… Apart from this intrinsic resistance, P. aeruginosa possess an extraordinary ability to … The
progressive increase in resistance rates in P. aeruginosa has led to the emergence of strains …

Between October 2001 and August 2002, 30 hospital patients became infected or colonised
by a multi-resistant (including to carbapenems) epidemic strain of Acinetobacter baumannii (…

… Stepwise logistic regression analysis was performed including variables with a P value ≤0.1
in the univariate analysis. All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS software version …

… 24.1%, p = .005), patients with native valve involvement (71.9% vs. 44.8%, p = .032) and
in … 93.1%, p = .012. Anecdotical cases of patients that survived without surgery are found in …

… All statistical tests were two tailed and the threshold of statistical significance was P<0.05.
Odds ratios were calculated for variables with statistically significant differences. Exploratory …

The number of elderly patients in the community with immunosuppressive conditions has
increased progressively over recent decades. We sought to determine the incidence, causative …

The incidence of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) increases with age and is associated
with an elevated morbimortality due to the physiological changes associated with aging …

We performed a clinical study of pneumococcal endocarditis (PE) in adults at 15 major Spanish
hospitals during a 21-year period (1978–1998). During this time, 63 patients had PE due …

Purpose The aim of this study was to analyse the characteristics of patients with IE in three
groups of age and to assess the ability of age and the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) to …

Recurrence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has major consequences for both patients
and the health system. The ability to predict which patients are at increased risk of recurrent …