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Yellow fever-associated viscerotropic disease in Barcelona, SpainJose Munoz
Barcelona Centre for International Health Research CRESIB, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
J Travel Med 15:202-5. 2008..We report a new case of YEL-AVD. Given the potential risks associated with the vaccine, physicians should consider vaccination only for patients truly at risk for exposure to yellow fever, especially for primovaccination...- Characterization of the enzyme aac(3)-Id in a clinical isolate of Salmonella enterica serovar Haifa causing traveler's diarrheaRoberto Cabrera
Servicio de Microbiologia, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 27:453-6. 2009..The objective of this investigation was to identify the mechanism of decreased susceptibility to gentamicin in a Salmonella clinical isolate, leading to the detection of a aminoglycoside acetyltransferase gene found in a class 1 integron... - Evolution of antimicrobial resistance in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli causing traveller's diarrhoeaEva Mendez Arancibia
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, School of Medicine, Villarroel, 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
J Antimicrob Chemother 64:343-7. 2009..The aim of this study was to investigate the evolution of antimicrobial resistance in EAEC and ETEC causing diarrhoea in patients who had travelled to different developing countries, comparing two periods of time, 1994-97 and 2001-04... 
Chagas disease among the Latin American adult population attending in a primary care center in Barcelona, SpainCarme Roca
El Clot Primary Care Center, Institut Catala de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 5:e1135. 2011..We studied the prevalence of Chagas disease in Latin American patients treated at a health center in Barcelona and evaluated its clinical phase. We make some recommendations for screening for the disease...
[Global HIV epidemiology and current migration]Joaquim Gascón Brustenga
Centre de Salut Internacional, Secció de Medicina Tropical, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Espana
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 26:2-5. 2008..Although the distribution of HIV subtypes is more or less localized, there is a tendency toward progressive dispersion of all subtypes in different geographical areas and toward new recombinant subtypes...- Epidemiology of imported malaria among children and young adults in Barcelona (1990-2008)Mireia Garcia-Villarrubia
Epidemiology Service, Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Pza Lesseps, 1, 08023 Barcelona, Spain
Malar J 10:347. 2011..The objective of this study was to describe the epidemiology and determine the trends of imported malaria in patients under 20 years old in the city of Barcelona, Spain, during an 18-year period... - Malaria chemoprophylaxis recommendations for immigrants to Europe, visiting relatives and friends--a Delphi method studyGuido Calleri
Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Travel Medicine Unit, Corso Svizzera 164, 10149 Torino, Italy
Malar J 10:137. 2011..Most recommendations for malaria chemoprophylaxis lack a solid evidence base, and often fail to address the cultural, social and economic needs of VFRs... - Imported malaria in a cosmopolitan European city: a mirror image of the world epidemiological situationJuan Pablo Millet
Epidemiology Service, Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Pza Lesseps, 1, 08023 Barcelona, Spain
Malar J 7:56. 2008..There has been considerable immigration to Barcelona from low-income countries (LIC) in recent years. The objective is to describe the epidemiology and to determine the trends of the disease in Barcelona... - Epidemiology and clinical features of vivax malaria imported to Europe: sentinel surveillance data from TropNetEuropN Mühlberger
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Malar J 3:5. 2004..vivax malaria are limited. The TropNetEurop surveillance network has monitored the importation of vivax malaria into Europe since 1999... - The incidence of malaria in travellers to South-East Asia: is local malaria transmission a useful risk indicator?Ron H Behrens
Travel Clinic, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Mortimer Market, London, WC1E 6JB, UK
Malar J 9:266. 2010..The study was designed to examine whether the strategy of using malaria transmission in a local population was an accurate estimate of the malaria threat faced by travellers and a correlate of malaria in returning travellers... - Molecular surveillance of drug resistance through imported isolates of Plasmodium falciparum in EuropeTomas Jelinek
Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, University of Munich, Leopoldstr, 5, 80802 Munich, Germany
