Publications by authors named "Beatriz Jimenez Montero"
Acute mastoiditis: 30 years review in a tertiary hospital.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol
December 2024
Objective: Acute mastoiditis, the most common complication of acute otitis media, is approached in our study, focused on children from the Autonomous Community of Cantabria, Spain. The aim is to analyze its clinical-epidemiological characteristics and propose diagnostic and treatment recommendations.
Study Design/setting: We conducted a 30-year retrospective study on patients under 18 years of age diagnosed with acute mastoiditis in Cantabria.
Central nervous system infections in children caused by group A Streptococcus are rare. This study, conducted across 52 hospitals in Spain from 2019 to 2023, identified 32 cases of central nervous system infections in children caused by group A Streptococcus, with a significant increase from October 2022 onward (1.1% vs.
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- A study examined cases of invasive Group A Streptococcus bloodstream infections (GAS-BSI) in children in Madrid from 2005 to 2017, finding 109 cases with an incidence of 4.3 episodes per 100,000 children per year.
- The study indicated a non-significant upward trend in incidence over time, with the majority of cases occurring in children under four years old, primarily presenting as primary bloodstream infections.
- Factors like respiratory distress were linked to increased severity, with 22% of affected children requiring admission to the pediatric intensive care unit; however, only 1.8% of cases resulted in death.
Background: Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), is endemic in Latin-America and is emerging in Spain due to immigration. The vertical transmission rate is around 5%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe evaluated the evolution over time of once-daily antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected children and its relationship with adherence. An increase on the prevalence of once-daily antiretroviral therapy was observed over time (from 0.9% in 2002 to 44.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Mycobacterium lentiflavum is considered a rare pathogen causing nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lymphadenitis.
Methods: A multicenter, retrospective study was performed in immunocompetent children <14 years of age with microbiologically confirmed NTM lymphadenitis treated at 6 hospitals in Madrid, Spain, during 2000-2010. We compared children with M.