Disseminated tuberculosis and diagnosis delay during the COVID-19 era in a Western European country: a case series analysis

Autor: Sílvia Roure, Xavier Vallès, Nieves Sopena, Rosa Maria Benítez, Esteban A. Reynaga, Carmen Bracke, Cora Loste, Lourdes Mateu, Adrián Antuori, Tania Baena, Germán Portela, Judith Llussà, Clara Flamarich, Laura Soldevila, Montserrat Tenesa, Ricard Pérez, Elsa Plasencia, Jordi Bechini, Maria Lluïsa Pedro-Botet, Bonaventura Clotet, Cristina Vilaplana

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 11 (2023)

BackgroundDisseminated tuberculosis is frequently associated with delayed diagnosis and a poorer prognosis.ObjectivesTo describe case series of disseminated TB and diagnosis delay in a low TB burden country during the COVID-19 period.MethodologyWe co

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/3021af224f4743fabf5476be5443a28f

Single nucleotide polymorphisms in PNPLA3, ADAR-1 and IFIH1 are associated with advanced liver fibrosis in patients co-infected with HIV-1//hepatitis C virus

Autor: Sandra Franco, Iván Galván-Femenía, Jordi Bechini, Rafael de Cid, Bonaventura Clotet, Montserrat Tenesa, Josep M. Llibre, Judith Horneros, Ricardo Pérez, Miguel Angel Martinez, Cristina Tural, Laura Soldevila, Dan Ouchi

Publikováno v: AIDS
r-IGTP. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica del Instituto de Investigación Germans Trias i Pujol
instname

OBJECTIVE Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), insulin resistance, and liver fibrosis are prevalent in individuals co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)/hepatitis C virus (HCV), even after HCV eradication. Our aim was to e

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::4b9c6f2cdbc1494f04a157edc4d074e7
https://fundanet.igtp.cat/Publicaciones/ProdCientif/PublicacionFrw.aspx?id=1495

Optimal Use of Transient Elastography and Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse to Stage Liver Fibrosis in HIV/HCV-Coinfected Patients in Clinical Practice

Autor: Raul V. Rodríguez, Antoni Jou, Montserrat Tenesa, Laura Soldevila, Pere Carbonell, JJ López, Jordi Tor, José A. Jiménez, Jordi Bechini, Bonaventura Clotet, Cristina Tural, Núria Pérez-Álvarez

Publikováno v: Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 37:113-121

Objectives Liver fibrosis (LF) is crucial for the individualized management of patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV). We evaluated the concordance between two noninvasive methods for staging LF, transient elastography (TE) and acoustic radiation forc

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::c6acba03a4fd7c68e6b15738f920242f
https://doi.org/10.1002/jum.14312

Modelling the dynamics of tuberculosis lesions in a virtual lung: Role of the bronchial tree in endogenous reinfection

Autor: Cristina Vilaplana, Clara Prats, Martí Català, Montserrat Tenesa, Mariano Moya, Joaquim Valls, Daniel López, Sergio Alonso, Jordi Bechini, Pere-Joan Cardona, Ricardo Pérez

Publikováno v: UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
PLoS Computational Biology
r-IGTP. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica del Instituto de Investigación Germans Trias i Pujol
instname
PLoS Computational Biology, Vol 16, Iss 5, p e1007772 (2020)

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that still causes more than 1.5 million deaths annually. The World Health Organization estimates that around 30% of the world's population is latently infected. However, the mechanisms responsible for 10% of

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::0421ea719ed944c181c8913605ed2cd3
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007772