[Degree of knowledge and control in dyslipemia among doctors of Murcia Region, Spain (2004-2005)].

Background: Consensus for the treatment and control of lipid abnormalities are not always followed, including the calculation of the global cardiovascular risk. The aim of this work is to analyse the level of information and patterns of action in the detection, assessment and control of dyslipemia among primary care and specialising care physicians from the Region of Murcia.

Methods: An observational study of transverse type of 14 items was realised among 217 primary care doctors (PCD) and 133 specialising care doctors (SCD).

Biochemical and immunologic features of an outbreak of Legionnaires disease: comparative study between community-acquired pneumonias.

Legionella pneumophila has been recognized as an important cause of community- and hospital-acquired pneumonia. This study evaluates the interrelationship between that patients group with Legionnaires disease (LD) and the possible factors that may predispose hosts to acquire this infection. Likewise, we search for preliminary biochemical and immunologic evidences that could help physicians to differentiate between LD and other pneumonias.

Heterophile antibodies produce spuriously elevated concentrations of cardiac Troponin I in patients with Legionella pneumophila.

We found an unusually high positive rate for cTnI in patients recently infected with Legionella pneumophila. The aim of this study was to examine the possible origin of increased cTnI levels and to test if it could be associated with the immune response to legionellosis. The cTnI was above the cut point in 46.