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  1. Article ; Online: Infectious Endocarditis Caused by

    Lacalzada-Almeida, Juan / Izquierdo-Gomez, Maria Manuela / Duque-Gonzalez, Amelia / Alonso-Socas, Maria Del Mar / Munoz-Rodriguez, Rebeca

    Journal of medical cases

    2022  Volume 13, Issue 6, Page(s) 297–301

    Abstract: We report the case of a 53-year-old man with psoriatic arthritis, suffering from a malignant and recidivant myoepithelioma in his right axilla and arm, and undergoing two surgeries, with the last one being performed a month prior to actual admission. ... ...

    Abstract We report the case of a 53-year-old man with psoriatic arthritis, suffering from a malignant and recidivant myoepithelioma in his right axilla and arm, and undergoing two surgeries, with the last one being performed a month prior to actual admission. After the last surgery, he was admitted to hospital with fever without a source. After physical examination, laboratory tests, blood cultures and transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, he was diagnosed with infectious endocarditis (IE) on a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) caused by
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-11
    Publishing country Canada
    Document type Case Reports
    ZDB-ID 2586383-6
    ISSN 1923-4163 ; 1923-4163
    ISSN (online) 1923-4163
    ISSN 1923-4163
    DOI 10.14740/jmc3943
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  2. Article ; Online: Brief Report: Patients' Experiences and Opinions After Desimplification of Their Single-Tablet Regimens for the Treatment of HIV Infection: A Survey in a Multicentre Cohort.

    Suárez-García, Inés / Ruiz-Algueró, Marta / Alejos, Belén / García-Yubero, Cristina / Belza, Mª José / Espacio, Ramón / Hernández, Juanse / Muñoz Sánchez, Josefa / Garaialde, Ainhoa / Alonso Socas, María Del Mar / Alcaraz, Antonia / Pierola Ruiz de Galarreta, Beatriz / Martínez Madrid, Onofre Juan / Gutiérrez Cuéllar, Isabel / Gómez-Ayerbe, Cristina / Olalla, Julián / Jarrín, Inma

    Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)

    2022  Volume 90, Issue 1, Page(s) 62–68

    Abstract: Objectives: The aims of this study were to describe patients' experiences after single-tablet regimen (STR) desimplification and its impact on self-reported treatment adherence and quality of life.: Methods: We performed a survey among all patients ... ...

    Abstract Objectives: The aims of this study were to describe patients' experiences after single-tablet regimen (STR) desimplification and its impact on self-reported treatment adherence and quality of life.
    Methods: We performed a survey among all patients from the multicenter cohort of the Spanish HIV/AIDS Network who had desimplified the STRs dolutegravir/abacavir/lamivudine (DGT/ABC/3TC) or rilpivirine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine to their separate components (DTG + generic ABC/3TC or RPV + generic TDF/FTC) between December 2016 and November 2018.
    Results: Among 216 patients who fulfilled inclusion criteria, 138 (63.9%) completed the questionnaire. Most of the patients (78.3%) knew what generic drugs are, only 8.7% believed that treatment with 2 pills is less effective than treatment with an STR, and 67.4% agreed that it is reasonable to take 2 pills instead of 1 for HIV treatment to decrease costs for the health care system. After desimplification, 13.0% of the patients stated they had more secondary effects, 8.0% had forgotten one or more doses more frequently than before, and 10.9% had sometimes forgotten to take 1 pill, but not the other. A proportion of 30.4% reported not being happy to take more pills a day, and 10.1% experienced a worse quality of life after the treatment desimplification.
    Conclusions: After STR desimplification, most of the patients had a fair knowledge about generic antiretrovirals, and they agreed to desimplify their STR to decrease costs. Although almost a third of the respondents were not happy to take 2 pills a day, only a minority reported worse adherence or quality of life.
    MeSH term(s) Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use ; Drug Combinations ; Emtricitabine/therapeutic use ; HIV Infections/drug therapy ; Humans ; Lamivudine/therapeutic use ; Quality of Life ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Tablets ; Tenofovir/therapeutic use
    Chemical Substances Anti-HIV Agents ; Drug Combinations ; Tablets ; Lamivudine (2T8Q726O95) ; Tenofovir (99YXE507IL) ; Emtricitabine (G70B4ETF4S)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-28
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Multicenter Study ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 645053-2
    ISSN 1944-7884 ; 1077-9450 ; 0897-5965 ; 0894-9255 ; 1525-4135
    ISSN (online) 1944-7884 ; 1077-9450
    ISSN 0897-5965 ; 0894-9255 ; 1525-4135
    DOI 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002923
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  3. Article ; Online: Clinical features and outcomes of bacteraemia due to OXA-48-like carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a tertiary hospital.

