Publications by authors named "Laura Alicia Barcan"
Article Synopsis
- The study analyzes bacteremia and antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacilli among patients with hematological malignancies and those undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplants across different geographic regions.
- It includes 1,277 cases of bacteremia, revealing that Gram-negative bacilli were present in 60.3% of episodes, with a notable occurrence of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) affecting 40.2% of these infections.
- Key risk factors for 30-day mortality identified include relapse of underlying disease, use of corticosteroids, and the presence of resistant bacteria, emphasizing the high mortality associated with carbapenem-resistant cases.
Hepatitis C recurrence is the main cause of graft loss in liver transplant patients co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HII). These patients have higher risk of fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis, which is the most severe type of hepatitis C recurrence. Until direct antiviral agents were released, only a minority of patients could be satisfactorily treated.
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