Encefalitis por Virus Herpes Simplex con PCR persistentemente positivo en líquido cefalorraquídeo. A propósito de un caso neonatal

RESUMEN Las infecciones por herpes virus en la etapa neonatal pueden causar una alta morbimortalidad. La persistencia del virus, a pesar del tratamiento de primera línea, puede llevar a consecuencias devastadoras para el paciente. Presentamos el caso de un paciente neonato con persistencia de Virus Herpes Simplex en LCR, en el cual fue necesario iniciar foscarnet para contener la infección.

ABSTRACT Herpes virus infections in the neonatal stage can cause high morbidity and mortality. The persistence of the virus, despite first-line treatment, can lead to devastating consequences for the patient. We present the case of a neonatal patient with persistence of Herpes Simplex Virus in the CSF, in whic foscarnet treatment was required to contain the infection.

Evaluating the Effect of QIIME Balanced Default Parameters on Metataxonomic Analysis Workflows With a Mock Community.

Metataxonomic analysis represents a fast and cost-effective approach for acquiring informative insight into the composition of the microbiome of samples with variable diversity, such as wine samples. Nevertheless, it comprises a vast amount of laboratory procedures and bioinformatic frameworks each one associated with an inherent variability of protocols and algorithms, respectively. As a solution to the bioinformatic maze, QIIME bioinformatic framework has incorporated benchmarked, and balanced parameters as default parameters. In the current study, metataxonomic analysis of two types of mock community standards with the same microbial composition has been performed for evaluating the effectivess of QIIME balanced default parameters on a variety of aspects related to different laboratory and bioinformatic workflows. These aspects concern NGS platforms, PCR protocols, bioinformatic pipelines, and taxonomic classification algorithms. Several qualitative performance expectations have been the outcome of the analysis, rendering the mock community a useful evaluation tool.

Microbiome dynamics during spontaneous fermentations of sound grapes in comparison with sour rot and Botrytis infected grapes.

The main losses in viticulture around the world are normally associated with rotten grapes affecting both the chemical composition and the grape microbiota that later might affect the alcoholic fermentation. We analyzed the population in musts obtained from sour rotten, botrytized and healthy Macabeo grapes and the population dynamics during the spontaneous alcoholic fermentation by culture dependent and various culture independent methods including, for the first time, qPCR and massive sequencing. Grape health state affected the fermentation kinetics and also the microbial diversity and composition. Unexpectedly, the fermentation proceeded the fastest in the rotten must followed by the healthy and the botrytized grapes. As in previous studies, plate cell counts and qPCR results confirmed the increase in the number of both bacteria and fungi in the musts from damaged grapes. Massive sequencing detected higher biodiversity than the other techniques at each stage, with Saccharomyces and Oenococcus found already in the grape must. Hanseniaspora osmophila replaced to Hanseniaspora uvarum as the predominant yeast during the mid-fermentation stage for both damaged grapes. Furthermore, musts and beginning of fermentation from rotten and botrytized grapes consistently had a higher presence of the fungi Zygosaccharomyces, Penicillium and Aspergillus while high abundance of Botrytis were observed just for botrytized grapes. As expected, the acetic acid bacteria number increased in musts from rotten and botrytized grapes, mostly due to changes in proportion of the genus Gluconoacetobacter which remained more abundant during damaged grapes fermentation than during healthy ones. Interestingly, the presence of Oenococcus oeni at the end of the alcoholic fermentation was strongly affected by the health status of the grapes.

Bacterial diversity of Grenache and Carignan grape surface from different vineyards at Priorat wine region (Catalonia, Spain).

Epiphytic bacteria on grape berries play a critical role in grape health and quality, which decisively influence the winemaking process. Despite their importance, the bacteria related with grape berry surface remain understudied and most previous work has been based on culture-dependent methods, which offer a limited view of the actual diversity. Herein, we used high-throughput sequencing to investigate the bacterial diversity on the surface from two grape varieties, Grenache and Carignan, and compared them across five vineyards included within the Priorat region (Spain). We could detect up to 14 bacterial phyla with Firmicutes (37.6% Bacillales and 14% Lactobacillales), Proteobacteria (16.8% Pseudomonadales and 11.6% Enterobacteriales) and Actinobacteria (3.4% Actinomycetales) being the most abundant. Bacterial community was different at each vineyard being grape varietal, geographical situation and orientation related with changes in bacterial populations. The most abundant bacterial taxa and those driving differences between the vineyards and grape varietals were identified. This study indicates that bacterial community heterogeneities can be influenced by geographic factors like orientation.

Recent trends in ionic liquid (IL) tolerant enzymes and microorganisms for biomass conversion.