    Madueño, Ana / González-García, Jonathan / Alonso Socas, María Del Mar / Miguel Gómez, María Antonia / Lecuona, María

    Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (English ed.)

    2017  Volume 36, Issue 8, Page(s) 498–501

    Abstract: Introduction: Limited therapeutic options and high mortality make the management of OXA-48-like carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPOXA-48) bacteraemia complicated. The aim of the study was to describe the clinical characteristics of KPOXA- ... ...

    Title translation Características y evolución clínica de las bacteriemias por Klebsiella pneumoniae productora de carbapenemasa tipo OXA-48 en un hospital de tercer nivel.
    Abstract Introduction: Limited therapeutic options and high mortality make the management of OXA-48-like carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPOXA-48) bacteraemia complicated. The aim of the study was to describe the clinical characteristics of KPOXA-48 bacteraemia between October 2013 and December 2016.
    Material and methods: The variables to analyse were retrospectively collected from medical records. Carbapenemase production was confirmed by phenotypic and molecular methods.
    Results: A total of 38 patients with bacteraemia were included, mainly classified as hospital-acquired (n=31). The majority of cases were secondary bacteraemia (n=26), most commonly arising from the urinary tract (n=11). All isolates presented a multidrug-resistant profile with the extended spectrum beta-lactamase CTX-M-15 and the carbapenemase OXA-48-like production. The crude mortality rate with adequate targeted antibiotic therapy was 0%, rising to 55% with inadequate treatment (p=0.0015).
    Conclusions: This study highlights the importance of identifying this resistance mechanism, the patient factors, type of bacteraemia and adequacy of antibiotic therapy in the outcome of bacteraemia.
    MeSH term(s) Aged ; Bacteremia/diagnosis ; Bacteremia/drug therapy ; Bacteremia/epidemiology ; Bacteremia/microbiology ; Bacterial Proteins/biosynthesis ; Female ; Humans ; Klebsiella Infections/diagnosis ; Klebsiella Infections/drug therapy ; Klebsiella Infections/epidemiology ; Klebsiella Infections/microbiology ; Klebsiella pneumoniae/enzymology ; Male ; Retrospective Studies ; Tertiary Care Centers ; beta-Lactamases/biosynthesis
    Chemical Substances Bacterial Proteins ; beta-Lactamases (EC 3.5.2.6) ; carbapenemase (EC 3.5.2.6) ; oxacillinase (EC 3.5.2.6)
    Language Spanish
    Publishing date 2017-11-13
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2529-993X
    ISSN (online) 2529-993X
    DOI 10.1016/j.eimc.2017.09.013
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  4. Article ; Online: Transcriptome Sequencing of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Elite Controller-Long Term Non Progressors.

    Díez-Fuertes, Francisco / De La Torre-Tarazona, Humberto Erick / Calonge, Esther / Pernas, Maria / Alonso-Socas, María Del Mar / Capa, Laura / García-Pérez, Javier / Sakuntabhai, Anavaj / Alcamí, José

    Scientific reports

    2019  Volume 9, Issue 1, Page(s) 14265

    Abstract: The elite controller (EC)-long term non-progressor (LTNP) phenotype represent a spontaneous and advantageous model of HIV-1 control in the absence of therapy. The transcriptome of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) collected from EC-LTNPs was ... ...