Malar J 1:11. 2002..The screening results were used to map the prevalence of mutations and, thus, levels of potential drug resistance in endemic areas world-wide... - Molecular surveillance of the antifolate-resistant mutation I164L in imported African isolates of Plasmodium falciparum in Europe: sentinel data from TropNetEuropOle Wichmann
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Charite, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Malar J 2:17. 2003..The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of this mutation in African isolates of Plasmodium falciparum that have been imported into Europe through travellers... - Short-term follow-up of chagasic patients after benzonidazole treatment using multiple serological markersAna Fernández-Villegas
Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Parasitologia y Biomedicina Lopez Neyra Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de Salud Avda, del Conocimiento s n 18100 Granada, Spain
BMC Infect Dis 11:206. 2011..The aim of the present study was to search for immunological markers that could be altered in the sera from Chagas disease patients after benznidazole treatment, and therefore have a potential predictive diagnostic value... - [Diagnosis, management and treatment of chronic Chagas' heart disease in areas where Trypanosoma cruzi infection is not endemic]Joaquim Gascon
Secció Medicina Tropical Centre Salut Internacional, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
Rev Esp Cardiol 60:285-93. 2007..The aim should be to improve patient care by increasing understanding of the condition by physicians and other healthcare professionals who may be involved in its detection and treatment... - [Malaria imported by immigrants]J Gascón I Brustenga
Secció Medicina Tropical, Centro de Salud Internacional, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain
An Sist Sanit Navar 29:121-5. 2006..The figures for the years 2002-2004 in Spain indicate that P. falciparum is the most diagnosed species. Africa is the continent from which most cases are imported and immigrants contribute 34-41% of all cases... - Chagas disease in Spain, the United States and other non-endemic countriesJoaquim Gascon
Centre de Salut Internacional, CRESIB, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, C Villarroel, 170, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
Acta Trop 115:22-7. 2010..High priorities include the implementation of appropriate screening, evaluation and clinical management, and better assessment of the true burden associated with this disease... - Epidemiology, etiology and pathophysiology of traveler's diarrheaJoaquim Gascon
Secció Medicina Tropical, Centre de Salut Internacional de l Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
Digestion 73:102-8. 2006..The clinical symptoms present are also quite variable, although inflammatory and non-inflammatory diarrhea have been established as a classical and basic classification of diarrhea... - Histoplasmosis infection in Spanish travelers to Latin AmericaJ Gascon
International Health Centre, Institut d Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, C Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 24:839-41. 2005..52-8.12]) or cough (odds ratio=4.24 [1.32-13.58]) after visiting Latin America. The results of this study have public health implications and indicate the risks of acquiring histoplasmosis should be included in pre-travel counseling... - [Ciguatera poisoning in Spanish travellers]Joaquim Gascon
Sección de Medicina Tropical Centro de Salud Internacional Hospital Clínic IDIBAPS Barcelona España
Med Clin (Barc) 120:777-9. 2003..Ciguatera poisoning appears after ingestion of contaminated fish from tropical coral reefs. Due to the diversity of clinical symptoms and the absence of a specific test in humans, the diagnosis is often difficult... - [Diagnosis and treatment of imported Chagas disease]Joaquim Gascon
Servicio de Medicina Tropical, Centro de Salud Internacional, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Med Clin (Barc) 125:230-5. 2005 - [Cyclosporiasis: a clinical and epidemiological study in travellers with imported Cyclospora cayetanensis infection]J Gascon
Sección de Medicina Tropical Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona
Med Clin (Barc) 116:461-4. 2001..To assess the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the enteritis produced by Cyclospora cayetanensis... - Imported malaria among African immigrants: is there still a relationship between developed countries and their ex-colonies?Juan Pablo Millet
Epidemiology Service, Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Malar J 8:111. 2009..The objective of this study was to compare cases of imported malaria originating from the Spanish ex-colony of Equatorial Guinea (EG) with those originating from the rest of Africa (RA)... - Clinical profile of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a non-endemic setting: immigration and Chagas disease in Barcelona (Spain)Jose Munoz
