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Procalcitonin for the diagnosis of invasive candidiasis: what is the evidence?
2017
Abstracts Procalcitonin is a widely used marker for the evaluation of infection and sepsis and to guide antibiotic therapy. During the last decade, several studies evaluated its role and diagnostic performance as a surrogate marker for the identification of Candida spp. in suspected invasive candidiasis. A low serum level and a favorable negative predictive value are the main findings for procalcitonin in this setting. The aim of this report is to provide an updated brief summary of the evidence supporting the use of PCT for the management of invasive candidiasis.
The effect of L-thyroxine on the metamorphosis of Ascidia malaca
1981
Larvae of Ascidia malaca, both before and after hatching, were treated with L-thyroxine solutions. The effect of the thyroid hormone was to induce the onset of metamorphosis and then to cause the rate at which body reorganization occurred to increase. In treated larvae the resorption of the tail occurred only few hours after hatching, and a beating heart appeared form 10 to 15 h earlier than in the control larvae. These results are discussed in the context of a probable relationship between the occurrence of a hormonal metamorphic factor and the button cells of the trunk.
Strongyloidiasis with Emphasis on Human Infections and Its Different Clinical Forms
2015
Strongyloidiasis (caused by Strongyloides stercoralis, and to a lesser extent by Strongyloides fuelleborni) is one of the most neglected tropical diseases with endemic areas and affecting more than 100 million people worldwide. Chronic infections in endemic areas can be maintained for decades through the autoinfective cycle with the L3 filariform larvae. In these endemic areas, misdiagnosis, inadequate treatment and the facilitation of the hyperinfection syndrome by immunosuppression are frequent and contribute to a high mortality rate. Despite the serious health impact of strongyloidiasis, it is a neglected disease and very little is known about this parasite and the disease when compared …
Analysis of Candida auris candidemia cases in an Intensive Care Unit of a tertiary hospital
2021
Abstract Candida auris is a multi-resistant emerging fungus. Objectives To analyze the relationship between colonization by C. auris and the appearance of invasive candidiasis. Description of the sample of colonized patients, risk factors for colonization and/or infection, and calculation of mortality rates. Methodology Longitudinal observational study in an anesthesia intensive care unit in 2018. Results 2130 patients were admitted. Surveillance studies were positive in 124 patients; 118 cases involved skin colonization and 52 were pharyngeal. Patients with a positive blood culture were identified. A statistically significant association was found between pharyngeal colonization and the ap…
Lens implant selection with absence of capsular support.
2001
If contact lens or spectacle correction is not viable, little debate exists that the secondary placement of an intra-ocular lens (IOL) is the method of choice in the absence of capsular support. The choice of IOL mainly depends on the preoperative status of the eye (eg, aphakia in children) and the selected location for the implant. Theoretically, there are several IOL implantation approaches in cases without capsular support: an angle-supported anterior chamber (AC) IOL, an iris-fixated ACIOL, an iris-sutured or iris-fixated posterior chamber (PC) IOL and a transsclerally sutured PCIOL. No consensus exists, however, on the indications as well as on the relative safety and efficacy of these…
Riferire gli eventi: La memoria nella testimonianza
2005
Il sistema delle quote. "Per fortuna c'è un giudice a Bruxelles (oltre che a Berlino)".
2018
Il capitolo analizza il sistema delle quote di rpartiziane dei richiedenti asilo tra gli Stati dell'Unione Europea, elaborato nel tentatito di superare i limiti del "modello Dublino". Vengono illustrati la ratio ed i numeri rilevanti, ma anche due sentenzas della Corte di Giustizia Europea, che si è pronunciata sulla legittimità e validità degli interventi normativi, che hanno istitutito detto sistema. L'esame critico dei provvedimenti normativi e delle sentenze viene svolto attraverso il riferimento ai principi di sussidiarietà e proporzionalità, che necessariamente portano ad alcune riflessioni critiche sulle scelte di politica legislativa in tema di migrazioni. Nella parte conclusiva ven…
De llauradors a nobles: la família del comte de Ròtova als segles XVII i XVIII. Patrimoni, lluita antisenyorial i vida quotidiana
2021
El propòsit d’aquesta investigació és documentar i analitzar la trajectòria d’ascensió social protagonitzada durant els segles XVII i XVIII per la família Escrivà, originària de la Font d’en Carròs. La recerca es basa en diverses i nombroses fonts arxivístiques i s’ubica en el marc historiogràfic actual dels estudis sobre mobilitat i canvi social, família i elits de poder. El seguiment biològic i patrimonial de diverses generacions de la família Escrivà, i dels seus parents, els Faus d’Ador, ens permet analitzar, d'una banda, els mecanismes que marquen l’itinerari de promoció social seguit pels llauradors rics i, d’altra banda, les estratègies econòmiques però també de planificació matrimon…
Identificación, clasificación, caracterización y análisis de las vías ciclistas del municipio de València para la mejora de la movilidad cotidiana so…
2020
En el primer cuarto del siglo XXI nos encontramos ante un panorama muy dinámico respecto a la movilidad urbana derivado de los cambios tecnológicos y ambientales dentro del contexto del cambio climático global. Las ciudades, y en especial la función de movilidad y transporte que en ellas tiene lugar, se encuentran ante la encrucijada de la sostenibilidad social, económica y ambiental y el replanteamiento estratégico de sus modelos de desarrollo. Diversas instituciones internacionales, entre las que se encuentra la Comisión Europea, han planteado la necesidad de implantar nuevos modelos de movilidad urbana eficiente y respetuosa para garantizar la movilidad, la calidad de vida, la protección…