[Procedure of taken care of in shaved surgery craneal without in hub].

The procedure of hygiene pre and post surgical of the patient of neurosurgery in the University Hospital of Bellvitge, initiated in 1995, guarantees the correct preparation of the surgical zone, the frequency and accomplishment of the therapeutic washing reduces the risk of infection of the wound and maintains the integrity of the hairy leather. It diminishes the presurgical anguish of the patient and improves the adaptation to the corporal changes by surgery.

Immigration status and HIV-risk related behaviors among female sex workers in South America.

This study compares immigrant (i.e., foreigner) with non-immigrant (i.

[Detection of HIV infection in pregnant women by rapid testing: a successful strategy to reduce its vertical transmission].

Unlabelled: A high percentage of Uruguayan pregnant women are not under medical control. As a consequence, vertically transmission of HIV infection reaches to 50%. The aim of this study was to know the prevalence of HIV infection in pregnant women who did not know their serological status and to decrease mother-to-child transmission.

Prevalences, genotypes, and risk factors for HIV transmission in South America.

HIV cross-sectional studies were conducted among high-risk populations in 9 countries of South America. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay screening and Western blot confirmatory testing were performed, and env heteroduplex mobility assay genotyping and DNA sequencing were performed on a subset of HIV-positive subjects. HIV prevalences were highest among men who have sex with men (MSM; 2.

Seroincidence and phylogeny of human immunodeficiency virus infections in a cohort of commercial sex workers in Montevideo, Uruguay.

A cohort study involving 60 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative male transvestite commercial sex workers (CSWs) was conducted in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1999-2001. Serum samples were tested for HIV by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay screening with immunoblot confirmation. Six participants seroconverted for an incidence-density rate of 6.

Sexual transmission of hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infections among male transvestite comercial sex workers in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Prostitution may constitute a risk behavior for infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We conducted a seroepidemiologic study among 200 male transvestite commercial sex workers (CSWs) in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1999. Evidence of exposure to HBV, HCV, and HIV was found in 101 (50.