Barcelona Centre for International Health Research CRESIB, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Acta Trop 111:51-5. 2009..Chagas disease is no longer limited to Latin America and is becoming frequent in industrialised countries in Europe and United States... - Tolerance of benznidazole in treatment of Chagas' disease in adultsMaría Jesús Pinazo
Tropical Diseases Section, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, Hospital Clinic, Villarroel 170, Barcelona, Spain
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 54:4896-9. 2010..This study describes the profile of side effects of benznidazole in a cohort of Trypanosoma cruzi-infected patients in a European country... - Myocardial deformation analysis in Chagas heart disease with the use of speckle tracking echocardiographyAna García-Alvarez
Cardiology Department, Thorax Clinic Institute, Hospital Clinic, Institut d Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
J Card Fail 17:1028-34. 2011..We aimed to characterize myocardial deformation in patients in different forms of Chagas disease and, specifically, assess differences between patients in the indeterminate form and controls... - Increased expression levels of the pvcrt-o and pvmdr1 genes in a patient with severe Plasmodium vivax malariaCarmen Fernandez-Becerra
Barcelona Centre for International Health Research CRESIB, Hospital Clinic IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Rosello 132, 4a planta, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
Malar J 8:55. 2009..There are increasing reports of severe clinical cases exclusively associated with Plasmodium vivax infections. Notably, this severity has been recently suggested to be associated with chloroquine resistance... - Development of Escherichia coli rifaximin-resistant mutants: frequency of selection and stabilityJoaquim Ruiz
Centre de Recerca en Salut Internacional de Barcelona, Hospital Clinic IDIBAPS, C Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
J Antimicrob Chemother 61:1016-9. 2008..To select rifaximin-resistant mutants of Escherichia coli and to establish the frequency of mutation, cross-resistance with other antimicrobial agents and the stability of the mutants obtained... - [Clinical presentation and complications of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in two populations: travelers and immigrants]Elisa Salvadó
Seccion de Medicina Tropical, Centro de Salud Internacional, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Espana
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 26:282-4. 2008..Only natives of malaria-endemic areas can acquire a certain degree of immunity to the disease. It is not known whether immunity is lost when contact with the parasite is discontinued... - Myocardial involvement in Chagas disease: Insights from cardiac magnetic resonanceAnder Regueiro
Thorax Institute, Hospital Clinic, Institut d Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain HERACLES Cardiovascular Research Network, Barcelona, Spain
Int J Cardiol 165:107-12. 2013..Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) has emerged as a non-invasive tool to assess cardiac tissue characteristics. There is scarce data available on CMR in patients with Chagas' disease... - CTX-M-15-producing enteroaggregative Escherichia coli as cause of travelers' diarrheaElisabet Guiral
August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
Emerg Infect Dis 17:1950-3. 2011..This β-lactamase contributes to the multidrug resistance of enteroaggregative E. coli, thereby limiting therapeutic alternatives... - Prevalence and vertical transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection among pregnant Latin American women attending 2 maternity clinics in Barcelona, SpainJose Munoz
Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, IDIBAPS, C Villarroel, 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain
Clin Infect Dis 48:1736-40. 2009..The rate of seroprevalence was 3.4%, and 7.3% of the newborns were infected. Routine screening and management programs in maternity wards may be warranted... - Economic evaluation of Chagas disease screening of pregnant Latin American women and of their infants in a non endemic areaElisa Sicuri
Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, CRESIB, Hospital Clínic Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Acta Trop 118:110-7. 2011.... - Salmonella ovarian abscess following travel diarrhoea episodeDavid Alonso
Department of Tropical Medicine, International Health Center, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic, C Rossello 132, 4 2a, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Arch Gynecol Obstet 276:551-3. 2007..The case of a 36-year-old woman with a non-typhoidal Salmonella ovarian abscess is reported. Remarkably, pathological findings of the oophorectomy piece did not demonstrate any pre-existing ovarian abnormalities... - Measles in travelers: are we aware enough?Jose Munoz
