Listeria bacteremia in patients from a peruvian oncologic institute, 2005-2015.

Listeriosis infection is a severe disease, with high morbidity and mortality in the immunocompromised patient, especially with disseminated and fatal presentations in cancer patients. A descriptive study was developed to describe the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics in oncologic patients with listeriosis in the Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas between the years 2005-2015. A total of 29 patients were included; 23 (79.

First Report of New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase Carbapenemase-Producing in Peru.

Here we report the first incidence of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM-1)-producing in Peru, identified via a strain-based nosocomial surveillance project carried out in Lima and Iquitos. The gene was detected by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and confirmed by loci sequencing. is a nearly ubiquitous and promiscuous nosocomial pathogen, and the acquisition of by may facilitate an increase in the prevalence of this important resistance marker in other nosocomial pathogens.

[Tuberculosis That Mimics Cancer: Cases Referred to the National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases, Lima-Peru].

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem that, due to the clinical variability of its presentation, can be confused with cancer. The aim of this study was to identify the clinical-radiological characteristics and to describe the methodology that allowed to achieve a TB diagnosis in patients referred to the National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases (INEN) with a presumed diagnosis of cancer between 2014 and 2016. The study included 170 patients (52.

[Clinical features and toxicity of tuberculosis treatment in patients with cancer].

Objectives: To assess the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of active tuberculosis in patients with malignancy and to assess the influence of TB treatment on cancer management at the National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases from 2008 to 2013.

Materials And Methods: Observational study of TB cases diagnosed by positive sputum microscopy in patients with cancer. Clinical information, evolution, and pathologic information of neoplasia was reviewed.

Building a three-dimensional model of the upper gastrointestinal tract for computer simulations of swallowing.

We aimed to provide realistic three-dimensional (3D) models to be used in numerical simulations of peristaltic flow in patients exhibiting difficulty in swallowing, also known as dysphagia. To this end, a 3D model of the upper gastrointestinal tract was built from the color cryosection images of the Visible Human Project dataset. Regional color heterogeneities were corrected by centering local histograms of the image difference between slices.