[Anemia in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis: prevalence, clinical relevance and predictive factors].

Background: few studies have examined the anemia in hospitalized cirrhotic patients.

Objective: to assess the prevalence, predictive factors and prognosis for mortality of anemia in admitted cirrhotic patients.

Patients And Methods: descriptive study of cases and controls; 178 hospitalization of 114 patients were reviewed (mean age 52.

[Infections in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis].

We evaluated the prevalence and the clinical relevance of bacterial and nonbacterial infections in predominantly alcoholic cirrhotic patients, admitted to an intermediate complexity hospital, and we also compared the clinical characteristics, laboratory and evolution of these patients with and without bacterial infection in a prospective study of cohort. A total of 211 consecutive admissions in 132 cirrhotic patients, between April 2004 and July 2007, were included. The mean age was 51.

[Renal failure in patients with cirrhosis and ascites: incidence, etiology and predictive factors].

Background: renal insufficiency (RI) is a frequent complication in patients with cirrhosis and ascites.

Objective: to assess the incidence, causes, predictive factors and prognosis of RI in cirrhotic patients with ascites.

Patient And Methods: descriptive study of cases and controls.

Case report. Cutaneous cryptococcosis in a patient with systemic erythematous lupus.

The first case of a cutaneous cryptococcosis associated with systemic erythematous lupus (SLE) diagnosed in our Mycology Reference Centre is presented: a 24-year-old female patient diagnosed with SLE, nephrotic syndrome, arterial hypertension, renal insufficiency due to glomerulonephritis type IV and cellulitis in the right thigh and gluteus. Cryptococcus neoformans was isolated by cutaneous biopsy and haemoculture. Cryptococcal antigen was detected in serum by the latex agglutination test.