| histoplasmosis: a study of 158 cases in venezuela, 2000-2005. | histoplasmosis, a granulomatous disease caused by histoplasma capsulatum, is endemic in venezuela. we conducted the current study to appraise retrospectively the demographic data, clinical features, diagnostic methods, and treatment of patients with histoplasmosis from january 2000 to december 2005. we reviewed the medical records of outpatient cases with a diagnosis of histoplasmosis and considered clinical samples processed at our laboratory. we collected demographic, epidemiologic, and clinic ... | 2008 | 18626302 |
| antimicrobial resistance of pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from surgical infections in a 7-year period at a general hospital in venezuela. | by definition, the term "surgical infection" implies that surgery plays the major role in therapy, whereas antimicrobial chemotherapy is only supplementary. despite this view, the efficacy of such drugs is relevant, and for this reason, drug activity surveillance is necessary, especially for opportunistic and nosocomial pathogens such as pseudomonas aeruginosa. we evaluated bacterial isolates from patients with suspected surgical infections in a hospital of caracas, venezuela (west general hospi ... | 2006 | 16875460 |