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Conde G, Jurado S, Castillo E. Characterization of Guillain Barre syndrome in a city on the Colombian Caribbean coast: 24 cases. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.3212] [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: 10/18/2022]
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Jurado S, Medina A, de la Fuente R, Ruiz-Santa-Quiteria JA, Orden JA. Resistance to non-quinolone antimicrobials in commensal Escherichia coli isolates from chickens treated orally with enrofloxacin. Jpn J Vet Res 2015; 63:195-200. [PMID: 26753246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The aim of the present study was evaluate how oral administration of enrofloxacin affected the frequency of resistance to different antimicrobials in commensal Escherichia coli isolates from healthy chickens. A further objective of this study was to characterize the mechanisms of resistance in these isolates. A trend towards increased resistance to enrofloxacin, doxycycline and amoxicillin of E. coli isolates from chickens after enrofloxacin administration was observed. The increase in the resistance to doxycycline and amoxicillin was probably due to a co-selection of tetracycline and β-lactam resistance genes by the administration of enrofloxacin. The detection of tetM was much higher than expected (50%), which indicates that this gene may play an important role in tetracycline resistance in E. coli from chickens.
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Medina A, Horcajo P, Jurado S, De La Fuente R, Ruiz-Santa-Quiteria JA, Domínguez-Bernal G, Orden JA. Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Antimicrobial Resistance in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia Coli and Atypical Enteropathogenic E. Coli Strains from Ruminants. J Vet Diagn Invest 2011; 23:91-5. [DOI: 10.1177/104063871102300114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [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: 11/17/2022] Open
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Two hundred and twenty-six attaching and effacing Escherichia coli (AEEC) strains (20 enterohemorrhagic E. coli and 206 atypical enteropathogenic E. coli) isolated from calves, lambs, and goat kids with diarrhea and from healthy cattle, sheep, and goats were tested for their resistance to 10 antimicrobial agents by the disc diffusion method. Resistant and intermediate strains were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction for the presence of the major resistance genes. The overall percentage of resistant strains to tetracycline, streptomycin, erythromycin, and sulfamethoxazole was very high (>65%). Moreover, a high level of resistance (approximately 30%) to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, trimethoprim, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole was also detected. The AEEC strains were very susceptible (>90%) to gentamicin and colistin. Because AEEC from ruminants can cause diseases in human beings, the high frequency of antimicrobial resistance detected in the current study is a source of concern. For each antimicrobial agent, the predominant resistance genes in the resistant strains were ampicillin, blaTEM (97.1%); tetracycline, tetA (76.7%); gentamicin, aac(3)II (80%); streptomycin, strA/strB (76.7%) and aadA (71.7%); chloramphenicol, catI (85.1%); trimethoprim, dhfrI (76.3%); and sulfamethoxazole, sul1 (60%) and sul2 (63.3%). In the majority of cases, resistance to a given antimicrobial, except for streptomycin, was caused by a single gene. A negative association between tetA and tetB, between aac(3)II and aac(3)IV, and between dhfrI and dhfrV was observed. The present study gives baseline data on frequency and molecular basis of antimicrobial resistance in AEEC strains from ruminants.
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- Alberto Medina
- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Moré G, Abrahamovich P, Jurado S, Bacigalupe D, Marin JC, Rambeaud M, Venturini L, Venturini MC. Prevalence of Sarcocystis spp. in Argentinean cattle. Vet Parasitol 2010; 177:162-5. [PMID: 21168276 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.11.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2010] [Revised: 11/18/2010] [Accepted: 11/22/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Sarcocystis cruzi, S. hirsuta and S. hominis are apicomplexan parasites that affect cattle worldwide with variable prevalence. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of Sarcocystis spp. in Argentinean cattle comparing microscopic fresh examination and molecular methods. Blood, myocardium and loin samples were collected in five slaughterhouses from a total of 380 bovines. Origin of animals was representative of the major beef cattle production area of Argentina. Samples were analyzed by fresh microscopical examination, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), IFAT and PCR-RFLP. Thin walled sarcocysts corresponding with S. cruzi were found in 99.5% of heart samples. Sarcocysts were detected in 73.1% of loin samples; 71.5% had S. cruzi cysts and 23.1% had thick walled sarcocysts (S. hirsuta or S. hominis). TEM observation revealed the presence of characteristic S. hominis and S. hirsuta cyst walls in 7 and 1 loin samples respectively. Using IFAT, 379/380 animals had titers 25 or higher, showing a full agreement with fresh examination. Amplification products were detected in 35.5% (135/380) of loin samples; however Sarcocystis species could only be determined by RFLP in 29 samples. Agreement between fresh examination and PCR was low (Kappa value=0.262). This is the first report of S. hominis and S. hirsuta in Argentina. Further studies are needed to improve the sensitivity of molecular methods for species identification, especially for differentiation of S. cruzi and S. hirsuta from the zoonotic species S. hominis. The results of the present study and others focusing on sensitivity and specificity of Sarcocystis spp. diagnostic methods should contribute to improve food safety.
