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Ribera E. [Heroin and infection]. Med Clin (Barc) 1992; 98:537-9. [PMID: 1602853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Gallego O, Ribera E, Martínez-Vázquez JM. [Chickenpox and acute pericarditis in a patient with HIV infection]. ANALES DE MEDICINA INTERNA (MADRID, SPAIN : 1984) 1991; 8:523-4. [PMID: 1751700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Ribera E, Martínez Vásquez JM, Ocaña I, Ruiz I, Jimínez JG, Encabo G, Segura RM, Pascual C. Diagnostic value of ascites gamma interferon levels in tuberculous peritonitis. Comparison with adenosine deaminase activity. TUBERCLE 1991; 72:193-7. [PMID: 1771679 DOI: 10.1016/0041-3879(91)90007-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The value of ascites gamma interferon concentration and ascites adenosine deaminase activity in distinguishing tuberculosis from other causes of ascites was examined in a prospective study of 86 patients with ascites, including 16 with tuberculous peritonitis. Gamma interferon concentration was higher in tuberculous peritonitis than in the other causes of ascites (p less than 0.0001), and a cut-off between 3 and 9 u/ml reached a sensitivity and a specificity of 100%. The mean (+/- SD) gamma interferon level in tuberculous ascites was 39.3 +/- 18.3 u/ml in patients seronegative for HIV and 14.2 +/- 4.7 u/ml in patients with AIDS (p = 0.01). Adenosine deaminase activity in tuberculous ascites was also higher than in the other causes of ascites (p less than 0.0001), and a cut-off of 40 u/l reached a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 97%. The two false positives for adenosine deaminase test were true negatives for the gamma interferon test. There was no significant correlation between gamma interferon concentration and adenosine deaminase activity either in tuberculous ascitis or in any other group. This study suggests that ascites gamma interferon determination may be very useful in the screening of tuberculous peritonitis, but its cost makes it advisable to use adenosine deaminase activity as a routine test, at least in areas where tuberculosis is endemic.
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Ribera E, Gómez Jiménez J, Martínez Vázquez JM. [Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in the cirrhotic patient]. ANALES DE MEDICINA INTERNA (MADRID, SPAIN : 1984) 1991; 8 Suppl 2:44-8. [PMID: 1878475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Gómez-Jiménez J, Ribera E, Gasser I, Pahissa A, Martínez-Vazquez JM. Differentiation of spontaneous from secondary bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotics. Gastroenterology 1990; 99:1538-40. [PMID: 2210266 DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(90)91203-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Ribera E, Martínez-Costa X, Tornos P, Gómez-Jiménez J, Planes A, Pahissa A, Martínez-Vázquez JM. [Infectious endocarditis in drug addicts: a study of 71 cases]. Med Clin (Barc) 1990; 95:5-9. [PMID: 2232952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Infective endocarditis (IE) is a severe and relatively common condition in parenteral drug abusers (PDA). Seventy-one IE episodes in 59 PDAs admitted to the Hospital General Vall d'Hebron from August 1978 to December 1988 were evaluated. The disease basically involved young males, with a progressively increasing incidence throughout the decade and a higher frequency during August. Fever was a constant symptom, with a duration of less than 10 days before admission in 73% of cases. Staphylococcus aureus was the most common pathogen (85% of episodes). Vegetations were detected by echocardiography in 70% of cases. In 82% of episodes the right side of the heart was involved, particularly the tricuspid valve. The initial chest X-ray film was abnormal in 57.5% of episodes. In 7 patients features of heart failure were present at admission; most had left heart endocarditis. Three patients with left heart endocarditis required surgical therapy. Overall mortality was 13%; it was 6% in patients with only tricuspid involvement and 27% when the left heart was involved.
