[Prevalence of bacterial infections and patterns of bacterial susceptibility among patients with fever, neutropenia, and hematological neoplasias].

Chemotherapy induces immunosuppression which is associated with a significant increase in the frequency and severity of infections. Neutropenia is the most important factor in determining susceptibility to bacterial infections. Our aim was to establish the prevalence of bacterial infections and bacterial susceptibility patterns in patients with fever, neutropenia and hematological neoplasias.

[Pharmacoeconomic analysis of the short scheme praziquantel in the treatment of neurocysticercosis].

The effectiveness of the treatment of neurocysticercosis with praziquantel has been assessed in several clinical trials in the last 20 years. Most studies employed a dose of 50 mg/kg/day, three times at day during 2 weeks. Recently, a novel and brief dosage scheme of praziquantel has been described.

Microbiological findings in febrile neutropenia.

Background: This study was carried out to assess the isolation rate of bacterial and fungal causative agents in Mexican neutropenic adults with hematological neoplasia.

Methods: A prospective observational survey involving 120 consecutive episodes of febrile neutropenia during 1 year was carried out. These episodes were observed in 630 patients discharged with diagnoses of leukemia or lymphoma, or after bone-marrow transplantation.

Characterization of the potentiation of the antinociceptive effect of diclofenac by vitamin B complex in the rat.

The role of vitamin B complex preparations as an analgesic adjuvant is controversial. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to characterize the potentiation of the antinociceptive effect of diclofenac by a vitamin B complex preparation and its individual components by using the pain-induced functional-impairment model in the rat (PIFIR). Pain was produced by the intraarticular injection of uric acid in the right hind limb.