Infectious postoperative endophthalmitis after cataract surgery performed over 7 years. The role of azithromycin versus ciprofloxacin eye drops JOSEP TUÑÍ-PICADO, ANA MARTÍNEZ-PALMER, XÈNIA FERNÁNDEZ-SALA, JAIME BARCELÓ-VIDAL, MIGUEL CASTILLA-MARTÍ, YASMIN CARTAGENA-GUARDADO, SANTIAGO GRAU Introduction. Although topical antibiotics have been used as antimicrobial prophylaxis after ocular surgery, recent studies have determined that intracameral cefuroxime at the end […]

CD64 index as a marker of infection in patients with postoperative fever NATALIA VICENTE LÓPEZ, RAFAEL FORÉS CACHÓN, REYES IRANZO VALERO, ANA LERMA VERDEJO, ELENA MÚÑEZ RUBIO, ANA ROYUELA VICENTE, ANTONIO RAMOS MARTÍNEZ Objective. To evaluate the utility of the granulocyte CD64 index as a marker of infection in patients with postoperative fever. Methods. Prospective […]

In silico analysis of transferable QepA variants and related chromosomal efflux pumps JOAQUIM RUIZ Objectives. The present study aimed to detect the presence of undescribed QepA variants in GenBank records. Material and methods. The DNA and amino acid sequences of QepA1 were compared with what is present in GenBank. Only annealings with a >80% identity […]

Frequency of sero-positivity in household members of the patients with positive toxoplasma serology MOHAMMAD REZA YAZDANI, ZEINAB MEHRABI, BEHROOZ ATAEI, AZAR BARADARAN GHAHFAROKHI, ROHOLLAH MOSLEMI, MORTEZA POURAHMAD Introduction. Toxoplasma gondii is cause of a wide variety of infections in human. The aim of this study was; to evaluate the frequency of sero-positivity of the members […]

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis caused by Listeria monocytogenes: eight case reports (1992-2017) and literature review MARINA FERNÁNDEZ TORRES, ITZIAR ANGULO LÓPEZ, PATRICIA RUIZ BUENO, MARTA GONZÁLEZ MARTINEZ, CARLOS RUIZ DE ALEGRÍA PUIG, JESÚS RODRÍGUEZ LOZANO, JESÚS AGÜERO BALBÍN, JAVIER CRESPO GARCÍA, JORGE CALVO MONTES Background. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a frequent and severe entity in […]