Browsing by Author "Espinoza, R"

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    Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a Chilean patient with recent travel in Bolivia
    (1998) Espinoza, R; Vial, P; Noriega, LM; Johnson, A; Nichol, ST; Rollin, PE; Wells, R; Zaki, S; Reynolds, E; Ksiazek, TG
    A case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) was serologically confirmed in a critically ill patient in Santiago, Chile. The patient's clinical course had many similarities to that of other HPS patients in North and South America but was complicated by acute severe renal failure. The patient's history included self-reported urban and probable rural rodent exposure during travel in Bolivia. Comparison of a viral sequence from an acute-phase serum sample with other known hantaviruses showed that the hantavirus nucleic acid sequence from the patient was very similar to a virus recently isolated from rodents associated with HPS cases in Paraguay.
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    Traumatic and nontraumatic perforation of hollow viscera
    (1997) Espinoza, R; Rodriguez, A
    Hollow viscus injuries are usually managed with few complications. However, if their diagnosis is delayed, or if reparative suture closure should fail, the patient is placed at risk of multiple organ failure. This article presents diagnostic approaches, emphasizing imaging modalities, and therapeutic strategies for three clinical scenarios of hollow viscus perforation: 1) acute appendicitis, 2) gastroduodenal peptic ulcer disease, and 3) trauma.