Nerea Antona-Urieta, Jose L Barrios-Andrés, Iratxe Seijas-Betolaza, Juan Higuera-Lucas, Victoria Boado-Varela, Elena López-Peralta, Laura Alcázar-Fuoli, Oscar Zaragoza-Hernández, Leyre M López-Soria
{"title":"[Azole-resistant <i>Candida parapsilosis</i> in Critical Care Units].","authors":"Nerea Antona-Urieta, Jose L Barrios-Andrés, Iratxe Seijas-Betolaza, Juan Higuera-Lucas, Victoria Boado-Varela, Elena López-Peralta, Laura Alcázar-Fuoli, Oscar Zaragoza-Hernández, Leyre M López-Soria","doi":"10.37201/req/122.2024","DOIUrl":"10.37201/req/122.2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94198,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia","volume":"38 3","pages":"240-243"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12095932/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143695039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pablo Ávila-Franco, Marta Domínguez-Gil González, Lucía Puente-Fuertes, José M Eiros
{"title":"[Whooping cough outbreak in 2024. New distribution pattern in contagion? Should the booster doses in vaccination be reconsidered?]","authors":"Pablo Ávila-Franco, Marta Domínguez-Gil González, Lucía Puente-Fuertes, José M Eiros","doi":"10.37201/req/102.2024","DOIUrl":"10.37201/req/102.2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94198,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia","volume":"38 2","pages":"133-135"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11894564/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143416407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Mastitis caused by <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i>: presentation of 3 cases and literature review].","authors":"Marta Cascajero, Daniel Tena","doi":"10.37201/req/105.2024","DOIUrl":"10.37201/req/105.2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94198,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia","volume":"38 2","pages":"136-138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11894560/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143384606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Relevance of genetic polymorphisms in voriconazole neurotoxicity: case report in a pediatric patient].","authors":"Alicia Martín-Roldán, Alejandra Merino-Pardo, Esther Algarra-Sánchez, Margarita Cuervas-Mons Vendrell","doi":"10.37201/req/112.2024","DOIUrl":"10.37201/req/112.2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94198,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia","volume":"38 2","pages":"145-147"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11894559/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143470400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leticia Castellano-Sánchez, Antonio Rosales-Castillo, María Carmen Olvera-Porcel, José María Navarro-Marí, José Gutiérrez-Fernández
{"title":"[Emergent presence of slow-growing microorganisms in urine cultures. Clinical and microbiological analysis].","authors":"Leticia Castellano-Sánchez, Antonio Rosales-Castillo, María Carmen Olvera-Porcel, José María Navarro-Marí, José Gutiérrez-Fernández","doi":"10.37201/req/101.2024","DOIUrl":"10.37201/req/101.2024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The prevalence, clinical characteristics, and antibiotic susceptibility of the slow-growing microorganisms <i>Corynebacterium urealyticum, Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum, Lactobacillus delbrueckii</i>, and <i>Aerococcus</i> spp. in urine cultures are analyzed.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Descriptive and retrospective cross-sectional study carried out in a Regional Hospital. Reports of clinical episodes with single isolation of the aforementioned microorganisms were selected between January 2016 and December 2023.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 186 single-isolation episodes were included, corresponding to 0.44% of the total. The most frequently isolated species was <i>Aerococcus urinae</i>. Overall, the risk factors were the presence of an indwelling bladder catheter (24.73%), immunosuppression (24.19%), health care (35.48%), diabetes mellitus (19.89%), nephrourological disorders (31.18%) and previous antibiotherapy (35.48%). Urinary tract infections due to <i>Aerococcus</i> spp. predominated in elderly patients, with nephrourological disorders and a history of antibiotic therapy in the previous 3 months. <i>C. glucuronolyticum, C. urealyticum</i> and <i>L. delbrueckii</i> were associated with immunosuppression, healthcare contact and previous antibiotherapy. <i>C. urealyticum</i> was also associated with the presence of an indwelling bladder catheter.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Slow-growing opportunistic emerging microorganisms represent a small percentage of the aetiological agents in urinary tract infections, although of important and growing clinical interest given their pathogenic role in the presence of certain circumstances and risk factors, as well as the challenges they pose for laboratory diagnosis. It is essential to perform antibiograms for an adequate targeted treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":94198,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia","volume":"38 2","pages":"75-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11894568/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143384592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
José Antonio Peregrina-Rivas, Daniel Fernández-Reyes, Adolfo de Salazar-González, Fernando García-García, Miguel Ángel Montero-Alonso, José Hernández-Quero, Emilio Guirao-Arrabal
