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Zurita J, Paz y Miño A, Solís M, Sevillano G. Failed identification of Candida vulturna using the Updated Vitek 2 Yeast Identification System, Version 9.02 and CHROMagar Candida Plus. New Microbes New Infect 2022; 48:101012. [PMID: 36016725 PMCID: PMC9396391 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2022.101012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- J. Zurita
- Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina. Zurita &Zurita Laboratorios, Quito, Ecuador
- Facultad de Medicina. Pontificia Universidad Católica Del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
- Corresponding author. J. Zurita, Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina.Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Ecuador.
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- Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina. Zurita &Zurita Laboratorios, Quito, Ecuador
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- Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina. Zurita &Zurita Laboratorios, Quito, Ecuador
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- Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina. Zurita &Zurita Laboratorios, Quito, Ecuador
- Maestría de Biomedicina, Facultad de Ciencias de La Salud, Universidad Internacional SEK, Quito, Ecuador
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Borsato M, Cid Vidal X, Tsai Y, Vázquez Sierra C, Zurita J, Alonso-Álvarez G, Boyarsky A, Brea Rodríguez A, Buarque Franzosi D, Cacciapaglia G, Casais Vidal A, Du M, Elor G, Escudero M, Ferretti G, Flacke T, Foldenauer P, Hajer J, Henry L, Ilten P, Kamenik J, Kishor Jashal B, Knapen S, Kostiuk I, Redi FL, Low M, Liu Z, Oyanguren Campos A, Polycarpo E, Ramos M, Ramos Pernas M, Salvioni E, Rangel MS, Schäfer R, Sestini L, Soreq Y, Tran VQ, Timiryasov I, van Veghel M, Westhoff S, Williams M, Zupan J. Unleashing the full power of LHCb to probe stealth new physics. Rep Prog Phys 2022; 85:024201. [PMID: 34942603 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/ac4649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In this paper, we describe the potential of the LHCb experiment to detect stealth physics. This refers to dynamics beyond the standard model that would elude searches that focus on energetic objects or precision measurements of known processes. Stealth signatures include long-lived particles and light resonances that are produced very rarely or together with overwhelming backgrounds. We will discuss why LHCb is equipped to discover this kind of physics at the Large Hadron Collider and provide examples of well-motivated theoretical models that can be probed with great detail at the experiment.
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- M Borsato
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-4111, United States of America
- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN 46556, United States of America
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-UV), Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics & McGill Space Institute, McGill University, 3600 Rue University, Montréal, QC, H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Intituut-Lorentz, Leiden University, 2333 CA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Fysikgården, 41296 Göteborg, Sweden
- Physics Department, University of Gothenburg, 41296 Göteborg, Sweden
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- University of Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, F-69001 Lyon, France
- Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis (IP2I) de Lyon, CNRS/UMR5822, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States of America
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität, München, James-Franck-Straße, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Fysikgården, 41296 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Center for Theoretical Physics of the Universe, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve B-1348, Belgium
- Department of Physics, Universität Basel, Klingelbergstraße 82, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-UV), Valencia, Spain
- INFN Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, United States of America
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Theoretical Physics Department, Fermilab, PO Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, United States of America
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- Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China
- Center for High Energy Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Particle Physics, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- CAFPE and Departamento de Física Teórica y del Cosmos, Universidad de Granada, Campus de Fuentenueva, E-18071 Granada, Spain
- Laboratório de Instrumentaçao e Física Experimental de Partículas, Departamento de Física da Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Padova Division, Padova, Italy
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- Physics Department, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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- Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Van Swinderen Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America
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- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, United States of America
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Moreno-Izquierdo C, Zurita J, Contreras-Yametti F, Jara-Palacios M. Mycobacterium abscessus subspecies abscessus infection associated with cosmetic surgical procedures: Cases series. IDCases 2020; 22:e00992. [PMID: 33194548 PMCID: PMC7644577 DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Revised: 10/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium abscessus is a drug-resistant nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM). Cutaneous & subcutaneous NTM infections post-cosmetic surgery are poorly diagnosed. Initial surgical evaluation facilitates early suspicion of M. abscessus infection. Rapidly evolving infection & negative culture/antibiotic response are indicators. Amikacin, imipenem, & clarithromycin combination may treat M. abscessus infection.
