[Biliary microbiote in cholecystectomized patients: Review of empirical antibiotherapy].

Objective: Cholecystitis is an important cause of hospital admission. In moderate or severe cholecystitis, the delay in treatment can lead to serious complications. Our objective is to analyze the microorganisms isolated in bile from cholecystectomized patients and their sensitivity pattern, to evaluate the empirical treatment in those cases in which the surgical removal of the gallbladder should be delayed.

Proteomic analysis of Strongyloides stercoralis L3 larvae.

Strongyloidiasis can be perpetuated by autoinfection with the filariform larvae L3, causing asymptomatic chronic infections and creating a population of carriers, affecting not only developing countries. So far, very little is known about the proteins that interact with the human host, and few proteins from the infective Strongyloides stercoralis L3 have been characterized. Here, we report results obtained from a proteomic analysis of the proteins from S.

[Epidemiological surveillance of vertically-transmitted Chagas disease at three maternity hospitals in the Valencian Community].

Introduction And Aim: Immigration to Spain of Latin Americans with Chagas disease in its indeterminate phase could result in vertical transmission of the disease or transmission by transfusion or organ transplantation. To ascertain the magnitude of this problem, we investigated the prevalence of bearers among women who gave birth in 3 state maternity hospitals in the Valencian Community and the incidence of vertical transmission.

Patients And Methods: An immunoprecipitation test to detect anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies was carried out on 624 pregnant Latin American women.

Efficacy and safety of ivermectin and thiabendazole in the treatment of strongyloidiasis.

Treatment of strongyloidiasis has been traditionally based on thiabendazole, despite its frequent gastrointestinal side effects and failure to achieve eradication of the parasite from faeces in approximately 30% of cases. Ivermectin has been shown to be more effective for treating chronic uncomplicated strongyloidiasis. The efficacy and tolerability of these drugs in a series of patients treated from 1999 to 2002 at the Oliva Health Centre, Valencia, Spain, are reported.

High prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis among farm workers on the Mediterranean coast of Spain: analysis of the predictive factors of infection in developed countries.

Strongyloidiasis is a parasitosis characterized by persistent infection before dissemination and the development of potentially fatal disease. Since diagnosis is difficult, knowledge of the prevalence and geographic distribution of the disease is of practical importance. A study was made of Strongyloides stercoralis infection in a random and representative sample of farm workers in a tourist region in Spain based on the detection of larvae of triple stool samples.

[Agricultural occupation and strongyloidiasis. A case-control study].

Background: In the last few years, Strongyloides stercoralis has been repeatedly recovered from indigenous farmers in the Safor area (Valencia Community). The relationship between the different occupational activities, mainly farming, and the presence of strongyloidiasis was investigated.

Patients And Methods: A paired case-control study was designed.

[30 cases of strongyloidiasis at a primary care center: characteristics and possible complications].

Objective: To study the characteristics of the Strongyloides stercoralis infestation in our area.

Design: A 30-case series. Survey of workplace behaviour and hygienic conditions in the home.

[Strongyloides stercoralis infection in patients with bronchial obstructive pathology].

Strongyloides stercoralis infection was hardly seen in Spain until a few years ago but has recently been shown to be fairly common in some geographic areas. In the respiratory tract this germ can cause acute bronchospasms that make diagnosis difficult, particularly in patients with underlying bronchial disease. To determine if curing S.

[Infection by Strongyloides stercoralis in the county of Safor, Spain].

Background: Strongyloides stercoralis is an endemic nematode in tropical and subtropical regions, but almost unknown in Spain.

Patients And Methods: In order to know some epidemiological, clinical and analytic features of this infection in our area (La Safor, Valencia), we performed a prospective study for 19 months. Through the search for the parasite in feces of patients with eosinophilia, we identified 37 subjects who were studied at diagnosis and 4 months later.

[Incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis: application of the capture-recapture method].

Objective: To determine as accurately as possible the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis within Health Area 15 of the Community of Valencia during the period 1990-1993, using the capture-recapture method.

Method: Descriptive study on the population of Health Area 15 (population: -139.903) divided into 4 large groups according to age (0-14, 15-34, 34-54 and 55+).