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Iglesias B, Sierra G, Cimarra MM, de la Iglesia P, Albuerne A, Fernández J, Villar H. [Shigella flexneri bacteremia, one adult case and review of the literature]. Rev Esp Quimioter 2014; 27:225-226. [PMID: 25229381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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- B Iglesias
- Beatriz Iglesias Rodríguez, Hospital San Agustín. Camino de Heros n°6, 33401 Avilés (Asturias), Spain.
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Otero L, Alvarez-Argüelles M, Villar H, Díaz-Gigante J, Carreño F, Vázquez F, Vázquez F. The prevalence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae negative for proline iminopeptidase in Asturias, Spain. Sex Transm Infect 2006; 83:76. [PMID: 16971400 PMCID: PMC2598590 DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.022699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Alcalá B, Arreaza L, Salcedo C, Antolín I, Borrell N, Cacho J, De Las Cuevas C, Otero L, Sauca G, Vázquez F, Villar H, Vázquez JA. Molecular characterization of ciprofloxacin resistance of gonococcal strains in Spain. Sex Transm Dis 2003; 30:395-8. [PMID: 12916129 DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200305000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Over the past several years, the emergence of gonococcal isolates with intermediate or full resistance to fluoroquinolones has become a significant concern in several countries, including Spain. GOAL The goal was to determine the occurrence of ciprofloxacin resistance among Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains in Spain during 2000 to 2001 and determine the frequency and patterns of mutations at gyrA, gyrB, and parC genes in these isolates. STUDY DESIGN Eleven ciprofloxacin-resistant strains (with MICs ranging from 1 to 64 micrograms/mL) and two intermediate isolates (with MICs of 0.12 and 0.5 microgram/mL) were found. Mutations were identified by polymerase chain reaction and direct sequencing of the amplified products. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Alterations at Ser-91 and Asp-95 in GyrA were detected in all strains except one, an isolate for which the MIC was 0.12 microgram/mL. Alterations in ParC were more variable, and there was no clear correlation between the number of parC mutations and the level of resistance. No alterations at gyrB gene associated with ciprofloxacin resistance were found. The resistance was distributed among different types of strains, suggesting that the increase in the incidence of ciprofloxacin-resistant strains in Spain was not exclusively due to the appearance of a single-strain outbreak.
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- B Alcalá
- Servicio de Bacteriología, Laboratorio de Referencia de Neisserias, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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Domingo D, Alarcón T, Sanz JC, Villar H, Hernández JM, Sánchez J, López-Brea M. [The Helicobacter pylori adhesion gene: relation with the origin of the isolates and associated disease]. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 1999; 17:342-6. [PMID: 10535187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND The adhesion gene (hpaA) of Helicobacter pylori isolates from different Spanish regions was studied by PCR-RFLP in order to group the strains according to the origin of the strains and to relate it with ulcer or gastritis production. METHODS One hundred and forty three Helicobacter pylori clinical isolates were obtained from the culture of gastric biopsies (29 from Ibiza, 39 from Madrid, 36 from Almería and 39 from Avilés). After DNA extraction, a PCR was performed to amplify a 375 pb fragment of the hpaA gene which was digested with Hinfi and SauIIIa. RESULTS The gene was detected in all of the strains studied. After digestion with Hinfi and SauIIIa, three and four patterns called 1, 2 and 3 and A, B, C and D were obtained, respectively. Strains from Madrid and Almería showed the highest hpaA genetic variability. In the relationship with the pathology, patterns 1 and A were the most prevalent in strains obtained from patients with ulcer and with gastritis. CONCLUSIONS The results of hpaA gene study show the genetic variability of Helicobacter pylori and slight differences according to the origin were found.
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- D Domingo
- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid.