Background Mycobacterium abscessus is one of the most pathogenic and drug-resistant opportunistic microorganisms among the nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) involved in skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) associated with cosmetic surgical procedures. However, NTM infection is often wrongly diagnosed initially causing prolonged suffering. Here is described the author’s experience working with patients who developed M. abscessus SSTI after cosmetic procedures. Methods Patients who developed NTM infection after undergoing cosmetic procedures, and who presented at the Hospital Metropolitano and Hospital Vozandes (Quito, Ecuador) between 2013–2016. A review of patient medical records was performed. Results Five patients with culture proven M. abscessus subspecies abscessus SSTI after cosmetic surgeries were identified. All patients were treated with aggressive surgical debridement and antibiotics. Conclusions A rapidly spreading wound infection presenting two or more weeks after a cosmetic procedure that fails to respond to standard antimicrobial therapy should raise suspicion for NTM infection. Samples for acid-fast bacilli smear, cultures, and PCR from infected tissue should be taken. Surgical drainage and debridement are recommended along with a long course of antibiotics. In the absence of clinical trials, a combination of amikacin, imipenem, and clarithromycin may be an adequate initial treatment for M. abscessus subspecies abscessus SSTI in immunocompetent patients.
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- C. Moreno-Izquierdo
- Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, de la Salud y de la Vida, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
- Servicio de Microbiología y Tuberculosis, Hospital Vozandes, Quito, Ecuador
- Servicio de Infectología, Hospital Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador
- Corresponding author at: Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, de la Salud y de la Vida, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Ecuador.
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- Servicio de Microbiología y Tuberculosis, Hospital Vozandes, Quito, Ecuador
- Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito, Ecuador
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- Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, de la Salud y de la Vida, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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- Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, de la Salud y de la Vida, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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Zurita J, Sevillano G, González C, Lascano Y. Segniliparus rugosus from the sputum of a child with cystic fibrosis in Ecuador: challenges in bacterial identification. New Microbes New Infect 2020; 35:100668. [PMID: 32461807 PMCID: PMC7240726 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Using sequencing analyses of the 16S rRNA gene, we identified Segniliparus rugosus in an 8-year-old child with cystic fibrosis. We describe the difficulties we encountered in identifying this bacterium. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of S. rugosus in Ecuador.
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- J. Zurita
- Biomedical Research Unit, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito, Ecuador
- Corresponding author. Zurita & Zurita Laboratories, Quito, Ecuador.
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- Biomedical Research Unit, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito, Ecuador
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- Biomedical Research Unit, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito, Ecuador
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- Department of Paediatric Pneumology, Hospital Carlos Andrade Marin, Quito, Ecuador
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Zurita J, Espinel N, Barba P, Ortega-Paredes D, Zurita-Salinas C, Rojas Y, Alcocer I. Genetic diversity and drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Ecuador. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2020; 23:166-173. [PMID: 30808448 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.18.0095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Quito, Ecuador is not well known. OBJECTIVE To investigate mutations related to drug resistance and bacterial genotypes in M. tuberculosis strains in Ecuador. DESIGN This was a retrospective study of M. tuberculosis isolates from 104 patients. Isolates were phenotypically resistant to rifampicin (RMP) and/or isoniazid (INH). The genotype was determined using 24-locus mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable-number tandem repeats (MIRU-VNTR). RESULTS Isolates showed mutations in the rpoB and katG genes, and the inhA promoter. In rpoB, we found 13 genetic alterations at codons 511, 513, 514, 515, 516, 526 and 531. Forty-six (44.2%) RMP-resistant isolates belonged to codon 531. In katG, there were nine genetic alterations at codons 296, 312, 314, 315, 322, 324 and 351. Fifty-three (51%) INH-resistant isolates belonged to codon 315. Five mutations not previously described were identified in katG: Thr324Ser, Thr314Ala, Ala312Pro, Trp351Stop and deleted G at 296 codon. The Latin American Mediterranean (LAM) (33.7%) and Ghana (30.8%) lineages presented most of the main mutations observed. CONCLUSION This is the first report from Ecuador; it describes five new mutations in katG and indicates that LAM is the most prevalent lineage.
