Background: Disseminated tuberculosis is frequently associated with delayed diagnosis and a poorer prognosis.
Objectives: To describe case series of disseminated TB and diagnosis delay in a low TB burden country during the COVID-19 period.
Methodology: We consecutively included all patients with of disseminated TB reported from 2019 to 2021 in the reference hospital of the Northern Crown of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona.
Background: Prophylactic vaccination has proven to be the most effective strategy to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: This was a prospective observational cohort study involving 30 predominantly antibody deficiency disorders (ADD)-afflicted adult patients on immunoglobulin replacement therapy vaccinated with three doses of the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine, and 10 healthy controls. Anti-RBD IgG antibodies were determined in plasma samples collected just before the first dose of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine and on weeks 4, 8, 24, and 28 following the first vaccination.
Background: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of long-term use of tedizolid in osteoarticular infections.
Methods: Multicentric retrospective study (January 2017-March 2019) of osteoarticular infection cases treated with tedizolid. Failure: clinical worsening despite antibiotic treatment or the need of suppressive treatment.