Towards the elimination of hepatitis C: implementation of reflex testing in Andalusia.

Background And Aim: undiagnosed hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and/or inadequate access to care are barriers to the elimination of HCV. Reflex testing has proven to facilitate referral to care, treatment and viral elimination. In this study, a reflex testing program was implemented in Andalusia and its impact on access to care was evaluated.

Correction to: Health care services use among long-term breast cancer survivors: a systematic review.

The article Health care services use among long-term breast cancer survivors: a systematic review, written by Anna Jansana, Margarita Posso, Inmaculada Guerrero, Alexandra Prados-Torres, Maria Isabel Del Cura, Xavier Castells and Maria Sala, was originally published electronically.

Health care services use among long-term breast cancer survivors: a systematic review.

Purpose: Long-term breast cancer survivors are women surviving at least 5 years after diagnosis. This systematic review aimed to summarize the main characteristics and patterns of healthcare service use (frequency of visits, health providers visited, and preventive care performed) among long-term breast cancer survivors.

Methods: We used standard Cochrane Collaboration methods and searched the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases up to January 2018.

Hepatitis C virus core antigen in the management of patients treated with new direct-acting antivirals.

We evaluated the utility of Architect core antigen assay® Abbott Diagnostics (HCVAg) for monitoring patients with HCV infection and compared to HCV-RNA quantification (Cobas Ampliprep TaqMan-Roche Diagnostics). Samples from 262 patients were studied. Mean baseline HCV RNA and HCVAg levels were similar for responders (6.

[Evaluation of mass spectrometry for the identification of clinically interesting yeasts].

Introduction: Identification of yeasts is based on morphological, biochemical and nutritional characteristics, and using molecular methods. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry, a new method for the identification of microorganisms, has demonstrated to be very useful. The aim of this study is to evaluate this new method in the identification of yeasts.