[Emergent pathogens, international surveillance and international health regulations (2005)]. / Les pathogènes émergents, la veille internationale et le Règlement sanitaire international (2005).

In order to address the vitality of the microbial world, to detect emerging infectious diseases, to determine their potential threat to public health, and to establish effective interventions, the World Health Organization (WHO) has developed and coordinates the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) which connects several surveillance networks. Some of these networks are specific to epidemic-prone diseases, such as influenza, dengue, yellow fever or meningitis. Others were especially designed to track unusual events--such as the emergence of SARS--that are naturally-occurring, accidental, or deliberately created (biological weapons, bio-terrorism). Lastly, a special effort is being made at the international level to modernize the International Health Regulations, now obsolete, and to support all the countries in the reinforcement of their outbreak alert and response capacity.

[Contribution of radioguided detection and selective biopsy of the sentinel lymph node to staging in 100 patients with cutaneous melanoma]. / Contribución de la detección radioguiada y biopsia selectiva del Ganglio centinela al estadiaje de 100 pacientes con melanoma cutáneo.

OBJECTIVE: A selective sentinel node (SN) biopsy appears to be an alternative to conventional lymph node dissection for staging patients with cutaneous melanoma. This study has aimed to analyze our experience in the localization of the sentinel node with a probe detector and lymphoscintigraphy and its utility in the staging of this disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 100 patients, 56 female and 44 male, 51.5 31.5 mean age, diagnosed of cutaneous melanoma were studied. The lymphoscintigraphy was performed in all cases to detect the area of lymphatic drainage after peritumoral intradermal administration of 600 uCi of 99mTc-colloidal sulfur, and planar images were acquired every 10 minutes until activity was detected in these areas. Afterwards, the intraoperative localization of the sentinel node with a probe detector was performed and the selective biopsy of the node was sent to the Pathology Department for its histologic study. RESULTS: The lymphoscintigraphy study was positive in 99 of the 100 cases and it was identified intraoperatively in 98 cases. The histologic analysis was negative in 78.9% and positive in 21.1% of the nodes. CONCLUSIONS: Radioisotopic lymphography and intraoperative probe detection are two very useful techniques for locating the sentinel node and staging patients with cutaneous melanoma. Many patients are benefiting from the selective biopsy of the sentinel node because of the decreased post-surgical morbidity and better staging of the cutaneous melanoma.

[Physiological variations of auditory brain-stem evoked potentials]. / Variaciones fisiológicas de los potenciales evocados auditivos del tronco cerebral.

From the beginning brainstem evoked response audiometry (BERA) has become a technique more and more useful in the daily clinic. In order to know the influence that over BERA have the stimulation parameters, record and individuals variables of each patient, we have developed a study over 50 healthy persons of both sex, with standard technical conditions of the studied different parameters. We agree with other authors in the mean latency values and waves amplitudes, except from the polarity in which our findings are different from those of the literature.

[Inner ear diseases of probable autoimmune origin and its response to steroid treatment]. / Patología de oído interno de probable origen autoinmune y su respuesta al tratamiento esteroideo.

Cellular and/or humoral immune reactions may be involved in the development of some cochleovestibular dysfunctions long considered idiopathic. In a clinical study of 98 patients, 82 of them with cochleovestibular disorder, a battery of immunologic studies was used. Thirty-one patients received steroid treatment, of which 19 obtained good results; 5 of these patients had positive serum antibodies.

[Cochlear hemorrhage. Unusual cause of sudden sensorineural deafness]. / Hemorragia coclear. Causa excepcional de sordera súbita sensorineural.

Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) caused by intralabyrinthine hemorrhage is a rare entity usually associated to patients with previous pathological factors, such as blood dyscrasias, anticoagulant therapy and local hemorrhagic pathologies. We report the first-published case of sudden-onset deafness due to cochlear hemorrhage in a patient with no previous pathologies. We describe the history, diagnosis and follow-up of this patient in comparison to others previously published.

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Contribución de la detección radioguiada y biopsia selectiva del Ganglio centinela al estadiaje de 100 pacientes con melanoma cutáneo / Contribution of the radioguided detection and selective biopsy of the sentinel lymph node with staging in 100 patients with cutaneous melanoma

Objetivo: La biopsia selectiva del Ganglio Centinela (GC) se ofrece como una alternativa a la linfadenectomía regional convencional en el estadiaje de pacientes con melanoma cutáneo maligno. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar nuestra experiencia en la localización del GC mediante linfogammagrafía y sonda detectora y su utilidad en el estadiaje del melanoma cutáneo maligno (MCM).Material y Métodos: Se estudiaron 100 pacientes, 56 mujeres y 44 hombres, con edad media de 51,5 ñ 31,5 años, diagnosticados de MCM. En todos los casos se realizó linfografía radioisotópica pre-operatoria para detectar el área ganglionar de drenaje tras administración intradérmica peritumoral de 600 microCi de 99mTc- sulfuro coloidal, adquiriendose imágenes planares cada 10 minutos hasta la localización de actividad en áreas ganglionares de drenaje. Posteriormente se efectuó localización intraoperatoria mediante sonda detectora y biopsia selectiva del GC, enviándose al Servicio de Anatomía Patológica para evaluar infiltración metastásica. Resultados: El estudio linfogammagráfico resultó positivo en 99 de los 100 casos, siendo identificados intraoperatoriamente 98 casos. El análisis anatomopatológico fue negativo en el 78,9 por ciento y positivo en el 21,1 por ciento de los ganglios extraídos. Conclusiones: La linfografía radioisotópica y la detección intraoperatoria son dos técnicas extraordinariamente útiles en la localización del GC y estadiaje del MCM. Son muchos los pacientes que se benefician de la biopsia selectiva radioguiada del GC en ésta patología tumoral, tanto en disminución de la morbilidad de la intervención como en un mejor estadiaje de la enfermedad. (AU)