Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina)
Dec 21, 2017
BACKGROUND: Chlorpyrifos is an highly toxic pesticide, which can induce immunotoxicity with deleterious effects on health worldwide. On the other hand, American plants can provide derivatives with protective and immunostimulating activity. Thus, plan...
Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina)
Dec 21, 2017
Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) cause severe infections in newborns under three months. Meningitis, pneumonia and sepsis are the main infectious diseases in these children. These infections are among the most serious that an individual can suffer in h...
Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina)
Sep 8, 2017
The determination of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is critical for the selection of potential kidney donors. Methods of measurement of GFR are impractical and complex, which led to development of equations to estimate GFR. Objective: To evalua...
Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina)
Jan 1, 2016
Bacteremia is an important cause of morbimortality. This study describes the episodes of communityacquired bacteremia in adult patients registered at our hospital. Between January 2005 and December 2013, 645 episodes were studied. A total of 51% of p...