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Ribera E, Español T, Martinez-Vazquez JM, Ocaña I, Encabo G. Lymphocyte proliferation and gamma-interferon production after "in vitro" stimulation with PPD. Differences between tuberculous and nontuberculous pleurisy in patients with positive tuberculin skin test. Chest 1990; 97:1381-5. [PMID: 1971783 DOI: 10.1378/chest.97.6.1381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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T-lymphocytes previously sensitized by an antigen undergo blastic transformation and produce IFN tau when stimulated by the same antigen. We studied the lymphoblastic response to PPD and IFN tau production in pleural fluid and peripheral blood of 41 patients (15 with tuberculous pleural effusion, 13 with nontuberculous pleurisy and positive tuberculin skin test, and 13 with tuberculin-negative nontuberculous pleurisy). In tuberculous pleuritis, pleural lymphocyte blastic response and IFN tau production were higher than those of peripheral lymphocytes, whereas in tuberculin-positive nontuberculous patients, peripheral lymphocyte response and IFN tau production were higher than those of pleural lymphocytes. Tuberculous pleural fluid lymphocytes underwent greater blastic transformation and produced more IFN tau than pleural lymphocytes of tuberculin-positive nontuberculous patients, whereas the opposite occurred in peripheral lymphocytes. In tuberculin-negative nontuberculous patients, there was no lymphoblastic response in either the pleural fluid or peripheral blood. These results concur with the concept of immunologic compartmentalization. In tuberculous pleuritis, there would be clonal expansion of PPD-responding T-lymphocytes in the pleural compartment. This expansion of PPD-specific lymphocytes would not occur in nontuberculous pleuritis, but lymphocytes sensitized to other antigens would accumulate in the pleural compartment.
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Ribera E, Martínez-Vázquez JM, Ocaña I, Ruiz I, Segura RM, Encabo G, Pascual C. [Gamma interferon and adenosine deaminase in pleuritis]. Med Clin (Barc) 1990; 94:364-7. [PMID: 2110605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The concentration of gamma interferon (IFN gamma) and adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity were measured in the pleural fluid of 162 patients to compare their diagnostic significance and to establish a possible correlation between both tests. The IFN gamma levels in tuberculous pleural effusions were quite variable, with a mean of 93 U/ml and a median of 48 U/ml. They were higher than 2 U/ml in all cases, whereas no case of nontuberculous effusion showed higher values. ADA activity was higher than 43 U/l in all tuberculous effusions, with a mean value of 80 U/l, higher than in any other group except lymphoma. In three pleural effusions associated with lymphoma, one with mesothelioma, one with adenocarcinoma and four with empyema, ADA activity was higher than 43 U/l. In these patients, IFN gamma levels were low. There was no correlation in the whole series or in any group between IFN and ADA. Both parameters can be very useful for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleuritis. The measurement of IFN gamma is more specific, although the experience with this test is more limited than with ADA. It has the additional shortcoming of a high cost and it requires facilities for radionuclide use. Therefore, we think that ADA measurement should be considered as a routine test while IFN gamma measurement should be reserved for reference institutions.
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López-Talavera JC, Ribera E, Rodrigo MJ, Martínez-Vázquez JM. [Antinuclear envelope antibodies and primary biliary cirrhosis]. Med Clin (Barc) 1989; 93:596-7. [PMID: 2622267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Martínez-Costa X, Ribera E, Segarra A, Gómez-Jiménez J, Gil-Ganalda I, Fort J, Martínez-Vázquez JM. [Acute interstitial secondary to tricuspid endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus]. ANALES DE MEDICINA INTERNA (MADRID, SPAIN : 1984) 1989; 6:595-7. [PMID: 2562704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The kidney diseases in patients with bacterial endocarditis and intravenous drug addicts (IVDA) tend to be of glomerular origin. Interstitial nephritis has been related to drug toxicity and only occasionally has it been described in other associations. We describe a 27-year-old patient IVDA with tricuspid endocarditis caused by S. Aureus whose first manifestations was acute renal failure. The renal biopsy showed an interstitial nephritis. It was treated with antibiotic and hemodialysis, obtaining the cure and normal levels of plasmatic creatinine.