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- J Zurita
- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito, Servicio de Microbiología y Tuberculosis, Hospital Vozandes, Quito, Ecuador
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- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito
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- Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito
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- Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito
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- Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito
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- Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito
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- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito
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Zurita J, Yánez F, Sevillano G, Ortega-Paredes D, Paz Y Miño A. Ready-to-eat street food: a potential source for dissemination of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli epidemic clones in Quito, Ecuador. Lett Appl Microbiol 2020; 70:203-209. [PMID: 31837237 DOI: 10.1111/lam.13263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Revised: 12/07/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Ready-to-eat food contamination with ESBL-producing Escherichia coli is a growing health concern. Some of these strains also are epidemic clones and can cause community-associated infections that are difficult to treat. In this study, the occurrence of ESBL-producing E. coli contaminated ready-to-eat street food in Quito, Ecuador was evaluated. In total, 150 samples were collected randomly in the most crowded sites of the city. In all, 34 samples (34/150; 22·6%) were positive for total thermotolerant (44·5°C) coliforms resistant to cefotaxime. MALDI-TOF analysis identified that the E. coli was found in 20 food samples (20/34; 59%). ESBL gene blaCTX-M-55 was identified in nine isolates, blaCTX-M-15 in six isolates, blaCTX-M-14 in two isolates, and one isolate each harboured blaCTX-M-24 , blaCTX-M-65 , blaCTX-M-55 and blaCTX-M-8 . Phylogenetic groups like A and B1 were the most common, followed by groups D and B2. MLST analysis identified 12 different sequence types (STs), the most common was ST162. Recognized epidemic clonal groups ST410, ST131 and ST744 were encountered. Ready-to-eat street food is a potential way of spreading ESBL-producing E. coli epidemic clones in Quito, Ecuador. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: This study identified ESBL-producing Escherichia coli epidemic clones: ST131, ST410 and ST744 in ready-to-eat street food samples. Street food is a possible way to spread harm multidrug-resistant (MDR) E. coli strains in the community. Studies to identify the contamination sources of this kind of food are needed to tackle MDR E. coli dissemination.
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- J Zurita
- Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.,Department of Biomedical Research, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito, Ecuador
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- Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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- Department of Biomedical Research, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito, Ecuador
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- Department of Biomedical Research, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito, Ecuador
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- Department of Biomedical Research, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito, Ecuador
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Curtin D, Drewes M, McCullough M, Meade P, Mohapatra RN, Shelton J, Shuve B, Accomando E, Alpigiani C, Antusch S, Carlos Arteaga-Velázquez J, Batell B, Bauer M, Blinov N, Salomé Caballero-Mora K, Hyeok Chang J, Chun EJ, Co RT, Cohen T, Cox P, Craig N, Csáki C, Cui Y, D'Eramo F, Delle Rose L, Bhupal Dev PS, Dienes KR, Dror JA, Essig R, Evans JA, Evans JL, Fernández Tellez A, Fischer O, Flacke T, Fradette A, Frugiuele C, Fuchs E, Gherghetta T, Giudice GF, Gorbunov D, Gupta RS, Hagedorn C, Hall LJ, Harris P, Carlos Helo J, Hirsch M, Hochberg Y, Hook A, Ibarra A, Ipek S, Jung S, Knapen S, Kuflik E, Liu Z, Lombardo S, Lubatti HJ, McKeen D, Molinaro E, Moretti S, Nagata N, Neubert M, Miguel No J, Olaiya E, Perez G, Peskin ME, Pinner D, Pospelov M, Reece M, Robinson DJ, Rodríguez Cahuantzi M, Santonico R, Schlaffer M, Shepherd-Themistocleous CH, Spray A, Stolarski D, Subieta Vasquez MA, Sundrum R, Thamm A, Thomas B, Tsai Y, Tweedie B, West SM, Young C, Yu F, Zaldivar B, Zhang Y, Zurek K, Zurita J. Long-lived particles at