Carmen Teresa Sánchez Guillen, Alfonso Miranda Sánchez, Enrique Santo Bueso
{"title":"Ocular apraxia as the only diagnostic symptom of an occipito-parietal hematoma","authors":"Carmen Teresa Sánchez Guillen, Alfonso Miranda Sánchez, Enrique Santo Bueso","doi":"10.1016/j.medcle.2024.10.014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.medcle.2024.10.014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74154,"journal":{"name":"Medicina clinica (English ed.)","volume":"164 7","pages":"Pages 377-378"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143769078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Antonio Rosales-Castillo, Antonio Bustos-Merlo, Joaquín Escobar Sevilla
{"title":"Experience and results of immediate care consultation in internal medicine","authors":"Antonio Rosales-Castillo, Antonio Bustos-Merlo, Joaquín Escobar Sevilla","doi":"10.1016/j.medcle.2024.10.017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.medcle.2024.10.017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74154,"journal":{"name":"Medicina clinica (English ed.)","volume":"164 7","pages":"Pages 378-380"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143769079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Respiratory infection caused by Achromobacter xylosoxidans in an 80-year old patient","authors":"Francisco Epelde","doi":"10.1016/j.medcle.2024.09.030","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.medcle.2024.09.030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74154,"journal":{"name":"Medicina clinica (English ed.)","volume":"164 6","pages":"Pages 316-317"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143696781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pedro Laynez-Roldán , María Pilar Gómez Álvarez , Onán Pérez Hernández
{"title":"Skin and soft tissue infections in people migrating by sea to the Canary Islands, Spain","authors":"Pedro Laynez-Roldán , María Pilar Gómez Álvarez , Onán Pérez Hernández","doi":"10.1016/j.medcle.2024.11.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.medcle.2024.11.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>People migrating to the Canary Islands by sea frequently suffer from potentially severe skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) for which optimal empirical antibiotic therapy is not well defined.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This descriptive retrospective observational study assess a case series of newly arrived maritime migrants to the Canary Islands who were diagnosed with clinical and microbiological SSTIs and admitted to the Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria Hospital in Tenerife between January 2020 and December 2023. Clinical data, bacterial species, resistance profiles, and choice of empirical treatments were analysed.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 23 patients with SSTIs were analysed, with 21 (91.3%) presenting lesions in the gluteal-sacral region. Thirty-seven community-acquired pathogenic microorganisms were isolated, including seven from blood cultures. The isolated bacteria included <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> (<em>n</em> = 12/37, 32.4%), <em>Enterobacterales</em> (<em>n</em> = 9/37, 24.3%), marine bacteria (<em>n</em> = 7/37, 18.9%), non-fermenting gram-negative bacteria (<em>n</em> = 6/37, 16.2%), and other gram-positive cocci (<em>n</em> = 2/37, 5.4%). Treatment was inappropriate in 9 of 23 cases (39.1%), with amoxicillin/clavulanic acid being the most prescribed antibiotic (<em>n</em> = 11/23, 47.8%).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The study suggests that, in addition to the importance of bacteria such as S. aureus, consideration should be given to Enterobacterales, marine bacteria, and gram-negative non-fermenting bacteria (such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa) when choosing empirical antibiotic therapy for SSTIs in maritime migrants.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74154,"journal":{"name":"Medicina clinica (English ed.)","volume":"164 7","pages":"Pages 369-373"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143769075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Respiratory syncytial virus infections in adults","authors":"Catia Cilloniz , Antoni Torres","doi":"10.1016/j.medcle.2024.11.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.medcle.2024.11.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections as an important cause of acute respiratory illness (ARI) and exacerbation of chronic lung disease in adults especially affect older adults, adults with immunosuppression, and adults with chronic disease, particularly pulmonary or cardiac disease, who may develop more severe complications. A more accurate determination of the burden of RSV infection in the adult population would improve the approach to infection, especially considering the growth of the older adult population in the world and, above all, that there are currently three approved vaccines aimed at the adult population that could have an effect on the prevention of RSV infection. This review article reviews the most relevant and novel scientific evidence on the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of RSV infection in the adult population.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74154,"journal":{"name":"Medicina clinica (English ed.)","volume":"164 7","pages":"Pages 361-368"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143769074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Javier Santos , Patricia Laura Maran , Amanda Rodríguez-Urrutia
{"title":"Stress, microbiota, and the gut–brain axis in mental and digestive health","authors":"Javier Santos , Patricia Laura Maran , Amanda Rodríguez-Urrutia","doi":"10.1016/j.medcle.2024.11.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.medcle.2024.11.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The prevailing mind-body dualism in contemporary medicine, rooted in reductionism and the fragmentation of knowledge, has impeded the development of a conceptual model that can adequately address the complexity of illnesses. Integrating biomedical data into a cohesive model that considers the mind–body–context interconnections is essential. This integration is not merely theoretical; rather, it has significant clinical implications. This is exemplified by chronic stress-related mental and digestive disorders. The onset and development of these disorders are intimately linked to chronic psychological stress via the brain–gut–microbiota axis. The present article examines the evidence and mechanisms indicating that stress is a primary factor and a potentiator of symptom severity in common mental health and digestive diseases, with a particular focus on human studies. However, due to space limitations, only a very general overview of preventive and therapeutic clinical strategies is provided. It is hoped that the recurring phrase, “Everything that happens to you is due to stress,” will become more comprehensible to the physician after reading this manuscript.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74154,"journal":{"name":"Medicina clinica (English ed.)","volume":"164 6","pages":"Pages 295-304"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143696724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yoseba Cánovas Zaldúa , Mónica Rodríguez Carballeria , Aina Mas Tena , Sara Rodoreda Noguerola
{"title":"The attractiveness of the internal medicine specialty for the election of medical residence in Spain","authors":"Yoseba Cánovas Zaldúa , Mónica Rodríguez Carballeria , Aina Mas Tena , Sara Rodoreda Noguerola","doi":"10.1016/j.medcle.2024.11.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.medcle.2024.11.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74154,"journal":{"name":"Medicina clinica (English ed.)","volume":"164 6","pages":"Pages 306-311"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143696777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}