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INTRODUCTION: Remdesivir seems to reduce the risk of hospitalization and improve clinical outcome in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. OBJECTIVES: To compare the clinical outcome of COVID-19 hospitalized patients treated with remdesivir plus dexamethasone versus dexamethasone alone, according to their vaccination status. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective observational study was carried out in 165 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 from October 2021 to January 2022. Multivariate logistic regression, Kaplan-Meier and the log-rank tests were used to evaluate the event (need for ventilation or death). RESULTS: Patients treated with remdesivir plus dexamethasone (n=87) compared with dexamethasone alone (n=78) showed similar age (60±16, 47-70 vs. 62±37, 51-74 years) and number of comorbidities: 1 (0-2) versus 1.5 (1-3). Among 73 fully vaccinated patients, 42 (47.1%) were in remdesivir plus dexamethasone and 31 (41%) in dexamethasone alone. Patients treated with remdesivir plus dexamethasone needed intensive care less frequently (17.2% vs. 31%; p=0.002), high-flow oxygen (25.3% vs. 50.0%; p=0.002) and non-invasive mechanical ventilation (16.1% vs. 47.4%; p<0.001). Furthermore, they had less complications during hospitalization (31.0% vs. 52.6%; p=0.008), need of antibiotics (32.2% vs. 59%; p=0.001) and radiologic worsening (21.8% vs. 44.9%; p=0.005). Treatment with remdesivir plus dexamethasone (aHR, 0.26; 95% CI: 0.14-0.48; p<0.001) and vaccination (aHR 0.39; 95% CI: 0.21-0.74) were independent factors associated with lower progression to mechanical ventilation or death. CONCLUSIONS: Remdesivir in combination with dexamethasone and vaccination independently and synergistically protects hospitalized COVID-19 patients requiring oxygen therapy from progression to severe disease or dead.
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COVID-19 , Humanos , Tratamento Farmacológico da COVID-19 , Oxigênio , Vacinação , Dexametasona/uso terapêutico , Antivirais/uso terapêutico , Monofosfato de Adenosina/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
A novel class C ß-lactamase (FOX-8) was isolated from a clinical strain of Escherichia coli. The FOX-8 enzyme possessed a unique substitution (Phe313Leu) compared to FOX-3. Isogenic E. coli strains carrying FOX-8 showed an 8-fold reduction in resistance to ceftazidime relative to FOX-3. In a kinetic analysis, FOX-8 displayed a 33-fold reduction in kcat/Km for ceftazidime compared to FOX-3. In the FOX family of ß-lactamases, the Phe313 residue located in the R2 loop affects ceftazidime hydrolysis and alters the phenotype of E. coli strains carrying this variant.
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Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Ceftazidima/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/enzimologia , beta-Lactamases/metabolismo , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Hidrólise , Mutação , beta-Lactamases/genéticaAssuntos
Abscesso/diagnóstico , Vértebras Cervicais , Vértebras Lombares , Tuberculose da Coluna Vertebral/diagnóstico , Abscesso/microbiologia , Adulto , Farmacorresistência Bacteriana Múltipla , Humanos , Masculino , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/efeitos dos fármacos , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolamento & purificação , Tuberculose da Coluna Vertebral/complicações , Tuberculose da Coluna Vertebral/microbiologiaRESUMO
We monitored compliance with hand hygiene (HH) by direct observation in 3 hospitals in Cantabria, Spain before and after implementation of an HH informational campaign, separately analyzing the effect of a training program. We report that training plus an informational campaign doubled the probability of HH, whereas the informational campaign without training decreased adherence, acting as a deleterious factor in HH adherence.