Electroanalysis of Statin Drugs: A Review on the Electrochemical Sensor Architectures Ranging from Classical to Modern Systems.

An overview of the latest advances in the design of electrochemical sensor architectures dedicated to the determination of drugs from the statin class is presented in this review. Statins are drugs widely consumed for cholesterol control, and their determination in different matrices through the application of electroanalysis is growing considering advantages such as operational simplicity, lower cost and ease of sample preparation. Within the context of statins, electrochemical sensor architectures can be subdivided into conventional/classical electrodes such as glassy carbon electrodes, carbon paste electrodes, pencil graphite electrodes, boron-doped diamond electrodes and metallic electrodes, and more modern electrode systems, including the screen-printed electrodes and 3D-printed electrodes.

[Antigenemia and real time polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of cytomegalovirus disease in HIV infected adults].

Background: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is frequent in HIV adults. It is unknown usefulness of quantitative methods for diagnosing the CMV disease in Chilean patients.

Aim: To determine the performance of antigenemia and real time polymerase chain reaction (rtPCR) in the diagnosis of CMV disease in Chilean HIV adults.