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T. Alarcón
Internal Medicine
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Prevalence of malnutrition in a cohort of 509 patients with acute hip fracture: the importance of a comprehensive assessment
Malnutrition is very common in acute hip fracture (HF) patients. Studies differ widely in their findings, with reported prevalences between 31 and 88% mainly because of small sample sizes and the use of differ...
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Parathyroid hormone response to two levels of vitamin D deficiency is associated with high risk of medical problems during hospitalization in patients with hip fracture
Vitamin D and the parathyroid hormone (PTH) response play an important role in hip fracture patients. This study was carried out to determine the factors associated with the PTH response to different levels of...
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Comparison of Three Methods for Identification of Streptococcus milleri Group Isolates to Species Level
A collection of 180 clinical isolates of Streptococcus milleri group were identified to species level using two phenotypic methods (a commercial system and the reference method based on differential phenotypic r...
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Five-Year Analysis of Antimicrobial Susceptibility of the Streptococcus milleri Group
Susceptibility to 17 antibiotics was studied in 180 strains of the Streptococcus milleri group (88 Streptococcus anginosus, 63 Streptococcus constellatus, and 29 Streptococcus intermedius) isolated over a 5-year...
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High-Level Mupirocin Resistance among Spanish Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Twelve strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with high-level resistance to mupirocin were studied. The MIC of methicillin was 16 to 128 mg/l and the MIC of mupirocin ≥512 mg/l. All of the isolat...
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In vitro activity of mupirocin against methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus isolated from a hospital in Spain
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In vitro activity of ebrotidine, ranitidine, omeprazole, lansoprazole, and bismuth citrate against clinical isolates ofHelicobacter pylori
The aim of this study was to determine the in vitro activity of ranitidine, ebrotidine, bismuth citrate, omeprazole, and lansoprazole against 113 clinical isolates ofHelicobacter pylori cultured from gastric biop...
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Carbapenem resistance mediated by Beta-lactamases in clinical isolates ofAcinetobacter baumannii in Spain
Four patients colonized/infected with carbapenem-resistant strains ofAcinetobacter baumannii are described. The first patient had a decubitus ulcer infection and had been on intravenous imipenem for 50 days. Two ...
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In vitro activity of omeprazole in combination with several antimicrobial agents against clinical isolates ofHelicobacter pylori
An agar dilution checkerboard method was used to evaluate the in vitro activity of omeprazole combined with clarithromycin, amoxicillin, and ceftibuten, respectively, against clinical isolates ofHelicobacter pylo...
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Emergence of resistant isolates ofAcinetobacter calcoaceticus-A. baumannii complex in a Spanish Hospital over a five-year period
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-A. baumannii complex species have emerged as a relevant cause of nosocomial infection and colonization over the past 20 years, mainly in intensive care units. The aim of this study wa...
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High Level Quinolone Resistance among Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates
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Diagnosis
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Isolation of fluoroquinolone-resistantEscherichia coli andKlebsiella pneumoniae from an infected hickman catheter
Escherichia coli andKlebsiella pneumoniae resistant to fluoroquinolones were isolated from an infected Hickman catheter in a 43-year-old diabetic patient who had previously been treated with a 24-day course of c...
