Experience of a monographic tuberculosis unit: the first 500 cases.

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a highly prevalent and potentially severe disease. However, since 2002 the annual incidence has been decreasing both worldwide and in Spain, where the incidence varies widely between regions. The main objective of this study is to describe the experience of a monographic TB unit in a second level hospital.

Shoulder dislocation in patients older than 60 years of age.

Purpose: Recurrent anterior shoulder dislocation in elderly patients is a little studied condition. The goal of this paper is to clarify the role of associated injuries with respect to loss of function and recurrence of dislocation.

Materials And Methods: We have conducted a retrospective, descriptive study on 29 patients older than 60 years at the moment they suffered their first dislocation episode.

[Outbreak of pandemic virus (H1N1) 2009 in a residence for mentally disabled persons in Balearic Island, Spain].

Background: The flu season 2009-2010 has been shorter and less severe than expected. Since January 2010, influenza surveillance systems indicated rates of very low incidence of influenza without detection of virus circulation. In this context, a hospital reported a suspected outbreak of severe respiratory disease, the aetiology proved influenza A(H1N1)v.

[Diagnostic reliability of an asynchronous teledermatology consultation].

Objective: To analyze the diagnostic agreement rate between primary care, an asynchronous teledermatology consultation, and a conventional dermatology consultation.

Design: Prospective non-randomized concordance study.

Setting: Dermatology Service in Hospital Son Llàtzer (Palma de Mallorca) and primary care centers of Sóller and Arenal (Mallorca).

[Clinical use of HIV-1 resistance genotyping. Predictive factors of poor virological evolution in salvage treatments].

Objectives: To describe the use of genotype resistance testing (GRT) for virological failure in clinical practice, and the long-term clinical and virological evolution in patients for whom it is requested. To identify the predictive factors of virological failure in patients with antiretroviral (ARV) salvage therapy.

Methods: Observational study in HIV-infected patients for whom GRT was requested for virological failure (VF) in the period of 1 October 1999 to 31 December 2001.