Publications by authors named "Carlos Toro Rueda"
Severe Impairment of T-cell Immunity and Pulmonary GvHD Are Major Risk Factors for Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection After Pediatric Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.
Pediatr Infect Dis J
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- Pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients are at high risk for infections, particularly nontuberculous mycobacteria.
- A study reports six cases of disseminated or pulmonary infections in five children, mostly caused by Mycobacterium avium complex.
- Out of the five patients, four died, with two deaths directly linked to the mycobacterial infections.
Article Synopsis
- Diagnosing infections caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is complex, and this study evaluates a new immunological assay (NTM-IGRA) using specific antigens from glycopeptidolipids (GPLs).
- The study tested this assay on 99 pediatric patients, including those with confirmed NTM infections and controls without lymphadenitis, finding that samples from NTM-confirmed patients reacted significantly more to GPLs than those with unknown infections or other causes.
- Results suggest that the NTM-IGRA could effectively identify NTM infections in children, potentially improving diagnosis and reducing misdiagnosis and unnecessary treatments.
Impact on tuberculosis diagnostic during COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary care hospital.
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)
March 2024
Introduction: The aim of this study is to review how did the first three COVID-19 waves affected the diagnostic of tuberculosis and to describe the extra-pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (TB) diagnosis.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective observational study was done during the first three waves of pandemic to ascertain the impact on TB samples and to recover the extra-pulmonary TB cases we included the first two years of COVID-19. All relevant data was recovered from hospital and Clinical Microbiology records.
[IMPACT ON TUBERCULOSIS DIAGNOSTIC DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL].
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin
December 2022
Introduction: The aim of this study is to review how did the first three COVID-19 waves affected the diagnostic of tuberculosis and to describe the extra-pulmonary complex (TB) diagnosis.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective observational study was done during the first three waves of pandemic to ascertain the impact on TB samples and to recover the extra-pulmonary TB cases we included the first two years of COVID-19. All relevant data was recovered from hospital and Clinical Microbiology records.
Introduction: Childhood pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) remains a diagnostic challenge. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of Xpert Ultra for the diagnosis of pulmonary TB in children in a low TB prevalence setting.
Methods: Prospective, multicentre, diagnostic accuracy study.
Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection: Progress and challenges.
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)
November 2020
Surgical site infection by Mycobacterium senegalense in a pediatric patient.
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)
May 2021
[Diagnostic, clinical and therapeutic implications of viral hepatitides in HIV-infected patients].
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin
October 2006
Viral hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In HBV/HIV coinfection, there is a higher frequency of HBV replication, and higher rates of HBV-associated liver disease. The only drugs currently approved for the treatment of HBV infection are lamivudine, adefovir, entecavir, and interferon-a.
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