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Gil Canalda I, Ribera E, Gómez Jiménez J, Martínez Costa X, Martínez Vázquez JM. [Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with an atypical presentation and exclusively abdominal localization]. ANALES DE MEDICINA INTERNA (MADRID, SPAIN : 1984) 1989; 6:554-5. [PMID: 2491059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Ribera E. [Syphilis, yesterday and today]. Med Clin (Barc) 1989; 93:338-40. [PMID: 2691782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Martínez-Costa X, Ribera E, Pahissa A, Martínez-Vázquez JM. [Endocarditis in heroin addicts: incidence in the Vall d'Hebron General Hospital]. Med Clin (Barc) 1989; 92:794. [PMID: 2796419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Ribera E, Ferrer A, Gelabert R, Xercavins M, Martínez-Vázquez JM. [Pleural empyema caused by Legionella pneumophila]. Med Clin (Barc) 1989; 92:605-7. [PMID: 2747322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Although pleural effusion is not uncommon in legionellosis, the development of empyema and the demonstration of the organism in pleural fluid are exceptional. We report four patients with pleural empyema with isolation of Legionella pneumophila in the pleural fluid culture. The patients were three males and one female, with ages ranging from 36 and 83 years. All had left pleuritic pain, fever and pleural effusion. The appearance of pleural effusion was purulent in two cases and serofibrinous in the other two. Initially, the diagnosis was only suspected in one patient. The other three received inadequate treatment, until the result of the culture of the pleural fluid in BCYE-alpha medium was known. After giving erythromycin therapy at high doses, the outcome was favorable in the four patients. It is concluded that, in the absence of another diagnosis, the presence of L. pneumophila should be systematically investigated in the pleural fluid although the disease is not clinically suspected.
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Segura RM, Pascual C, Ocaña I, Martínez-Vázquez JM, Ribera E, Ruiz I, Pelegrí MD. Adenosine deaminase in body fluids: a useful diagnostic tool in tuberculosis. Clin Biochem 1989; 22:141-8. [PMID: 2720966 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9120(89)80013-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The performance of a colorimetric ADA determination in body fluids other than serum in the diagnosis of tuberculosis was assessed in 1063 patients from whom pleural (600), peritoneal (136), pericardial (77), or cerebrospinal (250) fluids were obtained. In exudative pleuroperitoneal and pericardial effusions, an ADA decision level of 0.71 mu kat/L displayed a sensitivity of 1.00, and was higher than those of histologic (0.83) and bacteriologic (0.62) studies. At this level, ADA reached a specificity of 0.92 and efficiency of 0.94. In cerebrospinal fluid, an ADA catalytic concentration above 0.15 mu kat/L strongly suggests tuberculous meningitis in patients older than 7 years (sensitivity 1.00, specificity 0.99 and efficiency 0.99). ADA results obtained with a UV-method were closely correlated with those of the colorimetric method in pleuroperitoneal effusions (r = 0.989) and in cerebrospinal fluids (r = 0.905). Sample blanks should be processed, otherwise false positive results may be found in non-tuberculous cerebrospinal fluids (5.3%) and pleuroperitoneal effusions (3.8%).
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Ribera E, Ocaña I, Almirante B, Gómez J, Monreal P, Martínez Vázquez JM. Autoimmune neutropenia and thrombocytopenia associated with development of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus. J Infect 1989; 18:167-70. [PMID: 2708831 DOI: 10.1016/s0163-4453(89)91206-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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We report on two patients with acute human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, who developed an infectious mononucleosis-like clinical episode with thrombocytopenia and granulocytopenia. In both cases we detected the presence of IgG antigranulocyte antibodies and in one case the presence of IgG, IgM and IgA antiplatelet antibodies. The mechanisms of these cytopenias are discussed. The association between such autoimmune cytopenias and acute HIV infection has not been previously reported. We suggest testing for HIV seroconversion in patients with a seronegative infectious mononucleosis-like syndrome belonging to groups with a high risk for HIV infection.
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Ocaña I, Alegre J, Fernández de Sevilla T, Ruiz Marcellán L, Ribera E, Martínez Vázquez JM. [Acute myelofibrosis: apropos of a case with immunocytochemical and ultrastructural studies]. Med Clin (Barc) 1989; 92:102-3. [PMID: 2496279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We report a case of acute myelofibrosis. This is a rare myeloproliferative disorder characterized by pancytopenia, minimal or absent anisopoikilocytosis, bone marrow fibrosis with hyperplasia and immaturity of the three main cellular lines with megakaryocyte predominance, absence of splenomegaly and rapidly fatal course. We discuss its relationship with acute megakaryocytic leukemia, as its blast elements correspond to megakaryocytes when ultrastructural and antifactor VIII immunoperoxidase techniques are used; these techniques disclose alpha granules and cell demarcating membranes.