the energy frontier: the MATHUSLA physics case. Rep Prog Phys 2019; 82:116201. [PMID: 31185458 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/ab28d6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We examine the theoretical motivations for long-lived particle (LLP) signals at the LHC in a comprehensive survey of standard model (SM) extensions. LLPs are a common prediction of a wide range of theories that address unsolved fundamental mysteries such as naturalness, dark matter, baryogenesis and neutrino masses, and represent a natural and generic possibility for physics beyond the SM (BSM). In most cases the LLP lifetime can be treated as a free parameter from the [Formula: see text]m scale up to the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis limit of [Formula: see text] m. Neutral LLPs with lifetimes above [Formula: see text]100 m are particularly difficult to probe, as the sensitivity of the LHC main detectors is limited by challenging backgrounds, triggers, and small acceptances. MATHUSLA is a proposal for a minimally instrumented, large-volume surface detector near ATLAS or CMS. It would search for neutral LLPs produced in HL-LHC collisions by reconstructing displaced vertices (DVs) in a low-background environment, extending the sensitivity of the main detectors by orders of magnitude in the long-lifetime regime. We study the LLP physics opportunities afforded by a MATHUSLA-like detector at the HL-LHC, assuming backgrounds can be rejected as expected. We develop a model-independent approach to describe the sensitivity of MATHUSLA to BSM LLP signals, and compare it to DV and missing energy searches at ATLAS or CMS. We then explore the BSM motivations for LLPs in considerable detail, presenting a large number of new sensitivity studies. While our discussion is especially oriented towards the long-lifetime regime at MATHUSLA, this survey underlines the importance of a varied LLP search program at the LHC in general. By synthesizing these results into a general discussion of the top-down and bottom-up motivations for LLP searches, it is our aim to demonstrate the exceptional strength and breadth of the physics case for the construction of the MATHUSLA detector.
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- David Curtin
- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A7, Canada
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Villanueva V, Gómez A, Garcés M, Bermejo P, Montoya J, Toledo M, López-González FJ, Rodriguez X, Campos D, Martínez P, Giner P, Zurita J, Rodríguez-Uranga J, Ojeda J, Mauri JA, Ruiz-Giménez J, Poza JJ, Massot A, Bonet M. PO042 Early-esli study: from early add-on to monotherapy with eslicarbazepine acetate. J Neurol Psychiatry 2017. [DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-abn.75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Villanueva V, Bermejo P, Montoya J, Toledo M, Gómez-Ibáñez A, Garcés M, Vilella L, López-González FJ, Rodriguez-Osorio X, Campos D, Martínez P, Giner P, Zurita J, Rodríguez-Uranga J, Ojeda J, Mauri JA, Camacho JL, Ruiz-Giménez J, Poza JJ, Massot-Tarrús A, Galiano ML, Bonet M. EARLY-ESLI study: Long-term experience with eslicarbazepine acetate after first monotherapy failure. Acta Neurol Scand 2017; 136:254-264. [PMID: 27935017 DOI: 10.1111/ane.12720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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PURPOSE Evaluate real-life experience with eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL) after first monotherapy failure in a large series of patients with focal epilepsy. METHOD Multicentre, retrospective, 1-year, observational study in patients older than 18 years, with focal epilepsy, who had failed first antiepileptic drug monotherapy and who received ESL. Data from clinical records were analysed at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months to assess effectiveness and tolerability. RESULTS Eslicarbazepine acetate was initiated in 253 patients. The 1-year retention rate was 92.9%, and the final median dose of ESL was 800 mg. At 12 months, 62.3% of patients had been seizure free for 6 months; 37.3% had been seizure free for 1 year. During follow-up, 31.6% of the patients reported ESL-related adverse events (AEs), most commonly somnolence (8.7%) and dizziness (5.1%), and 3.6% discontinued due to AEs. Hyponatraemia was observed in seven patients (2.8%). After starting ESL, 137 patients (54.2%) withdrew the prior monotherapy and converted to ESL monotherapy; 75.9% were seizure free, 87.6% were responders, 4.4% worsened, and 23.4% reported ESL-related AEs. CONCLUSION Use of ESL after first monotherapy failure was associated with an optimal seizure control and tolerability profile. Over half of patients were converted to ESL monotherapy during follow-up.
