Publications

[community-acquired pneumonia in patients in 2 hospital populations].	patients hospitalized with community acquired pneumonia were studied prospectively in two hospitals located in the surroundings of buenos aires city. fifty two patients from general hospital manuel belgrano (hmb) were included from march 1998 to february 1999 and 23 patients from hospital dr a. cetrangolo (hcet) for respiratory disease, were included from june 2000 to may 2001. patients with lung tuberculosis, lung neoplasia and hiv infection were excluded. clinical background, signs and symptom ...	2003	12673953
serological evidence of rickettsia and coxiella burnetii in humans of buenos aires, argentina.	in buenos aires city (argentina), the circulation of these agents has been detected mainly in vectors and animals, few human cases having been described. the aim of our study was to determine the seroprevalence of rickettsia (spotted fever--sfg--and typhus--tg--groups) and coxiella burnetii (q fever agent) in residents of buenos aires city. the study involved 99 participants. rickettsia igg antibodies against sfg and tg were detected by ifa in 28.3% and 16.2% of serum samples, respectively. sfg ...	2015	26616661