{"title":"Post-COVID-19 tuberculosis in southeastern Spain: incidence, risk factors and the role of latent tuberculosis infection screening.","authors":"José Antonio Peregrina-Rivas, Daniel Fernández-Reyes, Adolfo de Salazar-González, Fernando García-García, Miguel Ángel Montero-Alonso, José Hernández-Quero, Emilio Guirao-Arrabal","doi":"10.37201/req/111.2024","DOIUrl":"10.37201/req/111.2024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The incidence of coinfections and superinfections following SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia has garnered increasing attention, with complications arising from various pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, and fungi. Nevertheless, the relationship between COVID-19 and tuberculosis (TB) is not fully understood. This study investigates the incidence and risk factors for post-COVID-19 pulmonary TB in a low TB prevalence area in southeastern Spain, alongside the influence of COVID-19 on indeterminate results in the Quantiferon-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) test and its prognostic role.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>A retrospective cohort study was conducted involving 475 hospitalized COVID-19 from March 2020 to March 2022, all of them with a QFT-Plus performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study found three cases of pulmonary TB in the post-COVID-19 period, yielding an incidence density of 3.56 cases per 1000 patient-years, all associated with chronic systemic corticosteroid therapy. Notably, the percentage of indeterminate QFT-Plus results during COVID-19 was significantly higher than when it was performed before the disease (16.82% vs. 3.37%). Patients with indeterminate results exhibited elevated inflammatory markers and a greater need for invasive mechanical ventilation, correlating with more severe disease, although without statistical significance.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings suggest that prolonged systemic corticosteroid therapy is a common risk factor for pulmonary TB development and that systematic LTBI screening may not be necessary for all COVID-19 patients unless prolonged corticosteroid treatment is foreseen. This study highlights the need for further research to clarify the relationship between COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 pulmonary TB, as well as the prognostic implications of QFT-Plus results.</p>","PeriodicalId":94198,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia","volume":"38 2","pages":"108-114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11894557/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143384610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Catalina Jesús Ramírez-Estupiñán, Margarita Bolaños-Rivero, Michele Hernández-Cabrera, Isabel de Miguel Martínez
{"title":"[Infective endocarditis caused by <i>Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans</i>].","authors":"Catalina Jesús Ramírez-Estupiñán, Margarita Bolaños-Rivero, Michele Hernández-Cabrera, Isabel de Miguel Martínez","doi":"10.37201/req/109.2024","DOIUrl":"10.37201/req/109.2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94198,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia","volume":"38 2","pages":"142-144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11894563/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143384593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yully Paulín Martínez-Oliveros, Laura Rita-Iotti, Belén Francisca Sánchez, José M Eiros, Mónica de Frutos
{"title":"[Distribution of diarrheagenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> pathotypes in the pediatric population and antibiotic susceptibility profile in the Valladolid Oeste health area (ASVAO)].","authors":"Yully Paulín Martínez-Oliveros, Laura Rita-Iotti, Belén Francisca Sánchez, José M Eiros, Mónica de Frutos","doi":"10.37201/req/092.2024","DOIUrl":"10.37201/req/092.2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94198,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia","volume":"38 2","pages":"129-132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11894562/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143384590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Belén Sánchez-Pascual, Juan Emilio Losa-García, Sira Sanz-Márquez, Irene Salvador-Llana, Ana Vegas-Serrano, Montserrat Pérez-Encinas
{"title":"Systemic absorption of liposomal inhaled amikacin in the treatment of resistant <i>Mycobacterium avium</i>: beyond expectations.","authors":"Belén Sánchez-Pascual, Juan Emilio Losa-García, Sira Sanz-Márquez, Irene Salvador-Llana, Ana Vegas-Serrano, Montserrat Pérez-Encinas","doi":"10.37201/req/115.2024","DOIUrl":"10.37201/req/115.2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94198,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia","volume":"38 2","pages":"148-151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11894561/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143506633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Álvaro González-Gómez, Alfonso Peñaroya-Rodríguez, José Manuel Caro-Teller, Carmen García-Muñoz, María Del Carmen Moreno-de la Santa, José Miguel Ferrari-Piquero
{"title":"[Suspected serotonergic syndrome associated with tedizolid: a case report].","authors":"Álvaro González-Gómez, Alfonso Peñaroya-Rodríguez, José Manuel Caro-Teller, Carmen García-Muñoz, María Del Carmen Moreno-de la Santa, José Miguel Ferrari-Piquero","doi":"10.37201/req/071.2024","DOIUrl":"10.37201/req/071.2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94198,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia","volume":"38 2","pages":"126-128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11894556/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143384607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}