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- V. Villanueva
- Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe; Valencia Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Puerta Hierro; Madrid Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Vall d′Hebron; Barcelona Spain
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- Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe; Valencia Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Vall d′Hebron; Barcelona Spain
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- Hospital Clínico Universitario; Valladolid Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio; Sevilla Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset; Valencia Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor; Madrid Spain
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- Clínica Sagrado Corazón; Instituto de Especialidades Neurológicas; Sevilla Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía; Madrid Spain
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- Hospital Clinico Universitario Lozano Blesa; Zaragoza Spain
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- Hospital Clinico Universitario Lozano Blesa; Zaragoza Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Donosti; San Sebastian Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañon; Madrid Spain
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- Hospital Arnau de Vilanova; Valencia Spain
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Zurita J, Denning DW, Paz-Y-Miño A, Solís MB, Arias LM. Serious fungal infections in Ecuador. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2017; 36:975-981. [PMID: 28161740 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-017-2928-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 12/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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There is a dearth of data from Ecuador on the burden of life-threatening fungal disease entities; therefore, we estimated the burden of serious fungal infections in Ecuador based on the populations at risk and available epidemiological databases and publications. A full literature search was done to identify all epidemiology papers reporting fungal infection rates. WHO, ONU-AIDS, Index Mundi, Global Asthma Report, Globocan, and national data [Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC), Ministerio de Salud Pública (MSP), Sociedad de Lucha Contra el Cáncer (SOLCA), Instituto Nacional de Donación y Trasplante de Órganos, Tejidos y Células (INDOT)] were reviewed. When no data existed, risk populations were used to estimate frequencies of fungal infections, using previously described methodology by LIFE. Ecuador has a variety of climates from the cold of the Andes through temperate to humid hot weather at the coast and in the Amazon basin. Ecuador has a population of 15,223,680 people and an average life expectancy of 76 years. The median estimate of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) population at risk for fungal disease (<200 CD4 cell counts) is ∼10,000, with a rate of 11.1% (1100) of histoplasma, 7% (700) of cryptococcal meningitis, and 11% (1070) of Pneumocystis pneumonia. The burden of candidemia is 1037. Recurrent Candida vaginitis (≥4 episodes per year) affects 307,593 women aged 15-50 years. Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis probably affects ∼476 patients following tuberculosis (TB). Invasive aspergillosis is estimated to affect 748 patients (∼5.5/100,000). In addition, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) in asthma and severe asthma with fungal sensitization (SAFS) were estimated to affect 26,642 and 45,013 people, respectively. Our estimates indicate that 433,856 (3%) of the population in Ecuador is affected by serious fungal infection.
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- J Zurita
- Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador. .,Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito, Ecuador.
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- National Aspergillosis Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester and University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito, Ecuador
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- Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito, Ecuador
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- Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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Romero JJ, Herrera P, Cartelle M, Barba P, Tello S, Zurita J. Panniculitis caused by Mycobacterium monacense mimicking erythema induratum: a case in Ecuador. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 10:112-5. [PMID: 26933504 PMCID: PMC4765770 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2015] [Revised: 01/02/2016] [Accepted: 01/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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We report the first case of recently characterized species M. monacense associated with chronic nodular vasculitis, infecting a young woman. This case represents the first isolation of M. monacense from Ecuador. The isolate was identified by conventional and molecular techniques.
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- J J Romero
- Hospital Vozandes, Ecuador; Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Ecuador
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- Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Ecuador
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- Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Ecuador
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- Laboratorio de Patología, Hospital AXXIS, Quito, Ecuador
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- Hospital Vozandes, Ecuador; Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Ecuador; Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Ecuador
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Ariza-Gracia MÁ, Zurita J, Piñero DP, Calvo B, Rodríguez-Matas JF. Automatized Patient-Specific Methodology for Numerical Determination of Biomechanical Corneal Response. Ann Biomed Eng 2015; 44:1753-72. [PMID: 26307330 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-015-1426-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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This work presents a novel methodology for building a three-dimensional patient-specific eyeball model suitable for performing a fully automatic finite element (FE) analysis of the corneal biomechanics. The reconstruction algorithm fits and smooths the patient's corneal surfaces obtained in clinic with corneal topographers and creates an FE mesh for the simulation. The patient's corneal elevation and pachymetry data is kept where available, to account for all corneal geometric features (central corneal thickness-CCT and curvature). Subsequently, an iterative free-stress algorithm including a fiber's pull-back is applied to incorporate the pre-stress field to the model. A convergence analysis of the mesh and a sensitivity analysis of the parameters involved in the numerical response is also addressed to determine the most influential features of the FE model. As a final step, the methodology is applied on the simulation of a general non-commercial non-contact tonometry diagnostic test over a large set of 130 patients-53 healthy, 63 keratoconic (KTC) and 14 post-LASIK surgery eyes. Results show the influence of the CCT, intraocular pressure (IOP) and fibers (87%) on the numerical corneal displacement (U(Num)) the good agreement of the U(Num) with clinical results, and the importance of considering the corneal pre-stress in the FE analysis. The potential and flexibility of the methodology can help improve understanding of the eye biomechanics, to help to plan surgeries, or to interpret the results of new diagnosis tools (i.e., non-contact tonometers).
