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Identificación de infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana en dos receptores de órgano sólido tres años después del trasplante

Biomédica (Bogotá); 44 (3), 2024
El examen de rutina de los donantes de órganos para detectar la infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (HIV) ha hecho que la transmisión del virus mediante el trasplante de órganos sea poco común. Sin embargo, a pesar de las pruebas de detección de rutina, la transmisión del HIV con...

No seroconversion among healthcare workers exposed to SARS-CoV-2 during the early phase of the pandemic

Rev. méd. Chile; 151 (1), 2023
BACKGROUND: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is associated with morbidity, hospitalizations, absenteeism, and mortality among healthcare workers (HCW). AIM: To evaluate the seroconversion rate in HCW exposed to SARS-CoV-2 in the early pandemic phase in 2020 at a regional reference hospital. MATERIAL AND METHODS: ...

Centenaria institucionalizada recuperada por COVID-19 con generación de inmunidad: Un caso de estudio

Univ. salud; 23 (3), 2021
Resumen Introducción: El virus SARS-CoV-2 y su enfermedad COVID-19, afecta con mayor severidad a personas adultas mayores, sobre todo aquellas con multimorbilidad y fragilidad; esto debido a mecanismos fisiológicos como la inmunosenescencia o un pobre control de la actividad inflamatoria en esta pobl...

Seroprevalence and seroconversion rates to SARS-CoV-2 in interns, residents, and medical doctors in a University Hospital in Bogotá, Colombia

Infectio; 25 (3), 2021
Abstract Objectives: To determine the prevalence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 and the incidence of seroconversion in the first month of follow-up among interns, residents, and medical doctors attending patients at a University Hospital in Bogota (Colombia). Design or methods: A cross-sectional and a p...

Presentaciones inesperadas de enfermedades endémicas: síndrome de dificultad respiratoria aguda en un paciente con dengue
Unexpected presentations of endemic conditions: acute respiratory distress syndrome in a dengue patient

Rev. cuba. med. trop; 73 (2), 2021
El dengue es la infección trasmitida por vectores con mayor impacto en carga de enfermedad, económica y social a nivel mundial, con más de 3,6 billones de personas en riesgo de infección. Sus manifestaciones son variables, caracterizadas en su mayoría por síndrome febril con riesgo de sangrado, cho...

Self-prescribed Ivermectin use is associated with a lower rate of seroconversion in health care workers diagnosed with COVID, in a dose-dependent response

Braz. j. infect. dis; 25 (4), 2021
ABSTRACT Background: Over-the-counter use of ivermectin amongst other drugs as SARS-CoV-2 treatment has been increasingly common, despite the lack of evidence on its clinical efficacy. Objective: To evaluate the effect of ivermectin use on production of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in health care work...

Análise da soroconversão após esquema habitual de vacinação contra hepatite B em pacientes com doenças inflamatórias intestinais

Arq. gastroenterol; 57 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) vaccinated for hepatitis B have a low success rate in achieving protective antibody levels. The main factors suggested for this are IBD itself and the use of immunosuppressive drugs. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the concentration of anti-H...

Serological profile of John Cunningham virus (JCV) in patients with multiple sclerosis

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (9), 2018
ABSTRACT Treatment options for multiple sclerosis (MS) have changed over the last few years, bringing about a new category of drugs with more efficient profiles. However, these drugs have come with a whole new profile of potential adverse events that neurologists have to learn well and quickly. One of th...

Predictors of HBeAg seroconversion after long-term nucleos(t)ide analogues treatment for chronic hepatitis B: a multicenter study in real clinical setting

Braz. j. infect. dis; 21 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Aims: To evaluate the HBeAg seroconversion rate in real clinical setting and explore its predictors in long-term nucleos(t)ide analogues (NAs) treatment for chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Methods: 251 patients were recruited from January 2001 to September 2009 in four hospitals in Hebei province, ...