Revista clínica española
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Mollaret meningitis is a rare disease characterized by recurrent and self-limited episodes of aseptic meningitis. It is considered a disease with benign etiology and it has been related to viral infections: Epstein-Barr virus and herpes simplex virus (HSV), type 2 most frequently. ⋯ In this article a case of Mollaret meningitis related to type 1 HSV is described. The interest is the demonstration of the herpes simplex virus type 1 within the cytoplasm of the Mollaret cells with a immunohistochemical technique (ABC-peroxidase method) using monoclonal antibodies anti HSV-1 in order to support the diagnosis, being this the first case described in the literature.
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Revista clínica española · Aug 2004
Comparative Study[Relationship between cholesterol and fibrinogen in two populations of different geographical location of Catalonia].
Verification of the following in two different geographical location populations (seashore and mountain) with cardiovascular symptomatology: 1) the prevalence of hyperfibrinogenemia and possible correlation with cholesterolemia; 2) the differences between both populations in the profiles of these parameters. ⋯ Predominance of patients with high FBG and normal CLT (group 2) in the mountain cohort, in contrast with a higher prevalence of normal FBG and high CLT (group 3) in the seashore cohort. In participants with normal levels or with high risk the variations of the FBG were not dependent nor related to those of CLT.
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Revista clínica española · Jul 2004
Comparative Study[The internist's role in the medical evaluation of surgical patients].
To describe the characteristics of the consultations carried out by surgical services to an Internal Medicine service and to determine what factors influence the prognosis of these patients. ⋯ The interconsultations of the surgical services to an Internal Medicine service imply an important workload. The patients are complex from the medical standpoint. The average hospital stay and mortality of these patients are different from that of the patients cared in surgical services.