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Directly Observed Therapy , Referral and Consultation , Humans , Male , Female , Spain , Middle Aged , Prospective Studies , Adult , Referral and Consultation/statistics & numerical data , Antitubercular Agents/administration & dosage , Tuberculosis/drug therapy , Treatment Failure , Ill-Housed Persons/statistics & numerical data , Follow-Up Studies , Risk Factors , Young Adult , Aged , HIV Infections/drug therapyABSTRACT
Botulism is a severe neuroparalytic disorder that can be potentially life-threatening. In Barcelona, Spain, no outbreaks had been reported in the past 25 years. However, in September 2011, two outbreaks occurred involving two different families. A rare case of Clostridium baratii which produced a neurotoxin F outbreak was detected in five family members who had shared lunch, and several days before that another family was affected by C. botulinum toxin A which was probably present in homemade pâté.
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Botulism/epidemiology , Clostridium/classification , Clostridium/isolation & purification , Disease Outbreaks , Botulinum Toxins/analysis , Family Health , Female , Humans , Male , Spain/epidemiologyABSTRACT
From the beginning of 2007 until the end of 2011, 146 cases of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) were notified to the Barcelona Public Health Agency. Some 49% of them were diagnosed and reported in 2011, mainly in men who have sex with men. Almost half of them, 32 cases, were reported between July and September. This cluster represents the largest since 2004. This article presents the ongoing outbreak of LGV in Barcelona.
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Chlamydia trachomatis/isolation & purification , Homosexuality, Male , Lymphogranuloma Venereum/diagnosis , Lymphogranuloma Venereum/epidemiology , Adult , Communicable Diseases, Emerging/diagnosis , Communicable Diseases, Emerging/epidemiology , Disease Outbreaks , Humans , Lymphogranuloma Venereum/prevention & control , Lymphogranuloma Venereum/transmission , Male , Population Surveillance , Sexual Partners , Spain/epidemiology , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
Esta guía para la elaboración de fórmulas infantiles en polvo es el resultado del trabajo conjunto de varios servicios hospitalarios; adapta la reglamentación nacional y europea vigente, así como las recomendaciones de sociedades científicas y reuniones de expertos internacionales. Está basada en el sistema de evaluación de peligros y puntos de control críticos propuesto por el Codex Alimentarius y pone énfasis en las medidas de comprobación, en los controles microbiológicos del proceso y especifica las medidas correctoras en caso de que no se cumplan los límites propuestos. Es una guía dinámica que cuenta con procedimientos de evaluación que le permiten una adaptación constante (AU)
This guide for the preparation of powdered infant formulae in hospital environments is a collaborative work between several hospital services and is based on national and European regulations, international experts meetings and the recommendations of scientific societies. This guide also uses the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point principles proposed by Codex Alimentarius and emphasises effective verifying measures, microbiological controls of the process and the corrective actions when monitoring indicates that a critical control point is not under control. It is a dynamic guide and specifies the evaluation procedures that allow it to be constantly adapte (AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Infant , Food, Formulated/standards , Infant Food/standards , Breast-Milk Substitutes , Safety Management/standards , Nursing Bottles , Food Handling/standardsABSTRACT
This guide for the preparation of powdered infant formulae in hospital environments is a collaborative work between several hospital services and is based on national and European regulations, international experts meetings and the recommendations of scientific societies. This guide also uses the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point principles proposed by Codex Alimentarius and emphasises effective verifying measures, microbiological controls of the process and the corrective actions when monitoring indicates that a critical control point is not under control. It is a dynamic guide and specifies the evaluation procedures that allow it to be constantly adapted.