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Palacios JJ, Ferro J, Ruiz Palma N, García JM, Villar H, Rodríguez J, Macías MD, Prendes P. Fully automated liquid culture system compared with Löwenstein-Jensen solid medium for rapid recovery of mycobacteria from clinical samples. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1999; 18:265-73. [PMID: 10385015 DOI: 10.1007/s100960050275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The aim of this study was to compare the rate of recovery of mycobacteria and the time to detection in 5208 samples using the MB/BacT culture system (Organon Teknika, USA) and Löwenstein-Jensen medium. Mycobacteria were recovered from 301 (5.7%) samples. Two hundred fifty-seven (85.3%) isolates from 114 patients were Mycobacterium tuberculosis [135 (52.5%) smear-positive, 122 (47.4%) smear-negative], and 44 (14.6%) were potentially pathogenic environmental mycobacteria. The yield with the MB/BacT was higher than that with Löwenstein-Jensen [287 (95.3%) vs. 200 (66.4%), P<0.001] for both Mycobacterium tuberculosis [247 (96.1%) vs. 187 (72.7%), P<0.001] and potentially pathogenic environmental mycobacteria [40 (90.9%) vs. 13 (29.5%), P<0.001], mainly at the expense of the smear-negative samples. Moreover, 70 (27.2%) samples were positive only in the MB/BacT, whereas ten (3.8%) samples were positive only in Löwenstein-Jensen. The number of patients with tuberculosis detected by the MB/BacT was higher than that detected by Löwenstein-Jensen medium [111 (97.3%) vs. 89 (78%), P<0.001]. In 25 (21.9%) patients the diagnosis was established solely by means of the MB/BacT. In smear-positive and smear-negative samples, the mean times to detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were 16.7 and 26.3 days, respectively, with Löwenstein-Jensen and 11.5 and 19.3 days, respectively, with the MB/BacT. These results indicate that the MB/BacT is more efficient and faster than Löwenstein-Jensen for the recovery of mycobacteria.
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- J J Palacios
- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital San Agustín, Asturias, Spain
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Palacios JJ, Ferro J, Ruiz Palma N, Roces SG, Villar H, Rodríguez J, Prendes P. Comparison of the ligase chain reaction with solid and liquid culture media for routine detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in nonrespiratory specimens. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1998; 17:767-72. [PMID: 9923516 DOI: 10.1007/s100960050182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The aim of this study was to compare the results of a commercial assay based on the ligase chain reaction [(LCR) LCx Probe System MTB; Abbott, USA] with those of culture in liquid medium (Septi-Chek AFB; Becton-Dickinson, USA) and culture on the egg-based Löwenstein-Jensen solid medium for the direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in nonrespiratory specimens. The results were analyzed according to the standard definition of a true-positive result. Two hundred thirty-five nonrespiratory samples routinely submitted to rule out tuberculosis were analyzed. All samples were smear-negative. Mycobacterial growth in either culture medium was detected in 18 (7.6%) specimens: Mycobacterium tuberculosis was recovered from seven (38.9%) specimens cultured on Löwenstein-Jensen medium and from 18 (100%) specimens cultured in Septi-Chek AFB. The LCR protocol was positive in 22 specimens. None of the LCR-negative controls showed positive results. All samples positive by culture on Löwenstein-Jensen medium were positive by culture in liquid medium and by the LCR assay. However, Mycobacterium tuberculosis was detected by culture in liquid medium in two specimens that were negative by the LCR assay, whereas six specimens negative by culture in liquid medium were positive by the LCR protocol; three of these were identified as true-positive results of the LCR assay. The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were 33.3%, 100%, 100%, and 93.8%, respectively, for Löwenstein-Jensen medium; 85.7%, 100%, 100%, and 98.6% for the liquid medium; and 90.4%, 98.5%, 86.3%, and 99% for the LCR assay. These findings indicate that the LCR assay may be a valid method of high diagnostic yield for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in nonrespiratory specimens.