Centre de Salut Internacional, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
J Travel Med 15:124-5. 2008..Nonimmune or single-dose vaccinees traveling to high-endemic countries should be advised on the risk of acquiring the infection. We describe two cases of imported measles in Spanish travelers... - In vitro antimicrobial activity of rifaximin against enteropathogens causing traveler's diarrheaJoaquim Ruiz
Hospital Clinic, Centro de Salud Internacional CRESIB IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 59:473-5. 2007..The MIC of rifaximin ranged between <0.007 and 32 mg/L; other agents tested had an MIC of >256 mg/L in most cases. The results showed the potential use of rifaximin to treat these infections... - Immunosuppression and Chagas disease: a management challengeMaría Jesús Pinazo
Barcelona Centre for International Health Research CRESIB, Hospital Clínic Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 7:e1965. 2013..International consensus guidelines based on expert opinion would greatly contribute to standardizing the management of immunosuppressed patients with Chagas disease... - A high-performance liquid chromatographic method for benznidazole quantitation in plasma of patients with Chagas diseaseLaura Guerrero
Pharmacy Service, Hospital Clínic Barcelona IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Clin Chem Lab Med 49:77-82. 2011..Its etiological agent is Trypanosoma cruzi. To date, benznidazole is the only treatment of Chagas disease available in Europe... - Severe imported malaria in adults: retrospective study of 20 casesAna Gonzalez
Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, CRESIB, CIBERESP, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:595-9. 2009..Mortality by severe malaria remains high despite high quality management, which highlights the importance of chemoprophylaxis and early diagnosis and treatment... - [Clinical and epidemiological features of imported dengue in Spain]Jose Munoz
Seccion de Medicina Tropical, Centro de Salud Internacional, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Espana
Med Clin (Barc) 131:18-21. 2008..We describe the clinical and microbiological features of imported dengue in 3 referral hospitals in Spain... - Congenital transmission of Chagas disease: a clinical approachInes Oliveira
Barcelona International Health Research Center CRESIB, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 8:945-56. 2010..The public health implications of the increasing number of T. cruzi-infected immigrants and congenital transmission in nonendemic areas is also analyzed... - Epidemiology and clinical presentation of shigellosis in children less than five years of age in rural MozambiqueInacio Mandomando
Centro de Investigação em Saúde da Manhiça, IDIBAPS Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Pediatr Infect Dis J 26:1059-61. 2007..7% versus 0.4%, P = 0.004), and from dysentery than nondysenteric diarrhea (24.1% versus 3.5%, P < 0.001). Shigella flexneri 2a, S. sonnei, and S. flexneri 6, were the most prevalent serotypes... - Prevalence of different virulence factors and biofilm production in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli isolates causing diarrhea in children in Ifakara (Tanzania)Eva Mendez-Arancibia
Servei de Microbiologia, Centre de Diagnostic Biomedic, Hospital Clinic, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Villarroel 170 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Am J Trop Med Hyg 78:985-9. 2008..032). These results again show the high heterogeneity of virulence factors among EAEC isolates causing diarrhea in children, and that biofilm may be an important virulence factor, strongly associated with the presence of AggR... - Benznidazole-related adverse drug reactions and their relationship to serum drug concentrations in patients with chronic chagas diseaseMaría Jesús Pinazo
Barcelona Centre for International Health Research CRESIB, Hospital Clínic Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 57:390-5. 2013..Benznidazole serum concentrations do not appear to be related to the appearance of serious ADRs. Further, well-controlled studies are necessary to establish the optimal regimen for benznidazole in adults with chronic CD... - [Utility of an immunochromatographic test for Chagas disease screening in primary healthcare]Paulo López-Chejade
Laboratorio de Parasitologia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Espana
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 28:169-71. 2010..Chagas disease is a common condition among Latin American immigrants living in Spain... - [How much primaquine is needed to eradicate Plasmodium vivax hypnozoites?]Jose Munoz