    Abstract The elite controller (EC)-long term non-progressor (LTNP) phenotype represent a spontaneous and advantageous model of HIV-1 control in the absence of therapy. The transcriptome of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) collected from EC-LTNPs was sequenced by RNA-Seq and compared with the transcriptomes from other phenotypes of disease progression. The transcript abundance estimation combined with the use of supervised classification algorithms allowed the selection of 20 genes and pseudogenes, mainly involved in interferon-regulated antiviral mechanisms and cell machineries of transcription and translation, as the best predictive genes of disease progression. Differential expression analyses between phenotypes showed an altered calcium homeostasis in EC-LTNPs evidenced by the upregulation of several membrane receptors implicated in calcium-signaling cascades and intracellular calcium-mobilization and by the overrepresentation of NFAT1/Elk-1-binding sites in the promoters of the genes differentially expressed in these individuals. A coordinated upregulation of host genes associated with HIV-1 reverse transcription and viral transcription was also observed in EC-LTNPs -i.e. p21/CDKN1A, TNF, IER3 and GADD45B. We also found an upregulation of ANKRD54 in EC-LTNPs and viremic LTNPs in comparison with typical progressors and a clear alteration of type-I interferon signaling as a consequence of viremia in typical progressors before and after receiving antiretroviral therapy.
    MeSH term(s) Female ; HIV Infections/genetics ; HIV Infections/metabolism ; HIV Long-Term Survivors ; HIV-1/physiology ; Host-Pathogen Interactions ; Humans ; Leukocytes, Mononuclear/metabolism ; Male ; Protein Interaction Maps ; Transcriptome ; Virus Replication
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-10-03
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2615211-3
    ISSN 2045-2322 ; 2045-2322
    ISSN (online) 2045-2322
    ISSN 2045-2322
    DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-50642-x
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  5. Article ; Online: Pulmonary Infective Endocarditis.

    Prieto-Arévalo, Raquel / Muñoz, Patricia / Cuerpo, Gregorio / Marí-Hualde, Amaia / Castelo-Corral, Laura / Navas-Elorza, Enrique / Cifuentes-Luna, Carmen / Alonso-Socas, Maria Del Mar / Boix-Palop, Lucía / Martínez-Sellés, Manuel

    Journal of the American College of Cardiology

    2019  Volume 73, Issue 21, Page(s) 2782–2784

    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Aged ; Endocarditis/microbiology ; Endocarditis/mortality ; Female ; Heart Valve Diseases/microbiology ; Heart Valve Diseases/mortality ; Heart Valve Prosthesis/adverse effects ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Prosthesis-Related Infections/microbiology ; Pulmonary Valve ; Retrospective Studies ; Spain/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-05-27
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 605507-2
    ISSN 1558-3597 ; 0735-1097
    ISSN (online) 1558-3597
    ISSN 0735-1097
    DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.03.480
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  6. Article: Bartonella

    García-Álvarez, Lara / García-García, Concepción / Muñoz, Patricia / Fariñas-Álvarez, María Del Carmen / Cuadra, Manuel Gutiérrez / Fernández-Hidalgo, Nuria / García-Vázquez, Elisa / Moral-Escudero, Encarnación / Alonso-Socas, María Del Mar / García-Rosado, Dácil / Hidalgo-Tenorio, Carmen / Domínguez, Fernando / Goikoetxea-Agirre, Josune / Gainzarain, Juan Carlos / Rodríguez-Esteban, María Ángeles / Bosch-Guerra, Xerach / Oteo, José A / On Behalf Of Grupo de Apoyo Al Manejo de la Endocarditis Infecciosa En España Games

    Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)

    2022  Volume 11, Issue 5

    Abstract: Blood culture negative endocarditis (BCNE) is frequent in infective endocarditis (IE). One of the causes of BCNE is fastidious microorganisms, such ... ...

    Abstract Blood culture negative endocarditis (BCNE) is frequent in infective endocarditis (IE). One of the causes of BCNE is fastidious microorganisms, such as
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-05-10
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2695572-6
    ISSN 2076-0817
    ISSN 2076-0817
    DOI 10.3390/pathogens11050561
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  7. Article ; Online: Tropheryma whipplei endocarditis in Spain: Case reports of 17 prospective cases.

    García-Álvarez, Lara / Sanz, María Mercedes / Marín, Mercedes / Fariñas, MCarmen / Montejo, Miguel / Goikoetxea, Josune / Rodríguez García, Raquel / de Alarcón, Arístides / Almela, Manuel / Fernández-Hidalgo, Núria / Alonso Socas, María Del Mar / Goenaga, Miguel Ángel / Navas, Enrique / Vicioso, Luis / Oteo, José Antonio

    Medicine

    2016  Volume 95, Issue 26, Page(s) e4058

    Abstract: Tropheryma whipplei endocarditis is an uncommon condition with very few series and <90 cases reported in the literature. The aim of the study was to analyze the epidemiological, clinical, and outcome characteristics of 17 cases of T. whipplei ... ...

