4 results match your criteria: "Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante-FISABIO[Affiliation]"

We conducted a multicentre observational study in people living with HIV (PLHIV) on antiretroviral therapy in Alicante (Spain) from 2019 to 2020 aiming to analyse the prevalence of abuse and assess treatment adherence according to this variable. We used the Abuse Assessment Screen tool, the simplified medication adherence questionnaire and the medication possession ratio to assess outcomes..

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Comments to the document GEPI-SEIMC screening recommendations for patients with suspected strongyloidosis.

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)

August 2022

Servicio de Medicina Interna/infecciosas, Hospital Vega Baja-FISABIO, Alicante, Spain; Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, San Juan de Alicante, Spain.

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A Review on Strongyloidiasis in Pregnant Women.

Res Rep Trop Med

September 2021

Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Vega Baja-FISABIO, Alicante, Spain.

Strongyloidiasis is a parasitic infection distributed worldwide, with an estimated 614 million people infected. Strongyloidiasis usually presents asymptomatically or with aspecific and mild clinical symptoms, mainly cutaneous, respiratory, or gastrointestinal. Disseminated disease and hyperinfection syndrome are the most serious complications, have a high mortality rate, usually occur in immunosuppressed patients, and are particularly associated with the use of corticosteroids.

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