Second generation biofuel production depends on lignocellulosic (LC) biomass transformation into simple sugars and their subsequent fermentation into alcohols. However, the main obstacle in this process is the efficient breakdown of the recalcitrant cellulose to sugar monomers. Hence, efficient feedstock pretreatment and hydrolysis are necessary to produce a cost effective biofuel. Recently, ionic liquids (ILs) have been recognized as a promising solvent able to dissolve different biomass feedstocks, providing higher sugar yields. However, most of the hydrolytic enzymes and microorganisms are inactivated, completely or partially, in the presence of even low concentrations of IL, making necessary the discovery of novel hydrolytic enzymes and fermentative microorganisms that are tolerant to ILs. In this review, the current state and the challenges of using ILs as a pretreatment of LC biomass was evaluated, underlining the advances in the discovery and identification of new IL-tolerant enzymes and microorganisms that could improve the bioprocessing of biomass to fuels and chemicals.

In vitro antimicrobial effects of 3 root canal sealers on Actinomyces radicidentis.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the in vitro antimicrobial effects of 3 endodontic sealers--AH Plus, Sealapex, and Tubli-Seal--on Actinomyces radicidentis, a bacterial species commonly found in root canals. METHODS: Prior to the experimental procedures, bacterial identification tests, such as Gram staining, catalase, and API 20A, were performed, and the bacteria were identified as A. radicidentis. The agar diffusion susceptibility test was performed to determine the areas of bacterial growth inhibition and, consequently, the microbial resistance of the 3 sealers against A. radicidentis. Chlorhexidine was used as a positive control, and saline solution was used as a negative control. RESULTS: Tubli-Seal cement had an average diameter of inhibition zones in the 3 panels of 22.73 mm, that of AH Plus was 17.13 mm, and that of Sealapex, 11.99 mm. A one-way ANOVA test showed that there were significant differences between the 3 cements (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Tubli-Seal showed the highest levels of antimicrobial activity, which was followed by AH Plus with the next highest levels and, finally, Sealapex with the lowest levels of antimicrobial activity.

Feasibility of sunflower oil cake degradation with three different anaerobic consortia.

Sunflower oil cake (SuOC) is the solid by-product from the sunflower oil extraction process and an important pollutant waste because of its high organic content. For the anaerobic digestion of SuOC three different industrial reactors were compared as inoculum sources. This was done using a biochemical methane production (BMP) test. Inoculum I was a granular biomass from an industrial reactor treating soft-drink wastewaters. Inoculum II was a flocculent biomass from a full-scale reactor treating biosolids generated in an urban wastewater treatment plant. Inoculum III was a granular biomass from an industrial reactor treating brewery wastes. The highest kinetic constant for methane production was achieved using inoculum II. The inoculum sources were analyzed through PCR amplification of 16S rRNA genes and fingerprinting before (t = 0) and after the BMP test (t = 12 days). No significant differences were found in the bacterial community fingerprints between the beginning and the end of the experiments. The bacterial and archaeal communities of inoculum II were further analyzed. The main bacteria found in this inoculum belong to Alphaproteobacteria and Chloroflexi. Of the Archaea detected, Methanomicrobiales and Methanosarcinales made up practically the whole archaeal community. The results showed the importance of selecting an appropriate inoculum in short term processes due to the fact that the major microbial constituents in the initial consortia remained stable throughout anaerobic digestion.

[Odontology in Spain: towards the integration to the European high education space]. / La Odontología en España: Hacia la Integración en el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior.

The European Higher Education Space (EHES) is a project to harmonize all the European University systems in order that all of them will posses a homogeneous structure of undergraduate, graduate and post graduate studies. The time period established to implement this project is year 2010. The present paper describes the establishment of a new career degree model in Spain, the degree in Dentistry that started twenty years ago. Also it has been stated the number of the present Departments and Schools, the access system to Public University Schools of Spain, the evaluation system, and which are the new mechanisms incorporated in the Spanish University system to implement this integration to the EHEE. This is the moment to design the new master guidelines to obtain homogeneous career degrees that may imply more accessibility and mobility of students and professionals.

Carcinoma mucoepideermoide nasal y de antro maxilar y su recuperación orbitaria / Nasal mucoepidermoid carcinoma and maxilar sinus and orbital repercussion

Dentro del grupo de los tumores malignos epiteliales de las fosas nasales y antro maxilar, el carcinoma mucoepidermoide es el más raro. La participación orbitaria es frecuente y se ilustra con dos casos, uno con participación de la cavidad nasal y antro maxilar y el otro exclusivamente del antro maxilar. Las manifestaciones clínicas dependen de las alteraciones mecánicas musculares y la proptosis; las más frecuentes son: exoftalmo no reductible, disminución de la capacidad visual hasta llegar a la ceguera y deformación facial. La tomografía y resonancia nuclear magnética son muy útiles en el diagnóstico y pronóstico. El pronóstico es malo tanto para la función como para la vida. El tratamiento es eminenetemente quirúrgico, la radioterapia y quimioterapia son paliativos y con severas complicaciones deletéreas