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Apnea as a presenting symptom in human metapneumovirus infection Apnea como forma de presentación de una infección por metapneumovirus humano
(2007)
Human metapneumovirus (hMPV), a recently described pathogen of lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI), has been detected in 5,4% of Chilean infants hospitalized for LRTI whom are negative for adenovirus, respiratory ...
Community- and hospital-acquired respiratory syncytial virus infections in Chile
(1991)
Nasopharyngeal aspirates were obtained on admission from 614 patients younger than 2 years of age who were hospitalized in a ward for acute respiratory infections from June 1988 through October, 1989, in Santiago, Chile. ...
Widespread environmental presence of multidrug-resistant Salmonella in an Equine Veterinary Hospital that received local and International horses
(Frontiers Media, 2020)
Salmonella entericais a highly infectious microorganism responsible for many outbreaks reported in equine hospitals. Outbreaks are characterized by high morbidity and mortality rates, nosocomial transmission to other ...
Differential time to positivity and quantitative cultures for noninvasive diagnosis of catheter-related blood stream infection in children
(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2008)
Background: Accurate diagnosis of catheter-related blood stream infection (CRBSI) is necessary to make a decision about removal of the catheter. Differential time to positivity (DTP) and the ratio of quantitative cultures ...
Suicide in a HIV-infected adult population cared at a chilean public hospital: an appraisal of the issue
(Cambridge University Press, 2020)
Emergency of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus infections in a teaching hospital in Chile Emergencia de infecciones por Enterococcus sp resistente a vancomicina en un hospital universitario en Chile
(2007)
An active surveillance of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) intestinal colonization in selected group of patients has been developed in Chile since year 2000. Nevertheless, no reports of clinical cases have been ...
Important Mycoses in Children in South America
(Springer, 2016)
Invasive fungal disease (IFD) is an important infection with high rates of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. Data on incidence, risk factors, and mortality of IFD in the pediatric population, mainly in South ...
Parte I. Requerimientos básicos de infectología para hospitales que atienden pacientes hemato-oncológicos: ambiente hospitalario, protocolos diagnósticos y arsenal terapéutico. Fundamentación
(Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2019)
The care of cancer patients, including recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, has numerous challenges for hospitals that must provide safe environments in which exposure to pathogens that generate morbidity ...
Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy: An alternative to hospitalization in a pediatric emergency departament Terapia antimicrobiana endovenosa ambulatoria: Alternativa a la hospitalización en un servicio de urgencia pediátrico
(2008)
Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) was first introduced in 1973 as an alternative treatment. Since then, there have been numerous international case based studies including both children and adults with ...
In situ antimicrobial behavior of materials with copper-based additives in a hospital environment
(Elsevier, 2018)
Copper and its alloys are effective antimicrobial surface materials in the laboratory and in clinical trials.
Copper has been used in the healthcare setting to reduce environmental contamination, and thus prevent
healt ...