Publications by authors named "X Mesquida"

Puerperal mastitis and breast abscess caused by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is a condition rarely described in Europe to date. We report and comment on a case of CA-MRSA puerperal breast abscess in a 22-year-old primiparous mother. This aetiology was suspected before the antibiotic susceptibility profile of the strain isolated from the abscess was known on account of a history of previous skin colonisation detected in her baby.

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Objectives: To prospectively study the emergence and diagnostic problems of bronchiolitis caused by influenza A virus among children durign the 1999-2000 influenza epidemic.

Materials And Methods: Negative respiratory syncitial virus (RSV) specimens (ELISA dot-blot) were seeded in the MDCK cell line for the isolation of influenza A virus, by the shell-vial technique. Vials were revealed by indirect immunofluorescence with antibodies directed against the influenza A virus nucleoprotein (Monofluookit IA, Pasteur Diagnostics).

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