Miliary pattern, a classic pulmonary finding of tuberculosis disease.

Introduction: The increase in age of the population and in the use of immunosuppressive treatment makes tuberculosis (TB) with hematogenous or lymphatic dissemination a current problem.

Methods: We collected all the patients diagnosed with tuberculosis with miliary pulmonary pattern at the Santiago de Compostela University Teaching Hospital (NW Spain) from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2015.

Results: A total of 27 patients were included, 70.

Analysis of predisposing factors for the development of Clostridioides difficile infection recurrence.

AbstractThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of several risk factors and, among them, the role of different types of antibiotics, in the development of the first recurrent episode of Clostridioides difficile (CD) infection. We performed a case control study from 2006 to 2016. We included patients admitted to the hospital with CD infection that received any antibiotic treatment during the year before the onset of the infection.

Q fever in Spain: Description of a new series, and systematic review.

Background: Forms of presentation of Q fever vary widely across Spain, with differences between the north and south. In the absence of reported case series from Galicia (north-west Spain), this study sought to describe a Q-fever case series in this region for the first time, and conduct a systematic review to analyse all available data on the disease in Spain.

Methods: Patients with positive serum antibodies to Coxiella burnetii from a single institution over a 5-year period (January 2011-December 2015) were included.

Skin and soft-tissue infections: Factors associated with mortality and re-admissions.

Introduction: Skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs) are common and are linked to a wide variety of clinical conditions. Few studies have analysed the factors associated with mortality and re-admissions in medical patients with SSTIs. Accordingly, this study sought to describe the clinical and microbiological characteristics of patients diagnosed with SSTIs, and identify mortality and re-admission related factors.