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Fiebre manchada de las montañas rocosas en un hospital pediátrico en el noreste de México

Caso de autopsia: Paracoccidioides diseminada en paciente inmunocomprometido
Autopsy Case: Disseminated paracoccidiodes in an immunocompromised patient

Prensa méd. argent; 104 (6), 2018
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is the predominant dimorphic fungal disease in Latin America. Males between 29 to 40 years of age are most often affected. Inhalation of the infecting particle produces a localized alveolitis. The organisms then may disseminate to the skin, mucous membranes, lymph nodes, ad...

Real-time PCR assay for the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis

Colomb. med; 48 (2), 2017
Abstract Introduction: The diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis requires an invasive and time-consuming reference method. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is rapid, but validation in pleural tuberculosis is still weak. Objective: To establish the operating characteristics of real-time polymerase chain re...

Utilidad del pH del líquido pleural en derrames pleurales neoplásicos
Usefulness of pleural fluid pH in neoplastic effusions

Con el objeto de evaluar la utilidad del pH pleural en pleuresías neoplásicas, se estudiaron retrospectivamente 16 casos hospitalizados en el Servicio de Medicina del Hospital Regional de Concepción. Se encontró pH plural normal (>7,30) en nueve enfermos y en 7 pH pleural bajo (< 7,30). Los casos con...