Publications by authors named "Joaquin Plazas"

Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyse the characteristics of patients with IE in three groups of age and to assess the ability of age and the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) to predict mortality.

Methods: Prospective cohort study of all patients with IE included in the GAMES Spanish database between 2008 and 2015.Patients were stratified into three age groups:<65 years,65 to 80 years,and ≥ 80 years.

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Background: Fusariosis is an emergent opportunistic hyalohyphomycosis produced by fungi belonging to the genus Fusarium. These molds are capable of producing life-threatening diseases in immunocompromised hosts, especially in those suffering from leukemia. It has also been described in immunocompetent patients, where it usually causes non-invasive localized lesions.

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Background: Patients admitted to critical care units can be infected with a large number of fungal isolates that are occasionally responsible for invasive fungal infections (IFI).

Aims: To describe the epidemiological profile and antifungal susceptibility patterns of fungal isolates in our unit, and to identify key risk factors associated with the development of IFI.

Methods: A descriptive cohort and retrospective study with patients admitted to a polyvalent Critical Care Unit of a university hospital was carried out.

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Objective: To assess the reproducibility of a method to collect and quantify HIV nucleic acids in vaginal secretions.

Methods: We analysed two consecutive vaginal samples collected by direct aspiration from 52 HIV infected women. Nucleic acids were extracted by QIAamp RNA-viral and quantified with a modified Cobas Amplicor HIV-1 Monitor.

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Activity of tigecycline against nosocomial secondary peritonitis isolates collected along 18 months in 29 Spanish hospitals was tested by Etest in a central laboratory, considering Food and Drug Administration (FDA)/British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC)/European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) breakpoints. A total of 600 facultative/aerobic isolates (392 Gram negative, 208 Gram positive) and 100 anaerobes were tested. None of the 220 Escherichia coli isolates was resistant to tigecycline (MIC(50)/MIC(90) = 0.

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Objectives: The aim was to evaluate the safety of short antiretroviral treatment interruptions and their virologic and immunologic consequences in HIV-infected adults on highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) with suppressed viral replication. The viral efficacy upon reintroduction was also evaluated.

Patients And Methods: All patients with undetectable viral load while on HAART were prospectively followed to detect any treatment interruption.

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