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Bacteremia , Moraxella , Child , Humans , Spain/epidemiology , Moraxella catarrhalis , Bacteremia/drug therapy , HospitalsSubject(s)
Agammaglobulinemia/genetics , Genetic Diseases, X-Linked/genetics , Liver Abscess, Pyogenic/immunology , Mutation , Opportunistic Infections/immunology , Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics , Pseudomonas Infections/immunology , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/immunology , Agammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine Kinase , Agammaglobulinemia/diagnosis , Agammaglobulinemia/drug therapy , Agammaglobulinemia/immunology , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use , Candidiasis/drug therapy , Candidiasis/immunology , Candidiasis/microbiology , DNA Mutational Analysis , Genetic Diseases, X-Linked/diagnosis , Genetic Diseases, X-Linked/drug therapy , Genetic Diseases, X-Linked/immunology , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Humans , Immunocompromised Host , Immunoglobulins, Intravenous/therapeutic use , Infant , Liver Abscess, Pyogenic/diagnosis , Liver Abscess, Pyogenic/drug therapy , Liver Abscess, Pyogenic/microbiology , Male , Opportunistic Infections/diagnosis , Opportunistic Infections/drug therapy , Opportunistic Infections/microbiology , Phenotype , Pseudomonas Infections/diagnosis , Pseudomonas Infections/drug therapy , Pseudomonas Infections/microbiology , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/drug effects , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Objetivos: evaluar los conocimientos y actitudes que tienen los padres sobre la fiebre, así como la influencia de los aspectos familiares. Material y métodos: cuestionario distribuido a padres de dos áreas asistenciales con hijos de 1-5 años. Para variables cualitativas se aplicaron pruebas de asociación mediante el test X2; para las variables cuantitativas se aplicó la diferencia de medias mediante la t de Student o análisis de la varianza (ANOVA). Se consideró como valor estadísticamente significativo p < 0,05. Resultados: se analizaron 288 cuestionarios. El 50% de los encuestados tiene dos hijos. Trabaja el 64,5%. En el área urbana son de mayor edad y nivel de estudios (p < 0,001). Un 50,3% considera la fiebre mala, menos los de edad media superior (p < 0,05). El 67,7% utiliza termómetro electrónico. Consideran fiebre una temperatura de 37,7 ºC en axila. Ante la fiebre, el 58,3% utiliza en primer lugar un antitérmico. El 98,2% usa medidas físicas y el 49,3% de ellos piensa que mejoran la fiebre; las usan menos los que trabajan (p < 0,05). Los de estudios superiores quitan ropa y dan líquidos más que los de estudios primarios (p = 0,035). Los antitérmicos más empleados fueron paracetamol e ibuprofeno. Un 64,6% de los encuestados percibe diferencias en cuanto a eficacia. El 85,4% utiliza la dosis indicada por su pediatra y el 21,5%, la que indica la ficha técnica, sobre todo los de estudios superiores frente a los de estudios primarios (p < 0,05). El 67,4% alterna antitérmicos, siempre aconsejados por el pediatra. Conclusiones: globalmente, en la población estudiada existe un buen conocimiento y una actitud adecuada ante la fiebre (AU)
Objective: To assess parental knowledge and attitudes about fever and the influence of social and family aspects. Methods: Questionnaires distributed to parents of children 1-5 years old in two health districts. For qualitative variables association tests with X2 test were applied, and mean differences by Students t-distribution or analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used for quantitative variables. It was considered statistically significant the value of p < 0.05. Results: There were 288 questionnaires analyzed. Fifty percent of respondents have 2 children, and 64.5% work. Older age and higher education levels were found in urban areas (p < 0.001). Fever was considered to be a bad thing by 50.3%, less so those with higher mean age (p < 0.05). Electronic thermometers was used in 67.7%, and 86.2% took armpit temperature considering 37.7 ºC as fever. When faced with fever, 58.3% of parents first use antipyretics. Physical measures are used in the first term by 98.2% and 49.3% think these measures lower the fever; they are used less by those parents who work (p < 0.05). Parents with higher education levels remove the clothing and give liquids more than those with primary education (p = 0.035). Most commonly used antipyretics are acetaminophen and ibuprofen; 64.6% perceived differences in efficiency; 65.4% think that ibuprofen is more effective than acetaminophen. Most parents use the dosage prescribed by the pediatrician (85.4%), and 21.5% use the dosage specified in the leaflet, especially those with higher education levels, compared to parents with primary education (p < 0.05). They sometimes alternate antipyretics (67.4%), always following the advice of their pediatrician. Conclusions: There is an overall good knowledge and attitudes about fever (AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Child , Adult , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Fever/epidemiology , Thermometers , Acetaminophen/therapeutic use , Ibuprofen/therapeutic use , Antipyretics/therapeutic use , Fever/etiology , Fever/therapy , Surveys and Questionnaires , Analysis of Variance , Thermometers/trendsSubject(s)
Ataxia Telangiectasia/diagnosis , Ataxia Telangiectasia/genetics , Comet Assay , DNA Damage , Adult , Ataxia Telangiectasia/pathology , Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins , Cell Cycle Proteins/biosynthesis , Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics , Child , DNA-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis , DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Humans , Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/biosynthesis , Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics , Tumor Suppressor Proteins/biosynthesis , Tumor Suppressor Proteins/geneticsABSTRACT