    Abstract Tropheryma whipplei endocarditis is an uncommon condition with very few series and <90 cases reported in the literature. The aim of the study was to analyze the epidemiological, clinical, and outcome characteristics of 17 cases of T. whipplei endocarditis recruited in our country from a multicentric cohort from 25 Spanish hospitals from the Spanish Collaboration on Endocarditis-Grupo de Apoyo al Manejo de la Endocarditis infecciosa en España.From a total of 3165 cases included in the cohort, 14.2% were diagnosed of blood culture negative endocarditis (BCNE) and 3.5% of these had T. whipplei endocarditis. This condition was more frequent in men. The average age was 60.3 years. Previous cardiac condition was present in 35.3% of the cases. The main clinical manifestation was cardiac failure (76.5%) while fever was only present in the 35.3%. Ecocardiography showed vegetations in 64.7% of patients. Surgery was performed in all but 1 cases and it allowed the diagnosis when molecular assays were performed. A broad range rRNA 16S polymerase chain reaction was used for first instance in all laboratories and different specific targets for T. whipplei were employed for confirmation. A concomitant Whipple disease was diagnosed in 11.9% of patients. All patients received specific antimicrobial treatment for at least 1 year, with no relapse and complete recovery.T. whipplei endocarditis is an uncommon condition with an atypical presentation that must be considered in the diagnosis of BCNE. The prognosis is very good when an appropriate surgical management and antimicrobial-specific treatment is given.
    MeSH term(s) Actinomycetales Infections ; Aged ; Endocarditis, Bacterial/microbiology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Prospective Studies ; Spain ; Tropheryma
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-06
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 80184-7
    ISSN 1536-5964 ; 0025-7974
    ISSN (online) 1536-5964
    ISSN 0025-7974
    DOI 10.1097/MD.0000000000004058
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  8. Article: Endocarditis y espondilodiscitis por Streptococcus suis.

    Alonso-Socas, Maria del Mar / Alemán-Valls, Remedios / Roldán-Delgado, Héctor / Gómez-Sirvent, Juan Luis

    Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica

    2006  Volume 24, Issue 5, Page(s) 354–355

    Title translation Endocarditis and spondylodiscitis caused by Streptococcus suis.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Aortic Valve/microbiology ; Atlantic Islands/epidemiology ; Discitis/microbiology ; Endocarditis, Bacterial/microbiology ; Food Contamination ; Food Handling ; Food Microbiology ; Humans ; Lumbar Vertebrae/microbiology ; Male ; Meat/microbiology ; Middle Aged ; Mitral Valve/microbiology ; Occupational Diseases/microbiology ; Restaurants ; Spain/epidemiology ; Streptococcal Infections/epidemiology ; Streptococcal Infections/microbiology ; Streptococcal Infections/transmission ; Streptococcus suis/isolation & purification ; Sus scrofa/microbiology
    Language Spanish
    Publishing date 2006-05-31
    Publishing country Spain
    Document type Case Reports ; Letter
    ZDB-ID 1070941-1
    ISSN 1578-1852 ; 0213-005X
    ISSN (online) 1578-1852
    ISSN 0213-005X
    DOI 10.1157/13089675
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  9. Article ; Online: Similar inflammatory response in alcoholic and non-alcoholic sepsis patients.

    Santolaria, Francisco / Rodríguez-López, Carmen / Martín-Hernández, Beatriz / Alemán-Valls, María-Remedios / González-Reimers, Emilio / Alonso-Socas, María-Del-Mar / Ros, Rosa / Viña, Juan-José

    European cytokine network

    2011  Volume 22, Issue 1, Page(s) 1–4

    Abstract: Unlabelled: It is well known that alcoholics are prone to severe infections and that the immune system is impaired by chronic ethanol abuse. The aim of this study is to compare serum inflammatory mediators in response to sepsis in chronic alcoholic with ...

