Browsing by Autor "Lorena Soleto"

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Correction to: Genome analysis of Salmonella enterica subsp. diarizonae isolates from invasive human infections reveals enrichment of virulence-related functions in lineage ST1256
(BioMed Central, 2020) Joaquín Giner‐Lamia; Pablo Vinuesa; Laura Betancor; Claudia Silva; Julieta Bisio; Lorena Soleto; José A. Chabalgoity; José L. Puente; Francisco García‐del Portillo; Francisco García-del Portillo
Diarrhoea prevention in Bolivia through point-of-use water treatment and safe storage: a promising new strategy
(Cambridge University Press, 1999) Robert Quick; Linda Venczel; Eric D. Mintz; Lorena Soleto; José Carlos Marchena Aparicio; M. GIRONAZ; Lori Hutwagner; K. D. Greene; Cheryl A. Bopp; Kathleen Maloney
A novel water quality intervention that consists of point-of-use water disinfection, safe storage and community education was field tested in Bolivia. A total of 127 households in two periurban communities were randomized into intervention and control groups, surveyed and the intervention was distributed. Monthly water quality testing and weekly diarrhoea surveillance were conducted. Over a 5-month period, intervention households had 44% fewer diarrhoea episodes than control households (P = 0.002). Infants < 1 year old (P = 0.05) and children 5-14 years old (P = 0.01) in intervention households had significantly less diarrhoea than control children. Campylobacter was less commonly isolated from intervention than control patients (P = 0.02). Stored water in intervention households was less contaminated with Escherichia coli than stored water in control households (P < 0.0001). Intervention households exhibited less E. coli contamination of stored water and less diarrhoea than control households. This promising new strategy may have broad applicability for waterborne disease prevention.
Genome analysis of Salmonella enterica subsp. diarizonae isolates from invasive human infections reveals enrichment of virulence-related functions in lineage ST1256
(BioMed Central, 2019) Joaquín Giner‐Lamia; Pablo Vinuesa; Laura Betancor; Claudia Silva; Julieta Bisio; Lorena Soleto; José A. Chabalgoity; José L. Puente; Francisco García‐del Portillo; Francisco García-del Portillo
Incidence of Surgical-Site Infections and the Validity of the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System Risk Index in a General Surgical Ward in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
(Cambridge University Press, 2003) Lorena Soleto; Marianne Pirard; Marleen Boelaert; Remberto Peredo; Reinerio Vargas; Alberto Gianella; Patrick Van der Stuyft
SSIs cause considerable morbidity in Santa Cruz. Appropriate nosocomial infection surveillance and control should be introduced. The NNIS System risk index did not discriminate between patients at low and high risk for SSI in this hospital setting, but a risk score based on local cutoff points performed substantially better.