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    Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Treatment vs Hospitalization for Infective Endocarditis: Validation of the OPAT-GAMES Criteria

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    Role of age and comorbidities in mortality of patients with infective endocarditis

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    [Purpose]: The aim of this study was to analyse the characteristics of patients with IE in three groups of age and to assess the ability of age and the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) to predict mortality. [Methods]: Prospective cohort study of all patients with IE included in the GAMES Spanish database between 2008 and 2015.Patients were stratified into three age groups:<65 years,65 to 80 years,and ≥ 80 years.The area under the receiver-operating characteristic (AUROC) curve was calculated to quantify the diagnostic accuracy of the CCI to predict mortality risk. [Results]: A total of 3120 patients with IE (1327 < 65 years;1291 65-80 years;502 ≥ 80 years) were enrolled.Fever and heart failure were the most common presentations of IE, with no differences among age groups.Patients ≥80 years who underwent surgery were significantly lower compared with other age groups (14.3%,65 years; 20.5%,65-79 years; 31.3%,≥80 years). In-hospital mortality was lower in the <65-year group (20.3%,<65 years;30.1%,65-79 years;34.7%,≥80 years;p < 0.001) as well as 1-year mortality (3.2%, <65 years; 5.5%, 65-80 years;7.6%,≥80 years; p = 0.003).Independent predictors of mortality were age ≥ 80 years (hazard ratio [HR]:2.78;95% confidence interval [CI]:2.32–3.34), CCI ≥ 3 (HR:1.62; 95% CI:1.39–1.88),and non-performed surgery (HR:1.64;95% CI:11.16–1.58).When the three age groups were compared,the AUROC curve for CCI was significantly larger for patients aged <65 years(p < 0.001) for both in-hospital and 1-year mortality. [Conclusion]: There were no differences in the clinical presentation of IE between the groups. Age ≥ 80 years, high comorbidity (measured by CCI),and non-performance of surgery were independent predictors of mortality in patients with IE.CCI could help to identify those patients with IE and surgical indication who present a lower risk of in-hospital and 1-year mortality after surgery, especially in the <65-year group

    Crecimiento y producción de biomasa de moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) bajo las condiciones climáticas del Noreste de México

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    El cultivo de Moringa oleifera Lam. representa una alternativa viable para producción de biomasa por tener un rápido crecimiento vegetativo; sin embargo, tanto el crecimiento del cultivo como la producción de biomasa, pueden tener variaciones de acuerdo con las condiciones climatológicas y edáficas en que se desarrolle el cultivo. El objetivo de la presente investigación fue: evaluar el crecimiento y la producción de biomasa en dos niveles de fertilización (0 y 400 kg de N ha-1 año-1), dos variedades de M. oleifera (vaina corta 24 cm y vaina larga 45 cm, dos densidades de población (11 y 33 plantas m-2) y dos alturas de planta al corte (145.7 y 178.4 cm), durante los años 2013 y 2014 bajo condiciones de riego por goteo. El experimento se realizó a cielo abierto en el estado de Nuevo León, México (25o 47’ 07.54’’ latitud Norte, 100o 17’ 03.93’’ longitud Oeste, altitud de 479 msnm), utilizando un diseño experimental de bloques al azar con cuatro repeticiones, con un arreglo factorial Taguchi de 24. La altura de planta registró relación positiva con la producción de biomasa. La densidad de población registró relación negativa al crecimiento, pero en la producción de biomasa registró relaciones positivas y negativas, dependiendo del periodo de crecimiento. Las variedades y la fertilización no registraron diferencias significativas en el crecimiento ni en la producción de biomasa. Se concluye que la altura de planta al corte y la densidad de población, afectan el crecimiento y la producción de biomasa de M. oleifera

    Impact of Adding a Rapid PCR-Based Blood Culture Identification Panel to the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program of Patients with Febrile Neutropenia in a Peruvian Referral Hospital

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    The addition of Biofire® FilmArray® Blood Culture Identification panel 2 (BCID2) to the antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) could improve outcomes in bloodstream infections (BSI) of patients with febrile neutropenia (FN). A pre- and post-quasi-experimental single-center study was conducted at a reference hospital in Peru. Three groups were considered: patients with BSI before ASP intervention (control group), patients with BSI after ASP intervention (group 1), and patients with BSI after ASP intervention plus BCID2 PCR Panel implementation (group 2). Overall, 93 patients were identified (32 control, 30 group 1, 31 group 2). The median time to effective therapy was significantly shorter in group 2 compared to group 1 and control group, respectively (3.75 vs. 10 h, p = 0.004; 3.75 vs. 19 h, p p < 0.001). In addition to the lack of local studies documenting the microbiological profile of FN episodes, adding syndromic panels-based testing could allow for the consolidation of ASP strategies

    Iztapalapa: memoria y cultura. 5 Segunda época, Año 3 (2019) enero-junio. Rutas de Campo

