Publications by authors named "Andrea Ramirez-Fontes"
Article Synopsis
- - The study evaluates "time toxicity" in older cancer patients, measuring the days spent in healthcare during palliative systemic treatments, indicating a significant but overlooked aspect of cancer therapy.
- - In a group of 158 patients aged 65 and older, it was found that on average, they spent 21% of the first 6 months in healthcare, with factors like treatment type and frailty status influencing this time burden.
- - The findings highlight that older adults with metastatic cancer may spend 1 in 5 days seeking healthcare, emphasizing the need for better communication about the expected healthcare demands related to their treatment.
Risk factors and outcomes associated with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis bacteraemia: A 10-year study in a tertiary-care centre in Mexico City.
J Glob Antimicrob Resist
March 2021
Objectives: We sought to identify risk factors associated with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) and ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis (ARE) bacteraemia, predictors of 30-day mortality, and 90-day recurrence-free survival according to resistance.
Methods: We evaluated clinical records of patients with E. faecalis and E.
Aim: In this study, we conducted a comparative study to explore the differences in therapeutic efficacy and intestinal microbiome of fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) FMT in addition with (FMT-L) for treatment of recurrent infection (R-CDI).
Methods: We designed a double-blinded randomized comparative two-arm pilot multicenter study to assess the efficacy and impact in the intestinal microbiome of standard capsules of FMT FMT-L enriched with 3 species of for patients with R-CDI. A 90-day follow-up of 21 patients was performed, starting at the beginning of the study.