirical. However, this choice is complicated by the increasing prevalence of resistant strains among the major bacterial pathogens involved in these infections, particularly Streptococcus pneumoniae. The aim of antimicrobial therapy in respi...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Aguado-García JM,Martín-Herrero JE,Lumbreras-Bermejo C

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Streptococcus agalactiae is a well-recognized pathogen in the obstetric population and is a cause of invasive infection in adults with underlying diseases. Nevertheless, the role of S. agalactiae in urinary tract infections in the adult non-pregnant population treated in outpatient health care centers has ...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Hernáiz C,Antón N,Alós JI,Orden B,Orellana MA,Colomina J,Redondo J,Gómez-Garcés JL

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The increase in infections due to dermatophytes in recent years led us to study the effectiveness of new antifungal formulations against these microorganisms. METHODS:The in vitro activity of a new antifungal agent, voriconazole, was compared with three other antifungal agents, itraconazole, fluconazole a...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Serrano-Martino Mdel C,Chávez-Caballero M,Valverde-Conde A,Claro RM,Pemán J,Martín-Mazuelos E

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy of three culture media to detect vaginal and rectal colonization by group B streptococci (GBS) in pregnant women. METHODS:We processed 1334 samples from 861 pregnant women: in 388 patients only vaginal swab was cultured (Group A) and in 473 vaginal and rectal swabs were cultured (Grou...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Bosch-Mestres J,Martín-Fernández RM,Jiménez de Anta-Losada MT

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To determine the cost and volume of work implied in providing a parasitological diagnosis when attending immigrants in a referral Tropical Medicine Unit. METHODS:The total number and type of samples, requests processed and parasitology laboratory costs were quantified after attending 1258 immigrants durin...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Turrientes Mdel C,Huerga H,López-Vélez R

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fever of intermediate duration (FID) is defined as non-localized fever occurring in the community, lasting from one to four weeks, and having no diagnostic orientation after basic clinical, analytical and radiological evaluations are completed. These may include careful recording of clinical history, physical examinat...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Rivero A,Zambrana JL,Pachón J

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To describe demographic aspects of a prospective multicentric nationwide study on Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae producing extended spectrum b -lactamases (ESBL) in Spain, between March and June 2000. METHODS:352 E. coli and K. pneumoniae strains showing a phenotype compatible to ESBL producti...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Hernández JR,Pascual A,Cantón R,Martínez-Martínez L,Grupo de Estudio de Infección Hospitalaria. GEIH.

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to describe the clinical and epidemiologic features of Q fever in the southern area of the island of Gran Canaria (Spain). METHODS:We conducted a retrospective analysis of the clinical and epidemiological data of the cases of Q fever diagnosed by the Microbiology Laboratory of th...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Bolaños M,Santana OE,Pérez-Arellano JL,Angel-Moreno A,Moreno G,Burgazzoli JL,Martín-Sánchez AM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Knowledge of adherence to highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) and the variables associated with poor compliance is useful for the follow-up of HIV infected patients. PATIENTS, MATERIAL AND METHODS:Patients were consecutively recruited from the HIV outpatient clinics of the Hospitals of Leon and...

journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

authors： Martín-Sánchez V,Ortega-Valín L,Pérez-Simón Mdel R,Mostaza-Fernández JL,Ortiz de Urbina-González JJ,Rodríguez-María M,Carro-Fernández JA,Cuevas-González MJ,Alcoba-Leza M,Grupo de Trabajo sobre Adhesión a TARGA en la provincia de León.

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00