Seccion de Medicina Tropical, Centro de Salud Internacional, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 24:29-30. 2006..Primaquine is now the only drug available to eradicate Plasmodium vivax malaria. The optimal dose of primaquine to prevent relapses of P. vivax remains under discussion... - Trends in antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter spp. causing traveler's diarrheaJoaquim Ruiz
Secció de Medicina Tropical, Centre de Salut Internacional, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
APMIS 115:218-24. 2007..The level of resistance to the most commonly used antibacterial agents in the developing world is increasing in Campylobacter spp., the increase in the resistance to quinolones being of special concern... - Development of a real-time PCR assay for Trypanosoma cruzi detection in blood samplesMaria Piron
Transfusion Safety Laboratory, Banc de Sang i Teixits, Barcelona, Spain
Acta Trop 103:195-200. 2007..Concordance of results with the N-PCR was 90%. In conclusion, real-time PCR provides an optimal alternative to N-PCR, with similar sensitivity and higher throughput, and could help determine ongoing parasitaemia in chagasic patients... - Clinical and epidemiological features of 33 imported Strongyloides stercoralis infectionsAna Gonzalez
Barcelona Centre for International Health Research CRESIB, CIBERESP, Hospital Clinic, C Rossello 132, 4 degrees, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 104:613-6. 2010..Strongyloides stercoralis infection should be considered in immigrants and travellers with eosinophilia or compatible symptoms coming from endemic areas. Diagnosis should always be sought in immunocompromised hosts... - Successful treatment with posaconazole of a patient with chronic Chagas disease and systemic lupus erythematosusMaría Jesús Pinazo
Tropical Care Section, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research CRESIB, Hospital Clínic Institut d Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain
Am J Trop Med Hyg 82:583-7. 2010.... - Vaccination strategies against hepatitis A in travelers older than 40 years: an economic evaluationLaura Costas
Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Department, Hospital Clinic IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
J Travel Med 16:344-8. 2009..The aims of the study were to assess immunity levels to hepatitis A virus (HAV) in international travelers >40 years and to determine the least costly immunization strategy... - [Endothelial function and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels in patients with Chagas disease living in a nonendemic area]Ana García-Alvarez
Instituto Clínico del Tórax, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS Institut d Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Espana
Rev Esp Cardiol 64:891-6. 2011..Our purpose was to assess endothelial function and systemic levels of nitric oxide and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in patients with the indeterminate form and with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy living in a nonendemic area... - Fitness and molecular mechanisms of resistance to rifaximin in in vitro selected Escherichia coli mutantsMaria J Pons
Centre de Recerca en Salut Internacional de Barcelona, IDIBAPS Hospital Clinic Universitat de Barcelona, Rossello, Barcelona, Spain
Microb Drug Resist 18:376-9. 2012..coli were analyzed. The results obtained show that mutations in the rpoB gene and overexpression of Phe-Arg-β-naphthylamide (PAβN)-inhibitible efflux pump were implicated in Rfx resistance... - Congenital Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a non-endemic areaJose Munoz
Secció de Medicina Tropical, Centre de Salut Internacional, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, C Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 101:1161-2. 2007..The increase in Latin American immigrants in Europe and the USA requires greater epidemiological surveillance and appropriate diagnostic techniques for managing T. cruzi infections... - [Molecular epidemiological surveillance of markers for antimalarial drugs in Plasmodium falciparum isolates imported to Barcelona, Spain]Joaquim Gascon
Centro de Salud Internacional, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Med Clin (Barc) 125:286-9. 2005..falciparum isolates imported by travellers... - [Imported malaria from Senegal: about 17 cases in year 2000]Maria Velasco
Centre de Salut Internacional, Secció de Medicina Tropical, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
Med Clin (Barc) 124:19-21. 2005..In 2000, there was a greater number of cases of malaria in patients from this country. Our objective was to analyze such increase, to describe the characteristics of these patients and to identify the reasons for it... - Enteroaggregative escherichia coli virulence factors in traveler's diarrhea strainsJ Vila
Laboratori de Microbiologia, Hospital Clinic, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
