Browsing by Author "Farfán Urzúa, Mauricio Javier"

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    • Bacteria from gut microbiota associated with diarrheal infections in children promote virulence of Shiga ... 
      Izquierdo Tramon, Mariana Andrea; López, Joaquín; Gallardo Schall, Pablo Alfredo; Vidal Álvarez, Roberto Mauricio; Ossa, Juan C.; Farfán Urzúa, Mauricio Javier (Frontiers Media, 2022)
      BackgroundDiarrheagenic E. coli (DEC) pathogenicity relies on the interaction of bacteria with the host's gut environment, which is regulated by the resident microbiota. Previously, we identified indicative bacterial species ...
    • Bacterial gut microbiota and infections during early childhood 
      George Carreño, Sergio Andrés; Aguilera, Ximena; Gallardo Schall, Pablo Alfredo; Farfán Urzúa, Mauricio Javier; Lucero Álvarez, Yalda Cecilia; Torres, Juan Pablo; Vidal Álvarez, Roberto Mauricio; O'Ryan Gallardo, Miguel Luis (Frontiers Media, 2022)
      Gut microbiota composition during the first years of life is variable, dynamic and influenced by both prenatal and postnatal factors, such as maternal antibiotics administered during labor, delivery mode, maternal diet, ...
    • Characterization of adherent-invasive escherichia coli (AIEC) outer membrane proteins provides potential ... 
      Saitz Rojas, Waleska Lisette; Montero, David A.; Pardo, Mirka; Araya, Daniela; Fuente, Marjorie de la; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela Alejandra; Farfán Urzúa, Mauricio Javier; Ginard, Daniel; Rosselló Móra, Ramon; Rasko, Dave A.; Canto Fuentes, Felipe Antonio del; Vidal Álvarez, Roberto Mauricio (MDPI, 2022)
      Adherent-invasive E. coli (AIEC) is a pathotype associated with the etiopathogenesis of Crohn’s disease (CD), albeit with an as-yet unclear role. The main pathogenic mechanisms described for AIEC are adherence to epithelial ...
    • Participation of Integrin a5B1 in the Fibronectin-Mediated Adherence of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli ... 
      Izquierdo, Mariana; Alvestegui, Alejandra; Nataro, James P.; Ruiz Pérez, Fernando; Farfán Urzúa, Mauricio Javier (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014)
      Adherence to the intestinal epithelia is a key feature in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) infection. The aggregative adherence fimbriae (AAFs) are involved in EAEC interaction with receptors at the surface of ...
    • Performance of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test compared with real-time RT-PCR in asymptomatic individuals 
      Peña, Mónica; Ampuero Martínez, Manuel Andrés; Garcés, Carlos; Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo Andres; García, Patricia; Velásquez, María Soledad; Luza, Ricardo; Álvarez, Pía; Paredes, Fabio; Acevedo, Johanna; Farfán Urzúa, Mauricio Javier; Solari, Sandra; Soto Rifo, Ricardo Andrés; Valiente Echeverría, Fernando Andrés (Elsevier, 2021)
      Screening, testing and contact tracing plays a pivotal role in control of the COVID-19 pandemic. To enable this it is necessary to increase the testing capacity. This study compared a SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test (RAT) ...
    • Prevalence of TPMT and ITPA gene polymorphisms and effect on mercaptopurine dosage in Chilean children with ... 
      Farfán Urzúa, Mauricio Javier; Salas, Carolina; Canales López, Cristina; Silva, Felipe; Villarroel, Milena; Kopp, Katherine; Torres Torretti, Juan Pablo; Santolaya de Pablo, María Elena; Morales, Jorge (BioMed Central, 2014)
      Background: Mercaptopurine (6-MP) plays a pivotal role in treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL); however, interindividual variability in toxicity of this drug due to genetic polymorphism in 6-MP ...
    • Respiratory Viral Infections and Coinfections in Children With Cancer, Fever and Neutropenia Clinical Outcome ... 
      Torres Torretti, Juan Pablo; Kors, Lisette; Villarroel, Milena; Piemonte, Paula; Izquierdo, Giannina; Salgado, Carmen; Contardo Pérez, María Verónica; Farfán Urzúa, Mauricio Javier; Maza León, Verónica de la (2016)
      Background: Respiratory viral infections in episodes of fever and neutropenia (FN) in children with cancer are not well characterized. We compared the clinical outcome of infections caused by different respiratory viruses ...
    • Rol de los laboratorios públicos en el diagnóstico SARS-CoV-2 en la pandemia de COVID-19: Experiencia, ... 
      Acevedo Muñoz, William; Benadof Fuentes, Dona Nurith; Farfán Urzúa, Mauricio Javier (Soc chilena Infectología, 2021)