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    - Iztapalapa, un pueblo originario de la Ciudad de México por Rosa María Garza Marcué y Karla Peniche Romero. - Ceremonia para la vida: vida para la ceremonia por Rosa María Garza Marcué. - Iztapalapa y su paisaje a través del tiempo por Teresa Rojas Rabiela. - Iztapalapa. Corporación religiosa de un pueblo chinampero (1971-1972) por Carlos García Mora. - Descubrimiento y conservación del basamento del templo del Fuego Nuevo por Raúl Martín Arana Álvarez. - Villa Estrella, un sitio arqueológico olvidado en el cerro de la Estrella por Susana Victoria Gurrola Briones. - El Santuario, sitio arqueológico en el cerro de la Estrella, Iztapalapa por Juana Moreno Hernández. - Simbolismo e identidad del cerro de la Estrella por Teresa Eleazar Serrano Espinosa y Jorge Arturo Talavera González. - Ceremonias, fiestas y rituales que se realizan en el cerro de la Estrella, Iztapalapa por Josefina del Carmen Chacón Guerrero. - A la sombra del Gólgota: continuidades y discontinuidades en las observancias rituales en el cerro de la Estrella por Christophe Helmke,Ismael Arturo Montero García. - La cruz del papa Juan Pablo II en el predio de La Pasión del cerro de la Estrella, alcaldía Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México por Jorge de León Rivera. - Semana Santa y su simbología por Sonia Iglesias y Cabrera. - Representación e imagen: Semana Santa en Iztapalapa por Juan Carlos Valdez Marín. - La procesión y el discurso: Semana Santa en Iztapalapa por Francisco Alatriste Torres. - Los insólitos caminos de la tradición: Semana Santa en Iztapalapa por Mariángela Rodríguez. - El Señor de la Cuevita fundacional, pieza clave que propició el origen histórico y simbólico de la representación de Semana Santa en Iztapalapa por Naín Alejandro Ruiz Jaramillo. - La representación de la Pasión y muerte de Cristo en los ocho barrios de Iztapalapa por Beatriz Ramírez González. - Bibliografía sobre Iztapalapa por Karla Peniche Romero.El número especial de Rutas de Campo dedicado a Iztapalapa que presentamos en esta ocasión, esta dirigido en primer lugar a los pobladores de esa región, de modo que con esta publicación cumplimos con la obligación de resaltar la importancia histórica y cultural de Iztapalapa en la cuenca de México, y a la vez devolvemos a sus habitantes —nuestros primeros interlocutores— los resultados de las investigaciones que antropólogos, historiadores y arqueólogos hemos obtenido a lo largo de varios años de exploración en el seno de la comunidad iztapalapense. Iztapalapa —antigua península de la cuenca de México—, bañada en su lado norte por el lago de Texcoco y en su lado sur por el lago de Chalco, forma parte de la Ciudad de México sin renunciar a su identidad y cultura de raíces mesoamericanas

    Contemporary use of cefazolin for MSSA infective endocarditis: analysis of a national prospective cohort

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    Objectives: This study aimed to assess the real use of cefazolin for methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) infective endocarditis (IE) in the Spanish National Endocarditis Database (GAMES) and to compare it with antistaphylococcal penicillin (ASP). Methods: Prospective cohort study with retrospective analysis of a cohort of MSSA IE treated with cloxacillin and/or cefazolin. Outcomes assessed were relapse; intra-hospital, overall, and endocarditis-related mortality; and adverse events. Risk of renal toxicity with each treatment was evaluated separately. Results: We included 631 IE episodes caused by MSSA treated with cloxacillin and/or cefazolin. Antibiotic treatment was cloxacillin, cefazolin, or both in 537 (85%), 57 (9%), and 37 (6%) episodes, respectively. Patients treated with cefazolin had significantly higher rates of comorbidities (median Charlson Index 7, P <0.01) and previous renal failure (57.9%, P <0.01). Patients treated with cloxacillin presented higher rates of septic shock (25%, P = 0.033) and new-onset or worsening renal failure (47.3%, P = 0.024) with significantly higher rates of in-hospital mortality (38.5%, P = 0.017). One-year IE-related mortality and rate of relapses were similar between treatment groups. None of the treatments were identified as risk or protective factors. Conclusion: Our results suggest that cefazolin is a valuable option for the treatment of MSSA IE, without differences in 1-year mortality or relapses compared with cloxacillin, and might be considered equally effective

    Mural Endocarditis: The GAMES Registry Series and Review of the Literature

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    Role of age and comorbidities in mortality of patients with infective endocarditis.

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    The aim of this study was to analyse the characteristics of patients with IE in three groups of age and to assess the ability of age and the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) to predict mortality. Prospective cohort study of all patients with IE included in the GAMES Spanish database between 2008 and 2015.Patients were stratified into three age groups: A total of 3120 patients with IE (1327  There were no differences in the clinical presentation of IE between the groups. Age ≥ 80 years, high comorbidity (measured by CCI),and non-performance of surgery were independent predictors of mortality in patients with IE.CCI could help to identify those patients with IE and surgical indication who present a lower risk of in-hospital and 1-year mortality after surgery, especially in th

    Infective Endocarditis in Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valve or Mitral Valve Prolapse

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