Ten Issues for Updating in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: An Expert Review

Aetiology; Community acquired pneumonia; Radiologic findingsEtiologia; Pneumònia adquirida a la comunitat; Troballes radiològiquesEtiología; Neumonía adquirida en la comunidad; Hallazgos radiológicosCommunity-acquired pneumonia represents the third-highest cause of mortality in industrialized countries and the first due to infection. Although guidelines for the approach to this infection model are widely implemented in international health schemes, information continually emerges that generates controversy or requires updating its management. This paper reviews the most important issues in the approach to this process, such as an aetiologic update using new molecular platforms or imaging techniques, including the diagnostic stewardship in different clinical settings. It also reviews both the Intensive Care Unit admission criteria and those of clinical stability to discharge. An update in antibiotic, in oxygen, or steroidal therapy is presented. It also analyzes the management out-of-hospital in CAP requiring hospitalization, the main factors for readmission, and an approach to therapeutic failure or rescue. Finally, the main strategies for prevention and vaccination in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts are reviewed

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) genotype 18 variants in patients with clinical manifestations of HPV related infections in Bilbao, Spain

Background:Human papillomavirus (HPV) variants differ in their biological and chemical properties, and therefore, may present differences in pathogenicity. Most authors classified variants based on the phylogenetic analysis of L1 region. Nevertheless, recombination in HPV samples is becoming a usual finding and thus, characterizing genetic variability in other regions should be essential. Objectives:We aimed to characterize the genetic variability of HPV 18 in 5 genomic regions: E6, E7, E4, L1 and the Upstream Regulatory Region (URR), working with both single infection and multiple HPV infection samples. Furthermore, we aimed to assess the prevalence of HPV 18 variants in our region and look for possible existence of recombination as well as analyze the relationship between these variants and the type of lesion. Methods: From 2007 to 2010, Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control Department analyzed 44 samples which were positive for HPV 18. Genetic variability was determined in PCR products and variants were assigned to European, Asian-amerindian or African lineage. Recombination and association of variants with different types of lesion was studied. Results: Genetic analysis of the regions revealed a total of 56 nucleotide variations. European, African and Asian-amerindian variants were found in 25/44 (56.8%), 10/44 (22.7%) and 5/44 (11.4%) samples, respectively. We detected the presence of recombinant variants in 2/44 (4.5%) cases. Samples taken from high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (H-SIL) only presented variants with specific-african substitutions. Conclusions: Multiple HPV infection, non-european HPV variants prevalence and existence of recombination are considered risk factors for HPV persistence and progression of intraepithelial abnormalities, and therefore, should be taken into consideration in order to help to design and optimize diagnostics protocols as well as improve epidemiologic studies. Our study is one of the few studies in Spain which analyses the genetic variability of HPV18 and we showed the importance of characterizing more than one genomic region in order to detect recombination and classify HPV variants properl

Ten Issues for Updating in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: An Expert Review

Community-acquired pneumonia represents the third-highest cause of mortality in industrialized countries and the first due to infection. Although guidelines for the approach to this infection model are widely implemented in international health schemes, information continually emerges that generates controversy or requires updating its management. This paper reviews the most important issues in the approach to this process, such as an aetiologic update using new molecular platforms or imaging techniques, including the diagnostic stewardship in different clinical settings. It also reviews both the Intensive Care Unit admission criteria and those of clinical stability to discharge. An update in antibiotic, in oxygen, or steroidal therapy is presented. It also analyzes the management out-of-hospital in CAP requiring hospitalization, the main factors for readmission, and an approach to therapeutic failure or rescue. Finally, the main strategies for prevention and vaccination in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts are reviewed

Populazio baheketaren garrantzia: giza papilomabirusaren aurkako borroka

Giza papilomabirusa (HPV) 120 genotipo baino gehiagoz osaturiko birus taldea da. Genotipo horien guztien artean 40 bat inguruk gaitasun onkogenikoa dute eta minbizia sor dezakete gorputzeko hainbat ataletan:orofaringea, bulba, zakila edo umetoki-lepoa. Azken minbizi mota honek urtero 250.000 emakumeren heriotza eragiten du. Halaber, kontuan izan behar da HPV genotipo guztiek ez dutela onkogenikotasun maila bera aurkezten. 16 eta 18 genotipoak, adibidez, umetoki lepoko minbizi kasuen % 75etan aurkitu dira. Ikerketa lan honetan minbizia garatzeko arrisku altua duten giza papilomabirus (HPV) genotipoen populazio-baheketa egin dugu gure inguruko emakume talde batean (Bilbo, Euskal Herria), birus honen nagusitasuna eta genotipo desberdinen arteko banaketa ezagutzeko. Gure ikerketa honetan, ikusi da birus honen arrisku altuko genotipoen intzidentzia gure inguruan % 10,63 dela eta HPV 16 eta 18ak sortutako infekzioak umetoki-lepoko epitelioan lesioak sortzeko gaitasun altuagoa dutela; hain zuzen, HPV 16 duten emakumeen % 56,25ak lesioren bat garatu dute. Gainera, egiaztatu ahal izan da emakume gazteei nagusiki eragiten dien birusa dela; 30 urtetik beherako emakumeetan birusaren nagusitasuna % 24,87koa izan da, 30 eta 50 urte arteko emakumeetan % 8,37koa eta 50 urte baino nagusiagoak diren emakumeetan % 3,36koa. Azkenik, behatu izan da infekzio anitzek gaitasun handia dutela umetoki lepoko epitelioan lesioak sortzeko, batez ere 16 genotipoa arrisku altuko beste genotipo batzuekin batera daudenean. Gainera, infekzio anitzak emakume gazteetan baizik ez dira agertzen (batez besteko adina 28,89 urte)