Changes in serum periostin levels in uncontrolled asthma in children (DADO phase 2 study).

Objective: Asthma is an inflammatory airway condition and the most common chronic disease in children. However, there is a lack of biological markers for asthma, especially in children. This study aimed to analyze the changes in periostin levels in children with uncontrolled asthma after 12 months of optimized management.

Successful treatment of invasive aspergillosis caused by in a kidney transplant recipient.

Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is associated with a high mortality rate in kidney-transplant recipients. Azole-resistance is increasing in . We report a clinical case of a kidney-transplant recipient with cerebellar and pulmonary aspergillosis caused by azole-resistant (molecular identification through β-tubulin sequence).

Infective endocarditis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Contributions of a single-centre experience on incidence and associated factors.

Introduction: Infective endocarditis (IE) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is an emerging complication. There are incomplete and disparate data on its incidence. We present the experience of a single-centre of incidence, mortality and associated factors of IE after TAVI.

Activity of vancomycin, ciprofloxacin, daptomycin, and linezolid against coagulase-negative staphylococci bacteremia.

Objective: Multiresistant coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) infections are mainly increased in hospitalized patients. We have studied the activity of vancomycin, ciprofloxacin, daptomycin and linezolid in methicillin-resistant CNS strains, isolated from true blood cultures.

Methods: We collected 87 strains of different CNS species from positive blood cultures.

[Q fever in Extremadura: an emerging infection].

Introduction And Objectives: Q fever (Coxiella burnetii infection) is an underdiagnosed zoonosis in our area, Extremadura, a rural region in the Southwest of Spain. The characteristics of Q fever and the changes in this infection seen over the last decade in our hospital are described.

Material And Methods: A total of 124 cases of Q fever diagnosed in the Infectious Diseases Unit of a tertiary hospital Hospital Universitario Infanta Cristina de Badajoz) during the years 1992-2005 were analyzed.

[Hepatitis C virus infection in a first level rural hospital: descriptive study in the decade 1991-1999].

Introduction: To assess epidemiology, clinical manifestations and prognostic factors in subjects diagnosed with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in a first level rural hospital.

Methods: This retrospective study includes 142 patients diagnosed with HCV infection at the Hospital de Llerena, from August 1991 to December 1999. Epidemiological and clinical parameters were collected at a mean of 2.