Publications by authors named "Pedro Laguna Del Estal"
Introduction: Listeria monocytogenes is the third most common cause of community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults.
Aims: To describe the characteristics of meningitis caused by Listeria (LM) in adults and to compare them with those of meningitis due to other causations (nLM).
Patients And Methods: A retrospective analysis of a series of hospital cases was conducted, including patients aged between ≥ 14 years diagnosed with LM in a referral hospital between 1982 and 2011.
Objectives: To describe the clinical features of pyogenic liver abscesses (PLA) and identify the factors associated with an unfavorable outcome.
Material And Methods: We performed a retrospective review of the clinical histories of patients with liver abscess (1996-2009), including those that met the diagnostic criteria for PLA. Outcome was classified as favorable or unfavorable (severe sepsis, distant infectious complications, local complications, intensive care unit admission, admission for>30 days, death, readmission).
Introduction: Gram-negative bacilli are causative agents of bacterial meningitis in the neonatal period but rarely cause meningitis in adults without risk factors.
Aim: To report on meningitis due to gram-negative bacilli (MGNB) in adults diagnosed in a hospital over a 25-year period.
Patients And Methods: We reviewed the medical records of all patients with an age > or = 14 years who had been diagnosed with MGNB between 1982 and 2006.