Browsing by Author "Fica Cubillos, Alberto"

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    • A case of myopericarditis associated to Campylobacter jejuni infection in the Southern Hemisphere 
      Fica Cubillos, Alberto; Seelmann, Daniela; Porte, Lorena; Eugenin, Daniela; Gallardo, Ricardo (2012)
      Myopericarditis is an infrequent complication of acute diarrheal illness due to Campylobacter jejuni, and it has been mainly reported in developed nations. The first case detected in Chile - an upper-middle income country ...
    • Accidentes de riesgo biológico entre estudiantes de carreras de la salud. Cinco años de experiencia 
      Fica Cubillos, Alberto; Jemenao P., M. Irene; Ruiz R., Gloria; Larrondo Lillo, Milton; Hurtado Heim, Carmen; Muñoz Gómez, María Gabriela; Sepúlveda Carvajal, Cecilia (2010)
      Undergraduate healthcare students are exposed to bloodborne pathogens, and data from developing countries is scarce. We report the experience of a comprehensive program dedicated to the management of this risk. The program ...
    • Acute gastroenteritis caused by a Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non-O139 strain harboring a genetic region ... 
      Ulloa F., M. Teresa; Porte T., Lorena; Braun, Stephanie; Dabanch, Jeannette; Fica Cubillos, Alberto; Henríquez A., Tania; Osorio, Carlos (2011)
      Pathogenic Vibrio cholerae isolates, the etiologic agents of cholera, generally express one of two O antigens (O1 or O139). Most environmental isolates are nonpathogenic and are referred to as "non-O1, non-O139". However ...
    • Bacteraemia due to Campylobacter fetus in an immune suppressed patient Bacteriemia por Campylobacter fetus ... 
      Fica Cubillos, Alberto; Illanes, Victor; Sakurada Zamora, Andrea; Vidal, Mario Martín; Valenzuela, M. Eugenia (Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia, 2006)
      We report a case of bacteraemia by Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus in a 77 year-old woman with immunosuppression secondary to steroid use. Diagnosis was suspected by finding Gram negative curved rods in blood cultures ...
    • Consumo de antimicrobianos parenterales en diferentes hospitales de Chile durante el año 2005 
      Fica Cubillos, Alberto; Cabello M., Angela; Juliet L., Chrystal; Prado D., Priscilla; Bavestrello F., Luis (SOC CHILENA INFECTOLOGIA, 2008-12)
      Intravenous antimicrobial Consumption has not been evaluated previously in Chile. In order to know this consumption (in DDD per 100 bed days), associated factors and antimicrobial control systems across the country, a ...
    • Fungal peritonitis due to Rhodotorula mucilaginosa in a patient with automated peritoneal dialysis. Literature ... 
      Verdugo, Fernando J.; Briones, Eduardo; Porte, Lorena; Amaro, José; Fica Cubillos, Alberto (Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia, 2016)
      © 2016, Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia. All rights reserved. Fungal peritonitis is a major complication of peritoneal dialysis associated with high mortality. Most survivors have a high rate of abandonment of peritoneal ...
    • Infecciones por Listeria monocytogenes, una experiencia de dos décadas 
      Sedano, Rocío; Fica Cubillos, Alberto; Guiñez, Dannette; Braun, Stephanie; Porte Torre, Lorena; Dabanch, Jeannette; Weitze, Thomas; Soto, Andrés (2013)
      Background: Listeria monocytogenes infections have been poorly characterized in Chile. Aim: To evaluate clinical manifestations and risk factors associated to a fatal outcome in a series of patients. Methods: retrospective ...
    • Influenza vaccine prescription by faculties and medical fellows in an universitary hospital Prescripción ... 
      Fica Cubillos, Alberto; Antúnez R., Miguel; Cuevas A., Karen; Rodríguez N., Alberto; Aravena R, Paola (2001)
      A study was designed aimed to know rates of influenza vaccine prescriptions among medical staff personnel and postgraduate medical student in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Data was collected by a questionnaire asking ...
    • Prevention, diagnosis and management of tunneled-catheter associated infections 
      Elgueta Segura, Letici; Fica Cubillos, Alberto (Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2015)
    • Prosthetic joint infections Infecciones en prótests articulares 
      Fica Cubillos, Alberto; Llanos M., Carolina; Luzoro Vial, Amaranta; Barrera, Carlos de la; Gabriel Miranda, U. (2000)
      A retrospective study was performed to characterize hip and knee prosthetic joint infections. Cases were identified from discharge records available from 1993. Nineteen prosthetic joint infection episodes were identified ...
    • Tuberculosis en el personal de salud 
      Fica Cubillos, Alberto; Cifuentes Díaz, Marcela; Ajenjo H., M. Cristina; Jemenao P., M. Irene; Zambrano G., Alejandra; Febré V., Naldy; Delpiano M., Luis; Diomedi P., Alexis; Ramonda C., Paulina (SOC CHILENA INFECTOLOGIA, 2008-08)
      Tuberculosis (TB) is an occupational risk hazard that explains 5 to 5.361 additional cases of TB per 100.000 individuals among healthcare workers (HCW) in relation to general population in developing countries. For each ...
    • Tuberculosis in health care workers from a public health service in Santiago, Chile Tuberculosis en el ... 
      Fica Cubillos, Alberto; Ramonda, Paulina C.; Jemenao, M. Irene P.; Zambrano, Alejandra G.; Cifuentes, Marcela D.; Febre, Naldy V.; Ajenjo, M. Cristina H.; Delpiano, Luis M.; Diomedi, Alexis P. (2009)
      Objective: To evaluate the risk of tuberculosis (TBC) among health care workers (HCW) of the Southern Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS) of Santiago, Chile. Method: A retrospective study using records of patients receiving ...
    • Tuberculosis in healthcare workers Tuberculosis en el personal de salud 
      Fica Cubillos, Alberto; Cifuentes, D. Marcela; Ajenjo, H. M.Cristina; Jemenao, P. M.Irene; Zambrano, G. Alejandra; Febré, V. Naldy; Delpiano, M. Luis; Diomedi, P. Alexis; Ramonda, C. Paulina (2008)
      Tuberculosis (TB) is an occupational risk hazard that explains 5 to 5.361 additional cases of TB per 100.000 individuals among healthcare workers (HCW) in relation to general population in developing countries. For each ...