RESUMEN La leptospirosis es una enfermedad zoonótica de distribución mundial que puede transmitirse por contacto directo o indirecto con orina o tejidos de animales infectados. En Argentina, la leptospirosis es endémica en la provincia de Santa Fe y presenta brotes epidémicos durante las inundaciones...
ABSTRACT Psittacine birds have been identified as reservoirs of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli, a subset of pathogens associated with mortality of children in tropical countries. The role of other orders of birds as source of infection is unclear. The aim of this study was to perform the molecular diagno...
Abstract The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors that predispose patients who are hospitalized with pressure ulcers (PUs) colonized by Gram-negative bacilli (GNB) to develop bacteremia. In addition, we also detected main phenotypes of resistance in infected and uninfected PUs. A prospe...