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Ferrari C, Chisari FV, Ribera E, Penna A, Mondelli MU. Functional modulation of hepatitis B core antigen-specific T lymphocytes by an autoreactive T cell clone. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 1988; 141:1155-60. [PMID: 2456343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Hepatitis B core (HBc)Ag-specific T cells present in the peripheral blood of a patient with chronic active hepatitis B were expanded by co-cultivation for 7 days with rHBcAg. After cloning at 1 cell/well in the presence of PHA and IL-2, five HBcAg-specific CD4+ cloned lines were obtained. All five lines proliferated and produced IL-2, IFN-gamma, and TNF in a dose-dependent fashion in response to HBcAg, but not to HBV envelope Ag. The cloned lines and derivative clones were HLA class II (DR1) restricted. All T cell clones were able to induce anti-HBc production by autologous B cells in response to HBcAg (helper effect). The proliferative response and the helper effect of the HBcAg-specific T cell lines and clones were augmented by co-cultivation with an autologous, autoreactive (HLA-DQ1 specific) T cell clone, even in the absence of HBcAg, and the autoreactive T cells directly stimulated anti-HBc secretion by autologous B cells, presumably due to the release of Ag-nonspecific factors. These findings define a model immunoregulatory circuit the physiologic significance of which remains to be determined.
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Ferrari C, Chisari FV, Ribera E, Penna A, Mondelli MU. Functional modulation of hepatitis B core antigen-specific T lymphocytes by an autoreactive T cell clone. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1988. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.141.4.1155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Hepatitis B core (HBc)Ag-specific T cells present in the peripheral blood of a patient with chronic active hepatitis B were expanded by co-cultivation for 7 days with rHBcAg. After cloning at 1 cell/well in the presence of PHA and IL-2, five HBcAg-specific CD4+ cloned lines were obtained. All five lines proliferated and produced IL-2, IFN-gamma, and TNF in a dose-dependent fashion in response to HBcAg, but not to HBV envelope Ag. The cloned lines and derivative clones were HLA class II (DR1) restricted. All T cell clones were able to induce anti-HBc production by autologous B cells in response to HBcAg (helper effect). The proliferative response and the helper effect of the HBcAg-specific T cell lines and clones were augmented by co-cultivation with an autologous, autoreactive (HLA-DQ1 specific) T cell clone, even in the absence of HBcAg, and the autoreactive T cells directly stimulated anti-HBc secretion by autologous B cells, presumably due to the release of Ag-nonspecific factors. These findings define a model immunoregulatory circuit the physiologic significance of which remains to be determined.
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Ribera E, Villegas G, Pigrau C, Planes A, Coira A, Martínez-Vázquez JM. [Streptococcus agalactiae bacteremia in adults: study of 46 cases admitted to the Hospital Vall d'Hebron (1978-1985)]. Med Clin (Barc) 1988; 91:211-3. [PMID: 3050322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Ribera E, Ocaña I, Español T, Ruiz I, Fernández de Sevilla T, Martínez Vázquez JM. [Lymphocyte response to mitogens and antigens in pleurisy]. Med Clin (Barc) 1988; 91:131-4. [PMID: 3172916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Ocaña I, Ribera E, Martinez-Vázquez JM, Ruiz I, Bejarano E, Pigrau C, Pahissa A. Adenosine deaminase activity in rheumatoid pleural effusion. Ann Rheum Dis 1988; 47:394-7. [PMID: 3389927 PMCID: PMC1003532 DOI: 10.1136/ard.47.5.394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The activity of adenosine deaminase was studied in nine cases of rheumatoid pleural effusion, showing an increase in enzyme activity in all. Rheumatoid arthritis seems unique, however, as it cannot be differentiated from pleural tuberculosis on the basis of this test. Selective increase of adenosine deaminase in both conditions is attributed to stimulation of T lymphocytes in the pleural fluid.