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- J J Palacios
- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital San Agustín, Avilés, Asturias, Spain
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Palacios JJ, García JM, Ferro J, Rodríguez J, Sánchez A, Villar H, Muñiz MM, Marrón MG, Ozores M, Calvo C, Prendes P. Comparison of MB-check and Löwenstein-Jensen media for recovery of mycobacteria. Microsc Res Tech 1997; 38:512-8. [PMID: 9376655 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0029(19970901)38:5<512::aid-jemt8>3.0.co;2-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We have compared the rate of recovery of mycobacteria with the MB-Check culture system (liquid phase) and the Löwenstein-Jensen (LJ) medium in 2,907 clinical specimens obtained from 830 patients submitted for mycobacterial culture during 1-year period. Direct smear examination was carried out by auramine-rhodamine staining. All primary isolates from the culture media were confirmed by Ziehl-Neelsen staining and identified by acridinium-ester-labeled DNA probes specific for Mycobaterium tuberculosis complex. A total of 214 isolates were of the M. tuberculosis complex (88 patients) and 54 of "potentially pathogenic environmental mycobacteria" (45 patients). A total of 117 (54.7%) samples were smear-positive and the remaining 97 (45.3%) were smear-negative. There was a significant difference in the percentage of positive cultures obtained by the MB-Check method (99.1%) as compared with the LJ medium (73.8%) (P < 0.05). This difference, however, occurred almost exclusively at the expense of the 97 smear-negative samples (positive cultures 97.95% by the MB-Check method vs. 42.3% by the LJ culture, P < 0.05). The number of patients diagnosed of tuberculosis by the MB-Check was significantly higher as compared with LJ medium (88 [100%] vs. 77 [87.5%], P < 0.05). In 11 (12.5%) patients, the diagnosis was only established by the MB-Check system. In smear-positive samples, the mean (+/-SD) detection time for M. tuberculosis complex was 14.8 +/- 8 days with MB-Check and 19.9 +/- 7 days with LJ medium. The corresponding figures in smear-negative samples were 22.8 +/- 3 days and 27.8 +/- 6 days, respectively. DNA probes directly applied to MB-Check liquid medium showed a sensitivity of 98.8% and specificity of 100%. These results indicate that the MB-Check system is more efficient for the recovery of mycobacteria than LJ medium.
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- J J Palacios
- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital San Agustín, Avilés, Spain
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BACKGROUND Large studies have shown a similar outcome when comparing mastectomy with lumpectomy and external beam radiation therapy in the treatment of infiltrating ductal carcinoma. However, this has not been studied extensively for invasive lobular carcinoma. We studied the pattern of recurrence and overall survival of patients treated with lumpectomy and radiation for either invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) or combined invasive lobular carcinoma/invasive ductal carcinoma (ILC/IDC) of the breast. DESIGN A retrospective chart review was performed for 111 patients with ILC or ILC/IDC who were diagnosed and/or treated at the university hospital between 1984 and 1994. RESULTS Of the 111 patients, 93 had stage I or II tumors. Thirty-four patients (37%) were treated with lumpectomy and adjuvant postoperative radiotherapy with one (3%) local recurrence and a mean overall survival of 83.6 months. Fifty-nine patients (63%) were treated by modified radical mastectomy with two local recurrences (3%) and a mean overall survival of 71.7 months. CONCLUSIONS Patients with ILC or ILC/IDC can be effectively treated with lumpectomy and radiation for stage I and II tumors while maintaining a low risk of local recurrence and equivalent overall survival.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Breast Neoplasms/mortality
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/radiotherapy
- Breast Neoplasms/surgery
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/mortality
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/secondary
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/surgery
- Carcinoma, Lobular/mortality
- Carcinoma, Lobular/pathology
- Carcinoma, Lobular/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma, Lobular/secondary
- Carcinoma, Lobular/surgery
- Female
- Humans
- Mastectomy, Segmental
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/epidemiology
- Retrospective Studies
- Survival Rate
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- J Warneke
- Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
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Palacios JJ, Ferro J, Telenti M, Roces SG, Prendes P, García JM, Nicolás AI, Rodrígues J, Villar H, de Quirós JF. Comparison of solid and liquid culture media with polymerase chain reaction for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical samples. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1996; 15:478-83. [PMID: 8839642 DOI: 10.1007/bf01691315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The aim of this study was to determine the sensitivity of different methods--two commercial polymerase chain reaction (PCR) kits (a protocol of nested PCR and a protocol of amplification of the IS6110 insertion element), the radiometric Bactec system, the Septi-Chek AFB culture system, and culture in Löwenstein-Jensen (LJ) solid medium--for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. One hundred clinical samples from 51 patients with culture-positive tuberculosis (81 specimens) and 19 controls (19 specimens) were used. Eighty-nine percent of the samples were smear negative. In the 81 specimens obtained from patients with tuberculosis, the frequency of positivity was 66.6% for nested PCR, 63% for culture in liquid media, 38.3% for IS6110 assay, and 28.4% for culture in LJ medium. In 18 samples obtained by invasive procedures in patients with tuberculosis, mycobacterial DNA was detected by nested PCR in 83.3% (including all samples positive by culture on liquid media), by culture in liquid media in 77.7% by culture on LJ medium in 27.7%, and by the IS6110 assay in 11.1%. No false-positive results were obtained from the negative control specimens with any of the techniques tested. The sensitivity of the reamplification protocol appears to be superior to that of the IS6110 assay and similar to that of the Bactec system.
