Pharmaceutical intervention in duration of antimicrobial treatment at hospital ambit                                   MARÍA MORANTE, CARMEN MATOSES-CHIRIVELLA, FRANCISCO JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ-LUCENA, JOSÉ MANUEL DEL MORAL, MONTSERRAT RUIZ-GARCÍA, ANDRÉS NAVARRO-RUIZ                Objective. To estimate the acceptance of the pharmaceutical intervention in controlling duration of antimicrobial therapyand to evaluate their impact on optimizing the treatment.Methods. Prospective observational study for two years in […]

Correction: Antimicrobial stewardship in patients recently transferred to a ward from the ICU                                   ANTONIO RAMOS, LAURA BENÍTEZ-GUTIERREZ, ANGEL ASENSIO, BELÉN RUIZ-ANTORÁN, CARLOS FOLGUERA, ISABEL SANCHEZ-ROMERO, ELENA MUÑEZ                This paper is a corrigendum to the previously published paper: “Antimicrobial stewardship in patients recently transferred to a ward from the ICU” [Rev Esp Quimioter. 2014 Mar;27(1):46-50.] This […]

Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) in Salamanca                                   MARÍA SILLER-RUIZ, NOELIA CALVO-GARCÍA, SARA HERNÁNDEZ-EGIDO, ANA MARÍA-BLÁZQUEZ, MÓNICA DE FRUTOS-SERNA, JOSÉ ELÍAS GARCÍA-SÁNCHEZ                Introduction. Clostridium difficile infection is considered a major cause of nosocomial diarrhoea in developed countries and is increasingly becoming more important as an etiologic agent of community diarrhoea, also in patients without risk […]

Review of 1.250 episodes of skin and soft tissue infections attended at 49 hospital emergency departments                                   FERRAN LLOPIS, JUAN GONZÁLEZ-CASTILLO, AGUSTÍN JULIÁN-JIMÉNEZ, CARLES FERRÉ, JULIO JAVIER GAMAZO-RÍO, MIKEL MARTÍNEZ Y EL GRUPO DE TRABAJO INFURG-SEMES                Objetive. To review the prevalence, clinical characteristics, approach and outcome of patients with skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) evaluated […]

Report of 38 cases of tracheobronchitis in non-immunocompromised patients with dual isolation of Aspergillus in lower respiratory tract samples                                   JOSE BARBERÁN, ELOY SÁNCHEZ-HAYA, DANIEL DEL CASTILLO, FRANCISCO SANZ, BERNARDINO ALCÁZAR, EDUARDO MALMIERCA, ON BEHALF OF THE ASP INVESTIGATOR GROUP                Introduction. Aspergillus tracheobronchitis is an uncommon manifestation of Aspergillus infection. This study retrospectively analysed patients presenting […]