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- M Á Ariza-Gracia
- Applied Mechanics and Bioengineering (AMB), Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Energetics and Materials, Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Ophthalmology Department (OFTALMAR), Medimar International Hospital, Alicante, Spain.,Optics, Pharmacologist and Anatomy Department, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Applied Mechanics and Bioengineering (AMB), Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.,Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine Online, Biomedical Research Center (CIBBER-BBN), Madrid, Spain
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- Applied Mechanics and Bioengineering (AMB), Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.,LaBS, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering 'Giulio Natta', Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Zurita J, Ortega-Paredes D, Mora M, Espinel N, Parra H, Febres L, Zurita-Salinas C. Characterization of the first report of Mycobacterium timonense infecting an HIV patient in an Ecuadorian hospital. Clin Microbiol Infect 2014; 20:O1113-6. [PMID: 24813256 DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2014] [Revised: 04/28/2014] [Accepted: 05/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mycobacterium timonense is a non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) described in southern France in 2009, and to our knowledge, not reported again as a human pathogen in indexed literature. The aim of this work was to characterize the first clinical isolate of M. timonense in Ecuador. Time of growth, biochemical tests, thin layer growth test, PCR-RFLP analysis of the hsp65 gene and MALDI-TOF spectra analysis were not able to identify the species. The species identification was achieved through sequencing of rrs, hsp65 and rpoB genes. The results highlight the necessity to set up a sequencing method to identify emerging NTM in Ecuadorian clinical facilities.
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- J Zurita
- Servicio de Microbiología y Tuberculosis, Hospital Vozandes, Quito, Ecuador; Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador; Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito, Ecuador
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Richards PM, Epperly SP, Heppell SS, King RT, Sasso CR, Moncada F, Nodarse G, Shaver DJ, Medina Y, Zurita J. Sea turtle population estimates incorporating uncertainty: a new approach applied to western North Atlantic loggerheads Caretta caretta. ENDANGER SPECIES RES 2011. [DOI: 10.3354/esr00379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Moncada F, Abreu-Grobois FA, Bagley D, Bjorndal KA, Bolten AB, Camiñas JA, Ehrhart L, Muhlia-Melo A, Nodarse G, Schroeder BA, Zurita J, Hawkes LA. Movement patterns of loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta in Cuban waters inferred from flipper tag recaptures. ENDANGER SPECIES RES 2010. [DOI: 10.3354/esr00248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Pichardo S, Jos A, Zurita J, Salguero M, Camean AM, Repetto G. Toxic effects produced by microcystins from a natural cyanobacterial bloom and a Microcystis aeruginosa isolated strain on the fish cell lines RTG-2 and PLHC-1. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2006; 51:86-96. [PMID: 16485170 DOI: 10.1007/s00244-005-0122-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2005] [Accepted: 10/18/2005] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Toxic cyanobacterial blooms are a worldwide problem, causing serious water pollution and public health hazard to humans and livestock. The intact cells as well as the toxins released after cellular lysis can be responsible for toxic effects in both animals and humans and are actually associated with fish kills. Two fish cell lines-PLHC-1 derived from a hepatocellular carcinoma of the topminnow Poeciliopsis lucida and RTG-2 fibroblast-like cells derived from the gonads of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss were exposed to several concentrations of extracts from a natural cyanobacterial bloom and a Microcystis aeruginosa-isolated strain. After 24 hours, morphologic and biochemical changes (total protein content, lactate dehydrogenase leakage, neutral red uptake, methathiazole tetrazolium salt metabolization, lysosomal function, and succinate dehydrogenase [SDH] activity) were investigated. The most sensitive end point for both cyanobacterial extracts in PLHC-1 cells was SDH activity, with similar EC(50) values (6 microM for the cyanobacterial bloom and 7 microM for the isolated strain). RTG-2 cells were less susceptible according to SDH activity, with their most sensitive end point lysosomal function with an EC(50) of 4 microM for the M. aeruginosa-isolated strain and 72 microM for the cyanobacterial bloom. The lysosomal function was stimulated at low concentrations, although SDH activity increased at high doses, indicating lysosomal and energetic alterations. Increased secretion vesicles, rounding effects, decreased cell numbers and size, hydropic degeneration, esteatosis, and apoptosis were observed in the morphologic study. Similar sensitivity to the M. aeruginosa-isolated strain was observed in both cell lines, whereas the cyanobacterial bloom was more toxic to the PLHC-1 cell line.