    Abstract Unlabelled: It is well known that alcoholics are prone to severe infections and that the immune system is impaired by chronic ethanol abuse. The aim of this study is to compare serum inflammatory mediators in response to sepsis in chronic alcoholic with sepsis, non-alcoholics with sepsis and non-infected alcoholics.
    Method: We included 25 alcoholics with sepsis, 34 non-alcoholics with sepsis, 34 non-infected alcoholics admitted for programmed withdrawal, and 27 healthy control subjects. After initial evaluation, blood samples were taken for determination of serum cytokine levels.
    Results: We found similar responses for the inflammatory mediators analyzed among our sepsis patients, regardless of alcohol abuse. The only difference was that alcoholics with sepsis showed lower CRP and G-CSF than non-alcoholic sepsis patients. There were no differences regarding leukocyte count. Alcoholics admitted for programmed withdrawal showed higher IL-6, IFN-γ, IL-10, Il-4 and ICAM-1 serum levels than healthy controls. Serum IL-5 levels were decreased in both alcoholic groups.
    Conclusion: The inflammatory response of alcoholics with sepsis is similar to that of non-alcoholic sepsis patients. However, the low G-CSF levels in alcoholic sepsis patients might suggest a predisposition to infections in alcohol abusers.
    MeSH term(s) Aged ; Alcoholism/blood ; Alcoholism/complications ; Biomarkers/blood ; Female ; Humans ; Inflammation/blood ; Inflammation/complications ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Sepsis/blood ; Sepsis/complications
    Chemical Substances Biomarkers
    Language English
    Publishing date 2011-03
    Publishing country France
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1118857-1
    ISSN 1952-4005 ; 1148-5493
    ISSN (online) 1952-4005
    ISSN 1148-5493
    DOI 10.1684/ecn.2011.0272_1
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  10. Article: Mutational patterns and correlated amino acid substitutions in the HIV-1 protease after virological failure to nelfinavir- and lopinavir/ritonavir-based treatments

    Garriga, César / Pérez-Elías, María Jesús / Delgado, Rafael / Ruiz, Lidia / Nájera, Rafael / Pumarola, Tomàs / Alonso-Socas, María del Mar / García-Bujalance, Silvia / Menéndez-Arias, Luis

    Journal of medical virology. 2007 Nov., v. 79, no. 11

    2007  

    Abstract: Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) antiviral drug resistance is a major consequence of therapy failure and compromises future therapeutic options. Nelfinavir and lopinavir/ritonavir-based therapies have been widely used in the treatment of HIV- ... ...

    Abstract Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) antiviral drug resistance is a major consequence of therapy failure and compromises future therapeutic options. Nelfinavir and lopinavir/ritonavir-based therapies have been widely used in the treatment of HIV-infected patients, in combination with reverse transcriptase inhibitors. The aim of this observational study was the identification and characterization of mutations or combinations of mutations associated with resistance to nelfinavir and lopinavir/ritonavir in treated patients. Nucleotide sequences of 1,515 subtype B HIV-1 isolates from 1,313 persons with different treatment histories (including naïve and treated patients) were collected in 31 Spanish hospitals over the years 2002-2005. Chi-square contingency tests were performed to detect mutations associated with failure to protease inhibitor-based therapies, and correlated mutations were identified using statistical methods. Virological failure to nelfinavir was associated with two different mutational pathways. D30N and N88D appeared mostly in patients without previous exposure to protease inhibitors, while K20T was identified as a secondary resistance mutation in those patients. On the other hand, L90M together with L10I, I54V, A71V, G73S, and V82A were selected in protease inhibitor-experienced patients. A series of correlated mutations including L10I, M46I, I54V, A71V, G73S, and L90M appeared as a common cluster of amino acid substitutions, associated with failure to lopinavir/ritonavir-based treatments. Despite the relatively high genetic barrier of some protease inhibitors, a relatively small cluster of mutations, previously selected under drug pressure, can seriously compromise the efficiency of nelfinavir- and lopinavir/ritonavir-based therapies. J. Med. Virol. 79:1617-1628, 2007. © 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2007-11
    Size p. 1617-1628.
    Publishing place Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 752392-0
    ISSN 1096-9071 ; 0146-6615
    ISSN (online) 1096-9071
    ISSN 0146-6615
    DOI 10.1002/jmv.20986
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