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Análisis del ajuste de mascarillas autofiltrantes en combinación con las mascarillas quirúrgicas para la protección del profesional sanitario en su atención a pacientes afectos de SARS-COV-2 a partir de un estudio experimental
(Archivos de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, 2021-04-15)Introducción: Un componente importante del equipo de protección individual (EPI) frente al SARS-CoV-2 son las mascarillas quirúrgicas y las mascarillas autofiltrantes (FFP). La norma europea EN 149 ... -
Antibody conversion rates to SARS-CoV-2 in saliva from children attending summer schools in Barcelona, Spain
(BMC Medicine, 2021)Background: Surveillance tools to estimate viral transmission dynamics in young populations are essential to guide recommendations for school opening and management during viral epidemics. Ideally, ... -
Applicability of quality indicators for appropriate antibiotic use in outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT): a point prevalence survey
(Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021)The ability to measure the quality of antibiotic prescription is a critical element in any antimicrobial stewardship programme. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinimetric properties of 33 ... -
Association of baseline CD4+ cell count and HIV-RNA on sustained virologic response to interferon-ribavirin in HIV/HCV coinfected patients
(Annals of Hepatology, 2015)Background and rationale for the study. We assessed the association of CD4+ T-cell counts and HIV-RNA onsustained viral response (SVR) after therapy with pegylated interferon and ribavirin (PR) in HIV/HCV ... -
Beneficial effect of corticosteroids in preventing mortality in patients receiving tocilizumab to treat severe COVID-19 illness
(Elsevier, 2020-12)Objectives: To assess the characteristics and risk factors for mortality in patients with severe coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) treated with tocilizumab (TCZ), alone or in combination with ... -
Boceprevir plus pegylated interferon/ribavirin to re-treat hepatitis C virus genotype 1 in HIV–HCV co-infected patients: final results of the Spanish BOC HIV–HCV Study
(International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016-12)Introduction: Boceprevir (BOC) was one of the first oral inhibitors of hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease to be developed. This study assessed the safety and efficacy of BOC + pegylated interferon-α ... -
Clinical significance of indeterminate quantiFERON-TB Gold plus assay results in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with severe hyperinflammatory syndrome
(Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021)Performance of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) assay could be affected by conditions of immune dysregulation. Little is known about the reliability of QTF-Plus in COVID-19 patients. Our aim was ... -
Concentrations of nitrogen compounds are related to severe rhinovirus infection in infants. A time-series analysis from the reference area of a pediatric university hospital in Barcelona
(Pediatric Pulmonology, 2022)Background: There is scarce information focused on the effect of weather conditions and air pollution on specific acute viral respiratory infections, such as rhinovirus (RV), with a wide clinical spectrum ... -
COVID-19 pandemic psychological impact and volunteering experience perceptions of medical students after 2 years
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022)Undergraduate healthcare students were mobilized to support healthcare systems during the COVID-19 pandemic, but we have scarce information regarding their experience and its impact on their wellbeing. ... -
COVID-19: making the best out of a forced transition to online medical teaching. A mixed methods study
(Medical Science Educator, 2021)Introduction the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a decreed confinement in our country from March until the end of term in June 2020. This forced a transition exclusively to distance learning. The aim of ... -
Determinants of depressive symptoms in people living with HIV: findings from a population-based study with a gender perspective
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023)Depressive symptoms are common among people living with HIV (PLWH). The aim of this study was to identify the determinants of depressive symptoms in PLWH in Spain. A total of 1060 PLWH participated in ... -
Differential nasopharyngeal microbiota composition in children according to respiratory health status
(Microbial Genomics, 2021)Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) constitute one of the leading causes of antibiotic administration, hospitalization and death among children <5 years old. The upper respiratory tract microbiota has ... -
Dysregulation of the immune system in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients according to liver stiffness status
(Cells, 2018)Background: Advanced cirrhosis is related to alterations in immunity. We aimed to evaluate the levels of peripheral CD4+ T cells (Tregs) and plasma cytokine in patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency ... -
Effects of adding an online exercise program on physical function in individuals hospitalized by COVID-19: a randomized controlled trial
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022)The worldwide pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus has impacted all healthcare systems. One potential sequela experienced by hospitalized coronavirus ... -
Enfermedad neumocócica invasiva en niños menores de 60 meses, antes y después de la introducción de la vacuna conjugada 13-valente
(Anales de Pediatría, 2021)Introducción: La enfermedad neumocócica invasiva (ENI) es la infección bacteriana más relevante en niños pequeños y la introducción de las vacunas antineumocócicas conjugadas (VNC) ha cambiado su ... -
Engineering a genome-reduced bacterium to eliminate Staphylococcus aureus biofilms in vivo
(Molecular Systems Biology, 2021)Bacteria present a promising delivery system for treating human diseases. Here, we engineered the genome-reduced human lung pathogen Mycoplasma pneumoniae as a live biotherapeutic to treat biofilm-associated ... -
Eradication of hepatitis C virus and non-liver-related non–acquired immune deficiency syndrome–related events in human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus coinfection
(Hepatology, 2017)We assessed non-liver-related non–acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related (NLR-NAR) events and mortalityin a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/hepatitis C virus (HCV)–coinfected ... -
Genetic screening for TLR7 variants in young and previously healthy men with severe COVID-19
(Frontiers in Immunology, 2021)Introduction: Loss-of-function TLR7 variants have been recently reported in a small number of males to underlie strong predisposition to severe COVID-19. We aimed to determine the presence of these rare ... -
The health crisis on Instagram: how the media are building their agenda on the visual social network during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Tripodos, 2020)Over the last decade social networks have become important channels for the media to publish information and communicate with their younger audiences, with Instagram recently becoming the most popular ... -
High-dose methylprednisolone pulses for 3 days vs. low-dose dexamethasone for 10 days in severe, non-critical COVID-19: a retrospective propensity score matched analysis
(Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021)Corticosteroids are largely recommended in patients with severe COVID-19. However, evidence to support high-dose methylprednisolone (MP) pulses is not as robust as that demonstrated for low-dose ...