Publications by authors named "E Munez"
Objectives: The prognosis of bone and joint infections (BJI) caused by Gram-negative bacilli (GNB) worsens significantly in the face of fluoroquinolone-resistance. In this setting, scarce pre-clinical and clinical reports suggest that intravenous beta-lactams plus colistin may improve outcome. Our aim was to assess the efficacy and safety of this treatment in a well-characterized prospective cohort.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Recurrent acute cholangitis (RAC) is a relatively uncommon entity that presents significant management difficulties. We present the case of a patient with RAC in whom the number of episodes was reduced after a novel therapeutic procedure.
Case Report: A 93-year-old male who in June 2019 was admitted for chills without fever, shivering, epigastric abdominal pain and moderate jaundice.
Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are currently considered typical microorganisms causing infective endocarditis (IE) in patients with prosthetic valves. The objective was to determine variables associated with IE in patients with CoNS bacteremia. We performed an analysis of the clinical characteristics of patients with CoNS bacteremia admitted to a university hospital in Madrid (Spain) from 2021 to December 2022 according to the occurrence of IE.
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- A study conducted from 2017-2020 at five cardiac intensive care units (C-ICUs) found that influenza was detected in 5.5% of patients admitted during flu season, highlighting the potential for underdiagnosis.
- Patients with influenza often had conditions like heart failure and required mechanical ventilation, with higher instances of myocarditis and pericarditis compared to those without influenza.
- Despite a significant vaccination uptake (43% of patients), the findings suggest that routine screening for influenza is necessary at C-ICU admissions during influenza epidemics.
Executive summary of the consensus statement of the group for the study of infection in transplantation and other immunocompromised host (GESITRA-IC) of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC) on the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection in solid organ transplant recipients.
Transplant Rev (Orlando)
December 2023