J Infect Dis 182:1780-3. 2000..coli pathotypes, as was the EAST toxin locus. These findings underscore the heterogeneity of EAEC strains and suggest that the ShET1 may be an important virulence factor in traveler's diarrhea... - Cytokine and antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum in naïve individuals during a first malaria episode: effect of age and malaria exposureGemma Moncunill
Barcelona Centre for International Health Research CRESIB, Hospital Clínic Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
PLoS ONE 8:e55756. 2013..Although IL-12 was elevated in children, overall the data do not support a role of age in immune responses to a first malaria episode. A T(H)1/pro-inflammatory response was the hallmark of non-immune subjects... - Susceptibility patterns of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli associated with traveller's diarrhoea: emergence of quinolone resistanceJ Vila
Institut d Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, School of Medicine, Spain
J Med Microbiol 50:996-1000. 2001..Although ciprofloxacin shows excellent in-vitro activity and could be useful in the treatment of traveller's diarrhoea in patients travelling abroad, it may not be useful in patients who have journeyed to India or to Mexico... - Isolation of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O-rough:K1:H7 from two patients with traveler's diarrheaJ Vila
Department of Microbiology, Hospital Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Spain
J Clin Microbiol 35:2279-82. 1997..The illness was self-limited in both cases but involved long-duration, watery diarrhea (10 to 50 days) accompanied by abdominal cramps and flatulence. This serotype should be taken into account as a possible cause of traveler's diarrhea... - Incidence of respiratory viruses among travelers with a febrile syndrome returning from tropical and subtropical areasM Camps
Department of Microbiology, Centre de Diagnostic Biomedic, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
J Med Virol 80:711-5. 2008..In light of the fact that international tourism is an increasing phenomenon, new strategies to prevent the spread of respiratory viruses should be considered, specially for influenza when a vaccine is available... - Adaptation and validation of the Spanish version of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire for the detection of bipolar disorderJ Sanchez-Moreno
Bipolar Disorder Program, Clinical Institute of Neuroscience, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona Spain
Bipolar Disord 10:400-12. 2008..The original English version is validated in both the psychiatric and the general population, but a validated Spanish version is not yet available. Psychometric properties of the Spanish adaptation of the MDQ in psychiatry are described... - Diarrhea in children under 5 years of age from Ifakara, Tanzania: a case-control studyJ Gascon
Tropical Section, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Institut d Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
J Clin Microbiol 38:4459-62. 2000..90; P < 0.029). Enterotoxigenic, enteropathogenic, and enteroaggregative strains of Escherichia coli were not related with diarrhea, and neither were Giardia lamblia or Salmonella species... - Quinolone resistance in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli causing diarrhea in travelers to India in comparison with other geographical areasJ Vila
Department of Microbiology, IDIBAPS Institut d Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 44:1731-3. 2000..Chloramphenicol showed moderate activity, and amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid, nalidixic acid, and ciprofloxacin showed very good activity. Five nalidixic acid-resistant strains were isolated, four from patients visiting India... - Antimicrobial resistance of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli isolated from children under the age of 5 years from Ifakara, TanzaniaJ Vila
Departament de Microbiologia, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS Institut d Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona 08036, Spain
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 43:3022-4. 1999..coli categories showed high-level resistance to ampicillin, tetracycline, co-trimoxazole, and chloramphenicol but were highly susceptible to quinolones. Guidelines for appropriate use of antibiotics in developing countries need updating... - Quinolone resistance among Shigella spp. isolated from travellers returning from IndiaL Mensa
Centre de Recerca en Salut Internacional, CRESIB, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
Clin Microbiol Infect 14:279-81. 2008..Quinolone resistance is increasing in Shigella spp. causing travellers' diarrhoea, and particularly among isolates causing diarrhoea in travellers returning from India...