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Female , Child , Humans , Submandibular Gland/pathology , Cat-Scratch Disease/diagnosis , Diagnosis, DifferentialABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Cell adhesion phenomena are relevant in the immune mechanisms leading to organ damage in various diseases. Patients with alcoholic cirrhosis present with immune alterations that include findings of immunodeficiency and indications of an activated immune response. METHODS: In 37 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis we have determined the expression of surface antigens and adhesion molecules on peripheral lymphocytes and monocytes, serum levels of immunoglobulins, circulating cytokines, namely tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-6, and interleukin-1 beta, serum soluble intercellular adhesion molecule and neopterin. RESULTS: In patients, we found an increased expression of several adhesion molecules ICAM-1, LFA-3 and MAC-1 in lymphocytes, LFA-3 in monocytes and surface activation markers CD71 and DR in lymphocytes, as well as increased concentrations of the serum parameters measured: IgA, IgG, IgM, interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, soluble ICAM-1 and neopterin, in comparison with controls. CONCLUSIONS: The enhancement of the adhesion phenomena in circulating mononuclear cells of patients with cirrhosis correlates to the severity of the disease and is related to other parameters of immune activation.
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Antigens, Surface/blood , Cell Adhesion Molecules/biosynthesis , Leukocytes, Mononuclear/metabolism , Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic/blood , Monocytes/metabolism , Antibody Formation , Biomarkers , Case-Control Studies , Cytokines/blood , Female , Humans , Immunoglobulins/metabolism , Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology , MaleABSTRACT
Abnormal immune function is a well-recognized feature in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis. It may contribute to the pathogenesis of the disease and to the clinical consequences. Nevertheless, a potential role of ethanol to elicit immune disturbances in patients is still unclear. To further examine the immune mechanisms which potentially are involved in alcoholic cirrhosis and the relationship to ethanol, we have determined the expression of surface antigens CD4, CD8, and of adhesion molecules CD25, LFA-1, ICAM-1 and LFA-3 in patients and in response to stimulation with OKT-3, IL-2 and with ethanol in vitro. In addition, we quantified the production of IL-2, TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma by lymphocytes of alcoholic cirrhosis patients compared to controls. Lymphocytes from patients showed increased basal and stimulated expression of CD4, CD25, LFA-1, ICAM-1 and LFA-3 molecules and increased TNF-alpha production in comparison to controls. When lymphocytes from patients were co-cultured with ethanol, the overexpression of activation markers and TNF-alpha production was similar to that obtained with mitogens. In contrast, a predominant suppressive effect of ethanol was observed in lymphocytes from controls. Our study underlines the importance of a chronic state of immune activation in alcoholic cirrhosis. The data further suggest a role of ethanol to stimulate immune response and to be directly involved in the development of disease.
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Cell Adhesion Molecules/metabolism , Cytokines/metabolism , Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic/physiopathology , Lymphocyte Activation/drug effects , Receptors, Interleukin-2/metabolism , T-Lymphocytes/immunology , Cells, Cultured , Ethanol/pharmacology , Female , Humans , Immunophenotyping , Male , Middle Aged , Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/biosynthesisABSTRACT
The existence of a cellular immune deficit in alcoholic cirrhosis, and the alterations described in cytokine synthesis in this disease, led us to compare serum concentrations of tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-1 beta and interleukin-6 in a group of 33 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis (classified according to the Child-Pugh grade of severity of liver disease) and 43 healthy volunteers. Serum concentrations of tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-1 beta and interleukin-6 were significantly raised in alcoholic cirrhosis patients, with no significant differences between patients with liver disease of different grades of severity. The results suggest that cirrhosis involves the activation of the monocyte-macrophage system, which may contribute to the progression of the disease and its clinical manifestations.
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Interleukin-1/blood , Interleukin-6/blood , Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic/blood , Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/analysis , Cytokines/immunology , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Radioimmunoassay , Serum Albumin/analysis , Severity of Illness IndexABSTRACT
We present one case of hereditary bisalbuminuria and bisalbuminemia in a Spanish family with three affected members. The double band of albumin was detected accidentally in an routine analytical study of a patient who showed hyperuricemia, this originated the study of the rest of the members of the family. Protein electrophoresis, in serum as well as in urine, showed a double band of albumin, which as in most published cases corresponded to the slow migration type. With immunoelectrophoresis its immune identity with common albumin was established. The biochemical parameters assessed did not show any alteration which could correlate the protein disorder with any associated pathology.