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Ocaña I, Bejarano E, Ruiz I, Ribera E, Pigrau C, Martinez-Vázquez JM. Intestinal lymphangiectasia and the yellow nail syndrome. Gastroenterology 1988; 94:858. [PMID: 3338651 DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(88)90278-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Ribera E, Ocaña I, Martinez-Vazquez JM, Rossell M, Español T, Ruibal A. High level of interferon gamma in tuberculous pleural effusion. Chest 1988; 93:308-11. [PMID: 3123150 DOI: 10.1378/chest.93.2.308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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It has been observed that T-lymphocytes of patients with tuberculosis produce interferon gamma (IFN gamma) in vitro. Based on this idea, we studied IFN gamma in pleural fluid and serum. We studied 80 patients with pleural effusion; 30 patients with tuberculous pleurisy had high IFN gamma concentrations in pleural fluid. Patients with malignant pleural effusions, nonspecific pleural effusion, parapneumonic effusions and pleural transudates had low levels. The IFN gamma levels were higher in those with massive tuberculous effusion and apparent pulmonary lesion on x-ray film. We found that the T4/T8 lymphocyte ratio was higher in pleural fluid than in peripheral blood. Numbers of T3 and T4 lymphocytes were higher in tuberculous pleural effusions compared with those in other patients. There is no correlation between IFN gamma levels and lymphocyte subsets in pleural effusion. Perhaps pleural T-lymphocytes produce IFN gamma after stimulation by mycobacterial antigens and this lymphokine activates macrophages, increasing their bactericidal activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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Ribera E, OcanA I, Martinez-Vazquez JM. Reply. J Infect Dis 1987. [DOI: 10.1093/infdis/156.6.1041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Ribera E, Martínez-Vázquez JM, Ocaña I. [New diagnostic methods in meningeal tuberculosis]. Med Clin (Barc) 1987; 89:479-82. [PMID: 3119953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Ferrari C, Penna A, Giuberti T, Tong MJ, Ribera E, Fiaccadori F, Chisari FV. Intrahepatic, nucleocapsid antigen-specific T cells in chronic active hepatitis B. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1987. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.139.6.2050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg)-specific T cell lines were established from hepatic lymphomononuclear cells derived from five patients with chronic active hepatitis B. No hepatitis B virus envelope antigen-specific cell lines were established. Proliferation in response to recombinant and native HBcAg, but not to native hepatitis B surface antigen containing the pre-S(2) region, confirmed the specificity of the five T cell lines. All cell lines represented mixed populations of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. The CD4+ subset provided antigen-specific help to autologous B cells with respect to anti-HBc production and to CD8+ cells with regard to HBcAg-induced proliferation and suppressor activity. The CD8+ subset contained suppressor cells that selectively inhibited the proliferative response of autologous HBcAg-specific CD4+ cells without inhibiting CD4+ cells of unrelated specificity (tetanus toxoid). Moreover, the CD8+ cells were also capable of suppressing HBcAg-stimulated antibody to HBcAg production without showing inhibition of total immunoglobulin production stimulated by pokeweed mitogen. The cytotoxic potential of the T cell lines was established in a lectin-dependent cytotoxicity system; natural killer cytotoxicity was completely absent. Our data suggest that the lesional T cells present at the site of hepatocellular injury in chronic active hepatitis B are primarily HBcAg-specific lymphocytes of the helper and suppressor/cytotoxic phenotypes and that both are functionally competent.
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Ferrari C, Penna A, Giuberti T, Tong MJ, Ribera E, Fiaccadori F, Chisari FV. Intrahepatic, nucleocapsid antigen-specific T cells in chronic active hepatitis B. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 1987; 139:2050-8. [PMID: 2957446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg)-specific T cell lines were established from hepatic lymphomononuclear cells derived from five patients with chronic active hepatitis B. No hepatitis B virus envelope antigen-specific cell lines were established. Proliferation in response to recombinant and native HBcAg, but not to native hepatitis B surface antigen containing the pre-S(2) region, confirmed the specificity of the five T cell lines. All cell lines represented mixed populations of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. The CD4+ subset provided antigen-specific help to autologous B cells with respect to anti-HBc production and to CD8+ cells with regard to HBcAg-induced proliferation and suppressor activity. The CD8+ subset contained suppressor cells that selectively inhibited the proliferative response of autologous HBcAg-specific CD4+ cells without inhibiting CD4+ cells of unrelated specificity (tetanus toxoid). Moreover, the CD8+ cells were also capable of suppressing HBcAg-stimulated antibody to HBcAg production without showing inhibition of total immunoglobulin production stimulated by pokeweed mitogen. The cytotoxic potential of the T cell lines was established in a lectin-dependent cytotoxicity system; natural killer cytotoxicity was completely absent. Our data suggest that the lesional T cells present at the site of hepatocellular injury in chronic active hepatitis B are primarily HBcAg-specific lymphocytes of the helper and suppressor/cytotoxic phenotypes and that both are functionally competent.
