[Diagnosis of Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma parvum y Ureaplasma urealyticum in patients with bacterial vaginosis].

An observational descriptive study to determine the frequency of Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma parvum and Ureaplasma urealyticum isolates in patients with bacterial vaginosis was carried out in 296 patients who had vaginal secretion and were seen at two hospitals. The diagnosis was based on Amsel's criteria. Endocervical swabs were taken from women positive to this disease for M.

[Behaviour of HIV/AIDS-related lymphoma in Pedro Kouri Institute. 2004-2005].

A prospective and descriptive study of 20 patients infected with HIV and admitted to "Pedro Kouri" Institute of Tropical Disease after a diagnosis of lymphoma was conducted. They were all evaluated at the onset of diagnosis by a thorough medical record exam and supportive studies such as complete blood count, globular sedimentation speed, CD4+ count, lactic acid dehydrogenase, HIV viral load, cytology and biopsy. Of this number, 85% presented with CD4+ count under 350 cell/mm3 at the time of diagnosis; however, only 55% showed viral loads exceeding 50,000 copies/mL.