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- G Moré
- Departamento de Epizootiología y Salud Pública, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 60 y 118, 1900 La Plata, Argentina.
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Jurado S, Nogués X, Agueda L, Garcia-Giralt N, Urreizti R, Yoskovitz G, Pérez-Edo L, Saló G, Carreras R, Mellibovsky L, Balcells S, Grinberg D, Díez-Pérez A. Polymorphisms and haplotypes across the osteoprotegerin gene associated with bone mineral density and osteoporotic fractures. Osteoporos Int 2010; 21:287-96. [PMID: 19436932 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-009-0956-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2008] [Accepted: 04/14/2009] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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UNLABELLED Osteoprotegerin plays a key role in bone remodelling. We studied the association between 24 polymorphisms and haplotypes on the OPG gene and bone mineral density and fractures. After multiple-testing correction, one SNP and two block-haplotypes were significantly associated with FN BMD. Two other block-haplotypes were associated with fracture. INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS Osteoprotegerin (OPG) plays a key role in bone remodelling. Here we studied the association between polymorphisms and haplotypes on the OPG gene and bone mineral density (BMD) and fractures. METHODS Twenty-four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were selected to cover six haplotypic blocks and were genotyped in 964 postmenopausal Spanish women. Haplotypes were established with HaploStats. Association was analysed by GLM (for BMD) and logistic regression (for fractures) both at single SNP and haplotype levels. RESULTS Upon adjustment for multiple testing (p < 0.0073), one of the SNPs (SNP #17, rs1032129) remained significantly associated with FN BMD (p = 0.001). Four block-haplotypes stood multiple-testing correction. Two remained associated with FN BMD and two with fracture. The association of block-4 haplotype "AC" (of SNPs #18 and #17) with FN BMD (p = 0.0002) was stronger than that of SNP#17 alone and was the best result overall. A global assessment of the results indicated that all the alleles and haplotypes with a protective effect, at p < 0.05, belonged to a frequent long-range haplotype. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, these results provide a detailed picture of the involvement of common variants and haplotypes of the OPG gene in bone phenotypes.
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- S Jurado
- Internal Medicine, URFOA, IMIM, RETICEF, Hospital del Mar, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Jurado S, Orden JA, Horcajo P, De La Fuente R, Ruiz-Santa-Quiteria JA, Martínez-Pulgarín S, Domínguez-Bernal G. Characterization of fluoroquinolone resistance in Escherichia coli strains from ruminants. J Vet Diagn Invest 2008; 20:342-5. [PMID: 18460623 DOI: 10.1177/104063870802000314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Thirty-seven fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli strains from ruminants (according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines) were screened by molecular methods for mutations in the quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR) of the gyrA and parC genes and for the presence of the qnrA gene. One of the strains studied was an enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) strain potentially pathogenic for humans. Three E. coli strains resistant to enrofloxacin (minimal inhibitory concentration [MIC] = 2 microg/ml) but not to ciprofloxacin (MIC = 1 microg/ml) presented single mutations in the gyrA and parC genes, while 34 strains resistant to both fluoroquinolones presented double and single mutations in gyrA and parC, respectively (31 strains), or double mutations in gyrA and parC (3 strains). The EHEC strain presented a double amino acid substitution in the GyrA protein (Ser-83-->Leu and Asp-87-->Gly) and a double amino acid substitution in the ParC protein (Gly-78-->Cys and Ser-80-->Arg), one of which has not been previously described. The present study shows that most of the mutations in the QRDR of the gyrA and parC genes of fluoroquinolone-resistant E. coli strains from ruminants are the same as those seen in E. coli strains from other animal species and humans and that there are no differences in mutation patterns in the QRDR of E. coli strains from healthy ruminants and those with diarrhea. No strains carried qnrA, which indicates that this gene does not play an important role in the selection of fluoroquinolone-resistant E. coli strains from ruminants.
