An Unusual Case of Severe Pneumonia Caused Due With a Favorable Clinical Response to Antifungals in a Nonimmunocompromised Patient From the Community

Autor: Killen H. Briones-Claudett MD, MSc, H. Mónica Briones-Claudett MSc, MD, Roger Alexander Murillo Vasconez MD, Cynthia K. Bajaña Huilcapi MD, Carolina del Rosario Rivera Salas MD, Jaime Benitez Sólis MD, MSc, Domenica F. Estupinan Vargas MD, Henry Parra-Vera MSc, Killen H. Briones Zamora MS, Diana C. Briones Marquez MD, Michelle Grunauer MD, PhD

Publikováno v: Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, Vol 11 (2023)

Severe pneumonia due to Candida tropicalis infection mainly occurs in immunosuppressed patients or those currently receiving broad-spectrum antibiotics. Herein, we report a case of severe pneumonia caused due to C tropicalis in an elderly patient. A

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High SARS-CoV-2 viral load in travellers arriving in Spain with a negative COVID-19 test prior to departure: Ecuador as a model for COVID-19 testing quality in Latin America

Autor: Miguel Angel Garcia-Bereguiain, Franklin Perez, Henry Parra-Vera, Alfredo Bruno, Byron Freire-Paspuel, Diana Morales-Jadan, Bernardo Castro-Rodriguez, Ismar Rivera-Olivero, Tannya Lozada, Solon Alberto Orlando, Esteban Ortiz-Prado

Publikováno v: Journal of travel medicine. 29(8)

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36250566

Characterization of the genetic structure of mcr-1 gene among Escherichia coli isolates recovered from surface waters and sediments from Ecuador

Autor: Anthony D. Harries, Daniel A. Tadesse, Liliana Lalaleo, Efraín Mero, Katherine Jaramillo, Emmanuelle Quentin, Xavier Villavicencio, José Luis Balcázar, Maria Soledad Ramirez, José E. Villacís, William Calero-Cáceres, Caitlin Welsh, Henry Parra

Publikováno v: Science of The Total Environment. 806:150566

Although anthropogenic activities contribute to the selection and spread of antibiotic resistance in aquatic environments, limited information is available from countries with absent or incomplete sewage treatment systems and the impact of their disc

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150566

First case of NDM-1-producing Providencia rettgeri in Ecuador

Autor: Jeannete Zurita, Joseph McDermott, Henry Parra, Pedro Barba, Monica Cartelle Gestal

Publikováno v: Journal of global antimicrobial resistance. 3(4)

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27842879

Characterization of the genetic structure of mcr-1 gene among Escherichia coli isolates recovered from surface waters and sediments from Ecuador.

Autor: Calero-Cáceres W; UTA-RAM-One Health, Department of Food and Biotechnology Science and Engineering, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ambato, Ecuador; Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Cevallos, Ecuador. Electronic address: wr.calero@uta.edu.ec., Tadesse D; U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Center for Veterinary Medicine, Office of Research Laurel, MD 20708, USA., Jaramillo K; Centro de Referencia Nacional de Resistencia a los Antimicrobianos RAM, Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Salud Pública 'Dr. Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez' INSPI, Quito, Ecuador., Villavicencio X; Centro de Referencia Nacional de Resistencia a los Antimicrobianos RAM, Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Salud Pública 'Dr. Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez' INSPI, Quito, Ecuador., Mero E; Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Cevallos, Ecuador., Lalaleo L; UTA-RAM-One Health, Department of Food and Biotechnology Science and Engineering, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ambato, Ecuador., Welsh C; U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Center for Veterinary Medicine, Office of Research Laurel, MD 20708, USA., Villacís JE; Centro de Referencia Nacional de Resistencia a los Antimicrobianos RAM, Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Salud Pública 'Dr. Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez' INSPI, Quito, Ecuador., Quentin E; Centro de Referencia Nacional de Resistencia a los Antimicrobianos RAM, Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Salud Pública 'Dr. Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez' INSPI, Quito, Ecuador., Parra H; Centro de Investigación Microbiológica Dr. Henry Parra, Guayaquil, Ecuador., Ramirez MS; Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, USA., Harries AD; International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK., Balcázar JL; Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), 17003 Girona, Spain; University of Girona, 17004 Girona, Spain.

Publikováno v: The Science of the total environment [Sci Total Environ] 2022 Feb 01; Vol. 806 (Pt 2), pp. 150566. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 25.