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Ribera E, Martinez-Vazquez JM, Ocaña I, Segura RM, Pascual C. Activity of adenosine deaminase in cerebrospinal fluid for the diagnosis and follow-up of tuberculous meningitis in adults. J Infect Dis 1987; 155:603-7. [PMID: 3102627 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/155.4.603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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We studied the activity of adenosine deaminase in the cerebrospinal fluid of 40 normal controls and 205 patients who were grouped according to disease (tuberculous, viral, and purulent meningitis; neoplasms; stroke; and miscellaneous). The mean enzyme value was clearly higher for the patients with tuberculous meningitis (15.7 +/- 4.3 U/liter) than for the other patients (1.4 +/- 1.5 U/liter). The sensitivity of the test for diagnosing tuberculous meningitis was 1 and specificity, 0.99. The enzyme activity, as well as progression of the disease, was studied in 32 patients with tuberculous meningitis. A significant rise in levels of enzyme was observed during the first 10 days of therapy, was followed by a gradual decline, and reached normal values after three to four months of treatment. Two patients showed substantial increases that coincided with the development of complications. The test proved to be a simple and reliable method for early diagnosis and follow-up of tuberculous meningitis.
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Pigrau C, Martínez-Vázquez JM, Ocaña I, Muñiz R, Capdevila JA, Ribera E, Lorente A, Vidal MT, Moragas A. [Clinical study of 31 cases of primary amyloidosis]. Med Clin (Barc) 1987; 88:399-404. [PMID: 3573837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Ribera E, Ocaña I, Martínez-Vázquez JM, Gallofre M, Fernández de Sevilla T, Reñé R. [Clinical characteristics and diagnostic difficulties in 35 cases of tuberculous meningitis]. Neurologia 1987; 2:3-8. [PMID: 3274063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Ribera E, Martínez-Vázquez JM, Ocaña I. [Adenosine deaminase in the quick diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis]. Neurologia 1987; 2:19-22. [PMID: 3078943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Martinez-Vazquez JM, Ribera E, Ocaña I, Segura RM, Serrat R, Sagrista J. Adenosine deaminase activity in tuberculous pericarditis. Thorax 1986; 41:888-9. [PMID: 3824276 PMCID: PMC460517 DOI: 10.1136/thx.41.11.888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Martinez-Vazquez JM, Ocaña I, Ribera E, Segura RM, Pascual C. Adenosine deaminase activity in the diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis. Gut 1986; 27:1049-53. [PMID: 3758818 PMCID: PMC1433815 DOI: 10.1136/gut.27.9.1049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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We studied the activity of adenosine deaminase in the peritoneal fluid of 66 patients who were divided into five groups according to causes of ascites as follows: tuberculous peritonitis (group I), septic peritonitis (group II), secondary to malignant tumours (group III), miscellaneous conditions (group IV), and control subjects of transudates (group V). In patients with tuberculous peritonitis the enzyme activity was significantly higher than for the rest of the groups (p less than 0.001), and enzyme concentrations in all patients were well above the upper non-tuberculous value. Adenosine deaminase activity in the peritoneal fluid has proved to be a simple and reliable method for early diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis.
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Ocaña I, Martinez-Vazquez JM, Ribera E, Segura RM, Pascual C. Adenosine deaminase activity in the diagnosis of lymphocytic pleural effusions of tuberculous, neoplastic and lymphomatous origin. TUBERCLE 1986; 67:141-5. [PMID: 3775863 DOI: 10.1016/0041-3879(86)90008-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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We studied the activity of adenosine deaminase in 74 lymphocytic pleural effusions which were divided into four groups according to the aetiology: tuberculous (38 cases), neoplastic (17), lymphomatous (7) and miscellaneous (12). The mean enzyme value was significantly higher in the tuberculous cases (93.81 +/- 29.56 U/I) than for the other three groups and significantly higher in pleural effusions of lymphomatous origin than in the neoplastic and miscellaneous groups. Based on the lowest value of enzyme activity found in the tuberculous group (50 U/I), the test had a sensitivity of 1 and a specificity of 0.97.
