The process of interaction of bloodstream trypomastigotes of three different strains of Trypanosoma cruzi with heart mouse muscle cells in primary cultures, was analyzed. Differences were found in… (More)
A 13-month prospective multicenter study including 44 hospitals was carried out to evaluate the epidemiology of Candida parapsilosis complex candidemia in Spain. Susceptibility to amphotericin B,… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the performance of the Sysmex UF1000i automatic urine screening system in the quantitative culture of fast-growth aerobic/facultative bacteria.
METHODS AND RESULTS
A standard… (More)
A new starch serum medium, Granada medium, for isolation and identification of group B streptococci (GBS) anaerobically as red colonies is described. The medium contains 3.8% Proteose Peptone no. 3… (More)
Identification of individuals at risk for developing leprosy and their early diagnosis are central to effective disease control. Lack of immunologic response to Mycobacterium leprae among persons… (More)
1. The cellular immune response to M. leprae and BCG antigens was evaluated in 98 leprosy patients and 143 household contacts lacking clinical manifestation of the disease. 2. The proliferative… (More)
OBJECTIVES
To report a clonal outbreak of ST17 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) carrying Tn1546 (vanA) in a haemo-oncology ward of a tertiary teaching hospital in the south of Spain… (More)
We tested the capacity of the Sysmex UF-1000i system to detect yeasts in urine by screening a total of 22 132 urine samples received for culture in our microbiology laboratory during 1 year. We also… (More)
Streptococcus agalactiae infective endocarditis Streptococcus agalactiae is an unusual cause of infectious endocarditis. We describe the clinical characteristics, therapy and evolution of this… (More)
We describe three cases of extragenital infection by Mycoplasma hominis in three patients transplanted with kidneys from cadaver donors. In two patients, the microorganism was isolated in the exudate… (More)