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- J J Palacios
- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital San Augustín, Avilés, Asturias, Spain
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Warneke J, Grossklaus D, Davis J, Stea B, Bebb G, Taylor C, Hastings R, Villar H. Influence of local treatment on the recurrence rate of ductal carcinoma in situ. J Am Coll Surg 1995; 180:683-8. [PMID: 7773481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Screening mammography has resulted in a significant increase in the diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). The role of breast conservation therapy and the long-term recurrence rate are still controversial. This article compares mastectomy, wide excision alone, and wide excision with radiation as treatments for DCIS. STUDY DESIGN One hundred twenty-four cases of DCIS were retrospectively reviewed and were found to be pure DCIS by a senior pathologist. The mean age at diagnosis was 60 years (range, 33 to 81). Originally, 101 patients (81 percent) presented with calcification on mammogram, and 23 (19 percent) presented with a palpable mass. Histologic data showed that 54 (44 percent) had noncomedo type lesions, 46 (37 percent) had comedo type, and 24 (19 percent) had unknown type DCIS. RESULTS Four of the 124 patients had a recurrence during a mean follow-up period of 43 months. Recurrence is defined as any development of DCIS or invasive carcinoma in the ipsilateral breast. There was one (1.3 percent) recurrence in the 75 patients treated with mastectomy (an adenocarcinoma of the chest wall), which occurred at 59 months. Treatment was 5,750 cGy to the chest wall and the patient is free of disease 37 months postradiation. There were three (11 percent) recurrences at 14, 21, and 29 months, respectively, in the 28 patients treated with wide excision alone. All three recurrences were found by calcifications on mammogram and all patients had comedo type original lesions. Two recurrences were pure DCIS of the breast. Both patients were treated with mastectomy and are free of disease at 33 and five months, respectively. The third recurrence was an invasive colloid carcinoma of the breast. Treatment was a modified radical mastectomy; the patient is free of disease after 62 months. There were no recurrences in the 21 patients who were treated with wide excision and radiation. Average total dose of radiation was 5,835 cGy (range, 4,500 to 6,480). CONCLUSIONS The results of this study indicate that both mastectomy and wide excision with radiation are associated with very low recurrence rates. Wide excision alone is associated with a higher recurrence rate. However, all recurrences were detected mammographically and all lesions were salvaged by mastectomy. Therefore, the ultimate local control and survival rates were similar for all three modalities.
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- J Warneke
- Department of Surgery, Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson 85724, USA
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Two fixation methods based on formaldehyde or acetone for qualitative cytomegalovirus antigenemia assay were evaluated on 405 consecutive blood samples. Cytomegalovirus was detected in 40 samples by the antigenemia assay: 36 were detected by formaldehyde fixation; 22, by acetone; and 18, by both methods. Differences were statistically significant (P = 0.0043). In addition, four fixation methods (two based on formalin [with and without permeabilization] and two using acetone at different fixation times) for quantitative antigenemia assay in a different set of 32 samples from known viremic patients were evaluated. Formalin-based methods were superior to acetone-based methods, showing statistically significant differences in either the number of positive samples detected (P < 0.02; McNemar test) or the mean positive cell counts (P < 0.003; two-tailed Student's t test for paired samples). No differences between the two formalin-based methods were found. We recommend the formaldehyde fixation procedure without subsequent permeabilization because of its simplicity and sensitivity.