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- Area of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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Robledo JA, Mejía GI, Morcillo N, Chacón L, Camacho M, Luna J, Zurita J, Bodon A, Velasco M, Palomino JC, Martin A, Portaels F. Evaluation of a rapid culture method for tuberculosis diagnosis: a Latin American multi-center study. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2006; 10:613-9. [PMID: 16776447] [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: 05/10/2023] Open
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SETTINGS Tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic laboratories in Latin America. OBJECTIVES Evaluation of thin-layer agar (TLA) compared to Löwenstein-Jensen (LJ) culture for the diagnosis of TB. DESIGN Phase II prospective study in six laboratories. Samples included sputum and extra-pulmonary specimens from patients with a clinical diagnosis of TB. Respiratory samples were decontaminated using NaOH/ NALC; all samples were centrifuged, stained with Ziehl-Neelsen for acid-fast bacilli (AFB), cultured on LJ and TLA and identified according to recommended procedures. Sensitivity and likelihood ratios (LR), growth detection time and contamination rate were calculated for both media. RESULTS A total of 1118 clinical specimens were studied. Cultures detected Mycobacterium tuberculosis in all AFB-positive samples, whereas for AFB-negative specimens LJ detected 3.2% and TLA 4.4%. Sensitivity was 92.6% (95%CI 87.9-95.9) and 84.7% (95%CI 78.8-89.0) for TLA and LJ, respectively. Positive and negative LRs were similar. Contamination was 5.1% for TLA and 3.0% for LJ. Median time to detection of a positive culture was 11.5 days (95%CI 9.3-15.0) for TLA and 30.5 days (95%CI 26.9-39.0) for LJ (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSION Difference in the characteristics of the participating laboratories, the disease prevalence and the number and type of specimens processed did not affect the overall performance of TLA as compared to LJ, supporting the robustness of the method and its feasibility in different laboratory settings.
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- J A Robledo
- Unidad de Bacteriología y Micobacterias, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas-CIB, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia.
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The early interaction, adherence, between dermatophyte conidia and human keratinocytes has been studied in vitro. Two spore forms were used: microconidia and arthroconidia produced in vitro. The adherence of spores from three dermatophyte species, Trichophyton rubrum, T interdigitale, and T quinckeanum, was investigated using keratinocyte suspensions from different skin sites. Time-dependent adherence was demonstrated for all fungi studied with maximum adherence occurring between 3 and 4 h. There were no significant differences in adherence rates between the organisms studied. An order of affinity was established between keratinocytes from different sites and significant differences were demonstrated in adherence of microconidia to skin cells derived from sole versus knee. No differences in adherence rates were demonstrated in atopics versus patients with chronic dermatophytosis and normals. Adherence was inhibited, but not abolished, by subinhibitory concentrations of ketoconazole, itraconazole, and griseofulvin. The interaction between microconidia, arthroconidia, and keratinocytes was verified with scanning and transmission electron microscopy.
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- J Zurita
- Department of Medical Microbiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U.K
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Zurita J, Acosta S, Soriano F. [Prevalence of Cryptosporidium oocysts in fecal samples sent for routine microbiologic study at a general hospital in Madrid]. Rev Clin Esp 1987; 181:182-4. [PMID: 3671842] [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: 01/06/2023]
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