ABSTRACT Meningococcal meningitis is a well established potential fatal infection characterized by fever, headache, petechial rash, and vomiting in the majority of cases. However, protean manifestations including abdominal pain, sore throat, diarrhea and cough, even though rare, should not be overlooked....
ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of licorice in H. pylori eradication in patients suffering from dyspepsia either with peptic ulcer disease (PUD) or non-ulcer dyspepsia (NUD) in comparison to the clarithromycin-based standard triple regimen. Methods: In this randomiz...
Antibacterianos/uso terapéutico,
Claritromicina/uso terapéutico,
Dispepsia/tratamiento farmacológico,
Dispepsia/microbiología,
Glycyrrhiza/química,
Infecciones por Helicobacter/tratamiento farmacológico,
Helicobacter pylori/efectos de los fármacos,
Úlcera Péptica/tratamiento farmacológico,
Úlcera Péptica/microbiología,
Extractos Vegetales/uso terapéutico,
Resultado del Tratamiento
Abstract Tinea faciei is a relatively uncommon dermatophyte infection entailing atypical clinical symptoms, usually misdiagnosed and treated with corticosteroids. The authors describe a case of tinea faciei on the right eyebrow caused by Trichophyton interdigitale. The patient was an 18-year-old girl, wh...
Cejas/microbiología,
Cejas/patología,
Dermatosis Facial/microbiología,
Dermatosis Facial/patología,
Tiña/patología,
Trichophyton/aislamiento & purificación,
Antifúngicos/uso terapéutico,
Dermoscopía,
Dermatosis Facial/tratamiento farmacológico,
Microscopía Electrónica de Rastreo,
Naftalenos/uso terapéutico,
Tiña/tratamiento farmacológico,
Resultado del Tratamiento,
Ureasa/análisis
ResumenJustificación:Estudiar los esputos de los pacientes que cumplen con la definición de sintomáticos respiratorios haciéndoles un cultivo por piógenos en COOPESIBA - Barva; de Mayo a Agosto del Año 2012.Métodos:Se cultivaron por bacterias piógenas todos los esputos que llegaron al Laboratorio...
Guillén, Rosa;
Carpinelli, Letizia;
Rodríguez, Fátima;
Castro, Héctor;
Quíñónez, Beatriz;
Campuzano, Ana;
Macchi, María;
Ortellado, Juana;
Almada, Patricia;
Grau, Lorena;
Rodríguez, Mónica;
Velázquez, Gladys;
Espínola, Carmen;
Samudio, Gloría;
Gómez, Gloria;
Basualdo, Wilma.
Introduction: The prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus in the community has increased, being the pediatric population the most affected. This fact highlights the need for epidemiological surveillance. Aim: To characterize clinical, phenotypic and genotypic isolates of S. aureus children’s samples wi...
Proteínas Bacterianas/genética,
Toxinas Bacterianas/genética,
Exotoxinas/genética,
Leucocidinas/genética,
Proteínas de Unión a las Penicilinas/genética,
Infecciones Estafilocócicas/microbiología,
Staphylococcus aureus/efectos de los fármacos,
Staphylococcus aureus/genética,
Infecciones Comunitarias Adquiridas/microbiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Genotipo,
Paraguay,
Fenotipo,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa,
Prevalencia
Background: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by extended-spectrum betalactamases (ESBL) are an increasingly common problem. Aim: To develop an association model to allow an early detection of ESBL-producing microorganisms. Methods: A prospective observational cohort study was undertaken among patie...
A case of a girl with chronic posttraumatic osteomyelitis of the right tibia with microbiological isolation of Bacillus spp. by conventional methods and confirmation by mass spectrometry MALDI-TOF (matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass) of Corynebacterium striatum is presented. ...
Corynebacterium/aislamiento & purificación,
Infecciones por Corynebacterium/diagnóstico por imagen,
Osteomielitis/diagnóstico por imagen,
Infección de la Herida Quirúrgica/diagnóstico por imagen,
Tibia/lesiones,
Imagen por Resonancia Magnética,
Osteomielitis/microbiología,
Espectrometría de Masa por Láser de Matriz Asistida de Ionización Desorción,
Infección de la Herida Quirúrgica/microbiología,
Tibia/microbiología,
Tibia/cirugía
We report a Serratia marcescens outbreak occurred in the NICU of a pediatric hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Nine cases of infection were detected, from which septicemia was developed in 55.5%. The index case was a newborn derived from another institution with septic arthritis caused by the outbreak stra...