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- J L Pérez
- Service of Microbiology, Hospital Prínceps d'Espanya, Ciutat Sanitària i Universitària de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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Villar H, Jugo M, Farinati A. [Efficacy of gentamycin combined with beta-lactam antibiotics against penicillin-resistant and non-resistant Streptococcus agalactiae]. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 1994; 12:385-9. [PMID: 7981289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Evaluation of the incidence, tolerance and the bactericidal activity against penicillin, ampicillin, cefotaxime, gentamicin and the combination of penicillin plus gentamicin, ampicillin plus gentamicin, cefotaxime plus gentamicin and cefotaxime plus ampicillin in 22 clinical isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae. METHODS Killing curves were performed. The concentrations of antibiotics was selected taking into account its level in cerebrospinal fluid. RESULTS We detected 5 (22.7%) tolerant strains to penicillin and ampicillin and 2 of them (9.0%) were also tolerant to cefotaxime. Bactericidal activity was seen in a 100% of the strains against the association penicillin plus gentamicin, ampicillin plus gentamicin and cefotaxime plus gentamicin, being greater than the bactericidal activity against cefotaxime (77.3%), penicillin, ampicillin and cefotaxime plus ampicillin (54.5% respectively). CONCLUSIONS Considering the high incidence of tolerance and the deficient bactericidal activity of the beta-lactam antibiotics against tolerant and no tolerant strains, it seems necessary to include gentamicin in the treatment of Streptococcus agalactiae severe infections. Several studies of experimental models must be performed to verify in vivo, the in vitro results.
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- H Villar
- Cátedra de Infectología y Microbiología Clínica, Universidad Católica Argentina, Riobamba
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Arduino S, Villar H, Veron MT, Koziner B, Dictar M. CDC group IV c-2 as a cause of catheter-related sepsis in an immunocompromised patient. Clin Infect Dis 1993; 17:512-3. [PMID: 8218701 DOI: 10.1093/clinids/17.3.512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Thompson F, Emerson J, Dalton W, Yang JM, McGee D, Villar H, Knox S, Massey K, Weinstein R, Bhattacharyya A. Clonal chromosome abnormalities in human breast carcinomas. I. Twenty-eight cases with primary disease. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 1993; 7:185-93. [PMID: 7692943 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.2870070402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Cytogenetic analysis was performed on a selected series of short-term cultures of primary breast carcinomas from 28 patients. All patients had histopathologically confirmed malignancies, with the majority (25/28 cases) demonstrating infiltrating ductal carcinoma. All 28 cases evidenced clonal chromosome abnormalities, with 10/28 displaying only numeric aberrations, whereas 18/28 displayed clonal structural alterations. In near-diploid tumors the most common numeric changes were -17 and -19. However, trisomy 7 was the only numeric change in two near-diploid tumors. Structural chromosome alterations were primarily isochromosomes, apparent terminal deletions, and unbalanced non-reciprocal translocations. Chromosomes I (10/18-56%) and 6 (8/18-44%) were most frequently altered in this series. Breakpoints of clonal structural abnormalities were shown to cluster to several chromosome segments, including 1p22-q11, 3p11, 6p11-13, 7p11-q11, 8p11-q11, and 19q13. Analysis of the gain or loss of specific chromosome segments revealed that the most consistent tendency was over-representation of 1q, 3q, and 6p.
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- F Thompson
- Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson
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Trent J, Yang JM, Emerson J, Dalton W, McGee D, Massey K, Thompson F, Villar H. Clonal chromosome abnormalities in human breast carcinomas. II. Thirty-four cases with metastatic disease. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 1993; 7:194-203. [PMID: 7692944 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.2870070403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Cytogenetic analysis was performed on a selected series of short-term cultures from 34 patients with documented metastatic breast carcinoma. The majority of tumor cells were hyperdiploid, with clonal structural alterations observed in 94% of patients (32/34). The most common numeric changes were -2, -15, and -18. Chromosome 20 was the most frequently over-represented (in near-3n tumors only). Clonal structural chromosome alterations included isochromosomes, terminal deletions, and, most frequently, unbalanced non-reciprocal translocations. Chromosomes most often involved in structural rearrangements included 1, 7, 11, and 6 (accounting for 24.7%, 10.3%, 9.1%, and 7.0% of breakpoints, respectively). When the breakpoints of clonal structural abnormalities were analyzed, they were shown to cluster to several chromosome segments, including 1p11-q21, 7pter, 11p12-q12, and 6q11-21. An analysis of the net gain or loss of specific chromosome segments was also performed, with the most consistent tendency observed being the over-representation of 1q, 6p, 7, and 11. The most frequent losses included 1p, 6q, 7, and 11q.
