Browsing by Author "Abarca Villaseca, Katia"

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    Disruption of an antimycobacterial circuit between dendritic and helper T cells in human SPPL2a deficiency
    (2018) Kong, Xiao-Fei; Martínez Barricarte, Rubén; Kennedy, James; Mele, Federico; Lazarov, Tomi; Deenick, Elissa K.; Ma, Cindy S.; Breton, Gaëlle; Lucero, Kimberly B.; Abarca Villaseca, Katia
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    Infecciones asociadas a la atención en salud (IAAS) en pacientes pediátricos post-operados de cardiopatías congénitas
    (2014) Barriga, J.; Cerda, Jaime; Abarca Villaseca, Katia; Ferrés Garrido, Marcela Viviana; Fajuri, P.; Riquelme, M.; Carrillo, D.; Clavería Rodríguez, Cristian
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    Infection by Bartonella henselae in immunocompetent patients: Cat scratch disease
    (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 1996) Abarca Villaseca, Katia; Vial, P. A.; Rivera, M.; Garcia, C.; Oddo, D.; Prado, P.; Ferres, M.
    Background: Cat scratch disease, whose etiologic agent is Bartonella benselae, is a benign disease in immunocompetent subjects, characterized by lymphadenopathy of prolonged course and occasional involvement of other organs such as liver, spleen, central nervous system, eye and lung. In immunocompromised patients, the infection is bacteremic and disseminated. Aims: To report Chilean cases of cat scratch disease. Patients and methods: Ten children (seven male, aged between 6 and 13 years old) with histologically or serologically confirmed cat scratch disease are reported. Results: Lymphadenopathy location was pre auricular in four cases, axillary in two, inguinal in two and epitrochlear in two. Three children had fever over 39 degrees C and two had a Parinaud syndrome. Nine children had a history of cat scratch and one of a cat byte. Six had an erythrocyte sedimentation rate over 40. Lymph node ultrasound examination was a useful diagnostic tool. Two patients had splenic granulomas. Lymph node biopsies were obtained in four cases, showing a suppurative granulomatous lymphadenitis in all and a positive Wartbin-Starry stain in two. Serology, done in patients without histological confirmation was positive with titles ranging from 1:64 to 1:8192. All patients had a satisfactory outcome with regression of lymphadenopathy. Conclusions: Infections by Bartonella hemselae occur in the Chilean population and must be considered in the differential diagnosis of regional lymph node enlargement.
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    Tenencia de mascotas en pacientes inmunocomprometidos: actualización y consideraciones veterinarias y médicas
    (2013) López, Javier; Peña Donati, Anamaría; Pérez Pérez, Regina Elizabeth; Abarca Villaseca, Katia