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De la Figuera M, González-Atienza J, Ribera E, Blay C, Castell J. [Caroli's disease: usefulness of gammagraphy with TC-99m HIDA before the suspicion of hepatic abscess. Presentation of a case]. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE LAS ENFERMEDADES DEL APARATO DIGESTIVO 1986; 69:476-9. [PMID: 3738126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Capdevila Morell JA, Martínez Vázquez JM, Fernández de Sevilla T, Ocaña I, Ruibal A, Ribera E, Bacardí R. [Hepatic and serum bile acid changes in pneumonia]. Med Clin (Barc) 1986; 86:663-6. [PMID: 3736148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Martínez-Vázquez JM, Capdevila JA, Fernández de Sevilla T, Ruibal A, Ocaña I, Ribera E. [Postprandial cholylglycine and sulfolithocholylglycine in focal and diffuse hepatopathies]. Med Clin (Barc) 1985; 85:653-5. [PMID: 4079558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Martínez Vázquez JM, Pigrau C, Ocaña I, Muñiz R, Capdevila JA, Ribera E. [Clinical evaluation of 66 cases of secondary amyloidosis]. Med Clin (Barc) 1985; 85:350-5. [PMID: 4079573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Pigrau C, Martínez-Vázquez JM, Ocaña I, Capdevila JA, Ribera E, Muñiz R, Vidal MT. [Usefulness of potassium permanganate staining in the classification of systemic amyloidoses]. Med Clin (Barc) 1985; 84:302-4. [PMID: 2580195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Martínez-Vázquez JM, Ocaña I, Ribera E, Capdevila JA, Fernández de Sevilla T, Segura R, Pascual C, Martí N. [Early diagnosis of pleuroperitoneal tuberculosis by the determination of adenosine deaminase]. Med Clin (Barc) 1984; 83:578-80. [PMID: 6513647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Ocaña I, Martinez-Vazquez J, Ribera E, Capdevila J, de Sevilla TF. Pleural Fluid Adenosine Deaminase in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Chest 1984. [DOI: 10.1378/chest.86.2.273-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Capdevila JA, Martínez-Vázquez JM, Pigrau C, Ribera E, Ocaña I, Ferrer J. [Tricuspid insufficiency as a clinical manifestation of hyperthyroidism]. Med Clin (Barc) 1984; 83:42-3. [PMID: 6482548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Pigrau C, Galve E, Ocaña I, Capdevila JA, Ribera E, Martínez-Vázquez JM. [Familial deficit of antithrombin III and mitral valve prolapse]. Med Clin (Barc) 1984; 83:43. [PMID: 6482549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Martinez-Vazquez JM, Capdevila JA, Ribera E, Ocaña I, Muñiz R. Bronchial carcinoid and parathyroid adenoma. Ann Intern Med 1984; 100:916-7. [PMID: 6721308 DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-100-6-916_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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López-Vivancos J, Ribera E, Vilaseca J, Martínez-Vázquez JM, Capdevila JA, Muñiz R. [Tuberculous empyema]. Med Clin (Barc) 1984; 82:778. [PMID: 6429462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Ruibal A, Encabo G, Capdevila JA, Aguadé S, Gefaell R, Ribera E, Martínez-Vázquez JM. [Behavior of serum CA 125 in hepatopathy patients]. Med Clin (Barc) 1984; 82:560. [PMID: 6738156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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González-Atienza J, Pérez A, Ribera E, Sobrino J, Lucaya J. [Type II-B multiple endocrine neoplasms. A new sporadic case]. Med Clin (Barc) 1984; 82:454-6. [PMID: 6143865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Martínez-Vázquez JM, Fernández-Sevilla T, Capdevila JA, Ocaña I, Ribera E, Ruibal A, Encabo G, Bacardí R. [Utility of determining fasting and postprandial cholylglycine and sulfolithocholylglycine in the diagnosis of hepatic cirrhosis]. Med Clin (Barc) 1984; 82:392-4. [PMID: 6717151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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