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- J Trent
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor
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Asensi V, Cartón JA, Maradona JA, de Oña M, Melón S, Martínez A, Asensi JM, Villar H, Méndez FJ, Arribas JM. [The clinical significance of culturing Toxoplasma gondii on blood and other organic media]. Med Clin (Barc) 1993; 100:651-4. [PMID: 8497170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the value of the Toxoplasma gondii culture in blood and in other organic fluids in HIV positive and negative patients. METHODS Retrospective analysis (October 1990-May 1992) was carried out including all patients with positive cultures for T. gondii admitted to the Hospital Central of Asturias. The parasite was identified by monoclonal antibodies against the tachyzoite membrane. All patients with positive cultures were treated with pyrimethamine and sulphadiazine. RESULTS Three hundred two samples from 256 patients, seropositive and seronegative for HIV, were analyzed. Of the seropositive group 8/45 (18%) had positive cultures for T. gondii versus 9/211 (4.3%) of the seronegative group (p = 0.002). Of the 19 positive samples, 15 were from blood, 3 from bronchoalveolar lavage and one from the vitreous fluid. Four out of 9 patients (44%) with AIDS and encephalic toxoplasmosis (ET) had blood cultures positive for T. gondii. Another 4 patients with AIDS presented toxoplasmenia without visceral involvement. Of the 9 HIV seronegative patients (3 immunodepressed patients), 4 had pulmonary toxoplasmosis, one ocular toxoplasmosis, and other clinical forms of toxoplasmosis were seen in the remaining 4. All the patients evolved to cure except 2 cases coinfected by cytomegalovirus who died. CONCLUSIONS The identification of Toxoplasma gondii may be performed by blood cultures in half of the patients with AIDS and encephalic toxoplasmosis and in an undetermined percentage of the other clinical forms both in immunocompetent and immunodepressed subjects. In addition, toxoplasmemia has been registered in AIDS patients preceding any other organic seating of the parasite. Early antitoxoplasma therapy may, therefore, be effective.
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- V Asensi
- Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Central de Asturias, Universidad de Oviedo
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Arduino S, Villar H, Veron T, Ceraso D, Foncuberta C, Bayo F, Koziner B, Dictar M. [Maxillary sinusitis caused by Alternaria sp. in a bone marrow transplantation patient]. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 1992; 10:628-9. [PMID: 1292610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Meltzer P, Leibovitz A, Dalton W, Villar H, Kute T, Davis J, Nagle R, Trent J. Establishment of two new cell lines derived from human breast carcinomas with HER-2/neu amplification. Br J Cancer 1991; 63:727-35. [PMID: 1674877 PMCID: PMC1972383 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1991.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Two human cell lines (UACC-812 and 893), both containing significant amplification of the HER-2/neu gene, were established from biopsy specimens of breast carcinomas. One patient had Stage II breast carcinoma; the other had metastatic disease. Characterisation of these lines has revealed that both are highly aneuploid containing multiple clonal chromosome alterations, have doubling times near 100 h, and are oestrogen and progesterone receptor negative. Electron microscopy demonstrates that both lines contain numerous microvilli, cytoplasmic filaments, multivesicular bodies, and desmosomes. Immunoblot analysis for P-glycoprotein using the monoclonal antibody C219 was negative for both patient cell lines. These relatively rare cell lines may represent a useful model to investigate human breast carcinomas.