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- Sonia Jurado
- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Bustamante M, Nogués X, Mellibovsky L, Agueda L, Jurado S, Cáceres E, Blanch J, Carreras R, Díez-Pérez A, Grinberg D, Balcells S. Polymorphisms in the interleukin-6 receptor gene are associated with bone mineral density and body mass index in Spanish postmenopausal women. Eur J Endocrinol 2007; 157:677-84. [PMID: 17984249 DOI: 10.1530/eje-07-0389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Osteoporosis and obesity are complex diseases with a strong genetic component. Bone mineral density (BMD) and body mass index (BMI) linkage studies identified a locus at 1q21-23, where the interleukin-6 receptor (IL6R) gene is located. The IL6R and the gp130 receptors are the mediators of IL6 action. Serum levels of IL6 and sIL6R (the soluble form of IL6R) are higher in several diseases such as osteoporosis or obesity. Variants at IL6R have been associated with BMI and obesity. However, IL6R is an as-yet-unexplored osteoporosis candidate gene. DESIGN In the present study we analysed two polymorphisms in the IL6R promoter, -1435 C/T (rs3887104) and -208 G/A (rs4845617), and the Asp358Ala polymorphism (rs8192284), in relation to both BMD and BMI in a cohort of 559 postmenopausal Spanish women. RESULTS The promoter polymorphisms, -1435 C/T and -208 G/A were associated with femoral neck (FN) BMD (P=0.011 and P=0.025 respectively). The C-A and T-G promoter haplotypes were also associated with FN BMD. Additionally, the Asp358Ala variant was associated with lumbar spine BMD (P=0.038). Finally, the -208 G/A polymorphism and the C-G and C-A haplotypes were associated with BMI and obesity, where GG was the risk genotype (P=0.033 for BMI; P=0.010 for obesity). CONCLUSION These data suggest that variants in the IL6R gene are not only involved in the determination of BMI but also relevant for the determination of BMD. The IL6R gene may belong to the growing list of genes known to be involved in both phenotypes.
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- M Bustamante
- Department of Genetics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Jurado S. [A 50-year old patient with macroprolactinoma]. Praxis (Bern 1994) 2002; 91:27-28. [PMID: 11824143 DOI: 10.1024/0369-8394.91.1.27] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Ein 50-jähriger Patient stellt sich in der medizinischen Poliklinik vor wegen zunehmendem Leistungsknick, Müdigkeit (besonders in der 2. Tageshälfte), sowie Libidoverlust und erektiler Dysfunktion. Ausserdem besteht eine zunehmend depressive Verstimmung. Im Labor lässt sich ein stark erhöhter Prolaktinwert nachweisen.
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- S Jurado
- Medizinische Universitäts-Poliklinik, Kantonsspital Basel
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Gallegos X, Colotla VA, Jurado S. [Not Available]. Rev Hist Psicol 2001; 6:227-39. [PMID: 11618061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Jurado S, Cónsole G, Gomez Dumm C. Sexually dimorphic effects of aging on rat somatotroph cells. An immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study. J Vet Med Sci 1998; 60:705-11. [PMID: 9673941 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.60.705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 11/22/2022] Open
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Aging produces alterations in certain functions of the hypothalamo-pituitary axis that result in sexually dimorphic changes in the somatotrophs. Since quantitative morphological data on these age-associated alterations are scarce, we prompted to make a morphometric immunohistochemical assessment as well as undertake an ultrastructural study of the somatotrophic (GH) cell population in male and female rats of different ages. Young (3-month-old), old (20-month-old), and senescent (29-month-old) Sprague-Dawley rats of both sexes were sacrificed by rapid decapitation, their pituitaries immediately dissected out, and processed for both immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy. Analysis of different morphometric parameters revealed that surface density, volume density, and cell density significantly decreased in old and senescent rats as compared to young animals, with this reduction being clearly more marked in females. Both the GH-cell area and perimeter decreased in senescent male rats, while these parameters increased in senescent females. The ultrastructure of the GH cells from old and senescent animals of both sexes evinced changes suggestive of an immature state, with some somatotrophs having the appearance of cells undergoing an involutive process. We conclude that aging has a differential impact on the GH cells of male and female rats with respect to the immunohistochemical and ultrastructural features of that cell population.
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- S Jurado
- Servicio Central de Microscopía Electrónica, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
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Enrique O. Aragón (1880-1942) was a Mexican physician responsible, in great measure, for the development of academic psychology in Mexico in the first decades of the century. He wrote the first book devoted solely to psychology in Mexico, and his founding of the first psychological Wundtian-style laboratory at the National University of Mexico was instrumental in the development of sufficient academic interest in the discipline to lead to the establishment of a university program in psychology as a profession.
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