Browsing by Author "Garcia, P"

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    Labor productivity and comparative advantage in mining: The copper industry in Chile
    (ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2001) Garcia, P; Knights, PF; Tilton, JE
    Over the past two decades, the copper industry has enjoyed dramatic increases in labor productivity in both Chile and the United States. Recent research attributes most of the increase in the United States to innovation and technological change, rather than the exploitation of higher quality copper deposits due to the development of new mines and a shift in output from low to high productivity mines.
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    Saccharomyces cerevisiae fungemia after Saccharomyces boulardii treatment in immunocompromised patients
    (LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2003) Riquelme, AJ; Calvo, MA; Guzman, AM; Depix, MS; Garcia, P; Perez, C; Arrese, M; Labarca, JA
    Saccharomyces boulardii is widely used as a probiotic compound. Clinical data suggest that this agent is safe and effective. We report two cases of fungemia caused by S. cerevisiae occurring in immunosuppressed patients treated orally with S. boulardii. Molecular typing confirmed clonality in isolate strains from patients and the S. boulardii capsule. Physicians caring for immunosuppressed patients must be aware of this potential serious complication of probiotic use.