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- P Meltzer
- University of Michigan Cancer Center, Department of Pediatrics, Ann Arbor 48109-0668
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Rappaport W, Thompson S, Wong R, Leong S, Villar H. Complications associated with needle localization biopsy of the breast. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1991; 172:303-6. [PMID: 2006456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A review of 144 consecutive needle localization biopsies of the breast (NLBB) was performed to assess complications associated with this procedure. Thirty-four complications occurred in 27 patients. There were 11 wound infections associated with NLBB. During this time period, there were 1,583 clean general surgical operations performed, other than biopsy of the breast, yielding an over-all wound infection rate of 1.2 per cent (p less than 0.001). A trend was noted, suggesting that use of drains may have contributed to wound infection versus no drainage (25 versus 5 per cent, respectively). Electrocautery burns requiring local wound care occurred during seven biopsies and four of these patients subsequently had a wound infection develop. Four lesions required more than one excision to remove the abnormal mammary tissue, and in four, there was a failure to remove the lesion at the first operation. Fifty-three localization procedures were performed using methylene blue. In this group, only one patient required more than one biopsy to remove the abnormal mammary tissue, and there were no failures with this technique. Also, a smaller mean volume of tissue was removed in this group versus the standard NLBB (30.2 +/- 3.0 versus 53.3 +/- 4.6 cubic millimeters, respectively) (p less than 0.01). Four cardiovascular complications occurred, requiring overnight admission. All of these patients were more than 65 years old and had the procedure performed while under general anesthesia. Patient age, type of anesthesia, resident versus attending surgeon and length of procedure had no independent effect on local complication rate.
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- W Rappaport
- University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson
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Goldstein NI, Nagle R, Villar H, Hersh E, Fisher PB. Isolation and characterization of a human monoclonal antibody which reacts with breast and colorectal carcinoma. Anticancer Res 1990; 10:1491-500. [PMID: 1704693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A human monoclonal antibody with specificity for breast and colorectal carcinoma has been isolated after hybridoma formation between regional lymph node lymphocytes from a patient with breast carcinoma and a mouse x human heteromyeloma (SPAZ-4). The monoclonal, MAB 15.2.3, is an IgM, kappa, which binds to an epitope found on at least four glycoproteins with approximate molecular weights of 37, 39, 43 and 56 kilodaltons (kD). These antigens are expressed intracellularly and on the surface of breast and colorectal carcinoma cells and their level of expression is increased by treatment with recombinant human leukocyte (IFN-alpha A) or immune (IFN-gamma) interferon. Analysis of formalin-fixed tumor cell lines indicates specificity for carcinomas. Similarly, immunostaining of paraffin-embedded tissue indicates both cell membrane and intracytoplasmic reactivity with breast (8 of 12), colorectal (3 of 4) and prostate (1 of 3) carcinomas. By employing a series of enzymes which specifically cleave sugar residues on proteins, it was demonstrated that the binding of MAB 15.2.3 could be increased. These observations suggest that the epitope recognized by MAB 15.2.3. is protein in nature and expressed on a series of glycoproteins. Pretreatment of Colo 205 (human colorectal carcinoma) cells with MAB 15.2.3 prior to implantation into nude mice, results in a reduction in the size and weight of tumors. With appropriate genetic engineering, resulting in the conversion of this antibody to an IgG, MAB 15.2.3. could prove of value for the diagnosis and ultimately the therapy of human breast and colorectal carcinomas.
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Villar H, Castro EA, Fernández FM. A remark on the constant relating total molecular energy to the sum of valence eigenvalues. J Chem Phys 1982. [DOI: 10.1063/1.443436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Puga TF, Zaccaria A, Vukasovic JB, Azmat C, Moench G, Montone N, Ré B, Lama N, Della Latta D, Villar H, Lentino A, Mendoza Padilla J. [Mother and child sharing the same room and breast feeding]. Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex 1979; 36:1025-50. [PMID: 385016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The author analyzes the existing relationship among breast feeding and socioeconomical level and degree of instruction of the mother. He also describes the causes for the interruption of breast feeding in a maternity where rooming-in existed. He stressed the importance of the motivation to the mother for breast feeding and the independence between levels of instruction and frequency of breast feeding.
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Chandler JG, Villar H, Lee S, Williams RJ, Nakaji NT, Ferrebee JW, Orloff MJ. The influence of histocompatibility matching according to lymphocyte types on orthotopic liver transplantation in dogs. Surgery 1972; 71:807-16. [PMID: 4555378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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