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Changes in the Serotype Distribution of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Causing Otitis Media After PCV13 Introduction in Spain
(Public Library Science, 2018-12-18)
One of the beneficial effects of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) has been a decrease in the incidence of non-invasive infections, such as otitis media (OM) caused by vaccine serotypes. In this study, we analyzed the ...
FINGER (Forming and Identifying New Groups of Expected Risks): Developing and Validating a New Predictive Model to Identify Patients With High Healthcare Cost and at Risk of Admission
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018-05)
Objective Predictive statistical models used in population stratification programmes are complex and usually difficult to interpret for primary care professionals. We designed FINGER (Forming and Identifying New Groups of ...
Utility of MALDI-TOF MS as a New Tool for Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotyping
(Public Library Science, 2019-02-12)
Nowadays, more than 95 different Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes are known, being less than one third responsible for the majority of severe pneumococcal infections. After the introduction of conjugate vaccines, a change ...
Ingesta de flúor a través del consumo de agua de abastecimiento público en la cohorte INMA-Gipuzkoa
(Elsevier, 2018-10)
Objetivo
Estimar la ingesta de flúor en mujeres embarazadas y sus hijos/as de la cohorte INMA-Gipuzkoa a través del consumo de agua de la red municipal y comparar estas ingestas con los valores recomendados. En Euskadi, ...
Human metapneumovirus as cause of severe community-acquired pneumonia in adults: insights from a ten-year molecular and epidemiological analysis
(Springer, 2019-07-24)
BackgroundInformation on the clinical, epidemiological and molecular characterization of human metapneumovirus in critically ill adult patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and the role of biomarkers ...
Implementation of NeoKissEs in Spain: A validated surveillance system for nosocomial sepsis in very low birth weight infants
(Doyma, 2019-07)
[EN] Background: Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are the most frequent nosocomial infections in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), especially in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants (birth weight <= 1500g). An epidemiologic ...
Estudio sobre las competencias profesionales de Enfermería del Trabajo en España
(Societat Catalana de Salut Laboral y Asociación de Medicina del Trabajo de la Comunidad Valenciana, 2020-03)
Objetivo: Evaluar la importancia y el grado de desarrollo de las competencias profesionales de los/as Enfermeros/as del Trabajo descritas en la Orden SAS/1348/2009 en las áreas preventiva, asistencial, legal y pericial, ...
Reproducibility Study of Nocturnal Blood Pressure Dipping in Patients with High Cardiovascular Risk
(Wiley, 2021-05)
It has been shown that in most people there is a physiological reduction in blood pressure during nighttime sleep, it falling by approximately 10% compared to daytime values (dippers). On the other hand, in some people, ...
Spread of a highly mucoid Streptococcus pyogenes emm3/ST15 clone
(BioMed Central, 2010)
Background
Hyaluronic acid capsule plays a key role in Streptococcus pyogenes virulence. Circulation of mucoid or highly encapsulated strains has been related to rheumatic fever epidemics and invasive disease in several ...
Genotypes, Recombinant Forms, and Variants of Norovirus GII.4 in Gipuzkoa (Basque Country, Spain), 2009-2012
(Public Library Science, 2014-06-03)
Background: Noroviruses (NoVs) are genetically diverse, with genogroup II-and within it-genotype 4 (GII.4) being the most prevalent cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide. The aim of this study was to characterize genogroup ...