S L Vargas
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Vargas S, Ponce C, Bustamante R, Calderon E, Nevez G, de Armas Y, et al.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
. 2017 Jun;
36(10):1711-1716.
PMID: 28584896
To understand the epidemiological significance of Pneumocystis detection in a lung tissue sample of non-immunosuppressed individuals, we examined sampling procedures, laboratory methodology, and patient characteristics of autopsy series reported in...
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Chabe M, Vargas S, Eyzaguirre I, Aliouat E, Follet-Dumoulin A, Creusy C, et al.
Microbiology (Reading)
. 2004 May;
150(Pt 5):1167-1172.
PMID: 15133076
Previous studies have provided histological evidence of an association between primary Pneumocystis infection and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The aim of this work was to determine the species of...
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Apt W, Arribada A, Zulantay I, Sanchez G, Vargas S, Rodriguez J
Ann Trop Med Parasitol
. 2003 Mar;
97(1):23-9.
PMID: 12662419
Several drugs are now known to have useful activity against Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of human American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease). However, the long-term effects of chemotherapy on the electrocardiographic...
4.
Ambrose H, Ponce C, Wakefield A, Miller R, Vargas S
Clin Infect Dis
. 2001 Sep;
33(9):e100-2.
PMID: 11568852
Pneumocystis f. sp. hominis causes pneumonia in immunocompromised persons. In order to determine the types and distribution of P. carinii organisms within a single human lung, multiple samples were obtained...
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Identification of Pneumocystis carinii in the lungs of infants dying of sudden infant death syndrome
Morgan D, Vargas S, Reyes-Mugica M, Walterspiel J, Carver W, Gigliotti F
Pediatr Infect Dis J
. 2001 Apr;
20(3):306-9.
PMID: 11303835
Background: Recently Pneumocystis carinii has been identified in a significant number of infants diagnosed as having died from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in South America and Europe. Methods: We...
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Vargas S, Hughes W, Santolaya M, Ulloa A, Ponce C, CABRERA C, et al.
Clin Infect Dis
. 2001 Mar;
32(6):855-61.
PMID: 11247708
To determine whether Pneumocystis carinii is associated with clinical illness in the competent host, 107 normal, healthy infants were enrolled in a 2-year prospective cohort study in Chile. P. carinii...
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McCullers J, Vargas S, Flynn P, Razzouk B, Shenep J
Clin Infect Dis
. 2000 Sep;
31(2):451-7.
PMID: 10987704
Candidal meningitis is a rare disease that is seen most frequently in neonates, neurosurgical patients, and the immunocompromised host. We describe a series of 12 children with cancer (all of...
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Garcia C, Delpiano L, Prado F, Ponce C, Amaya M, Vargas S
Rev Med Chil
. 2000 Aug;
128(4):425-9.
PMID: 10962861
A few reports in the medical literature suggest an association between Pneumocystis caring and apnea in small infants. This patient, a 1 month 20 days old, HIV negative, infant girl...
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Vargas S, Ponce C, Gigliotti F, Ulloa A, Prieto S, Munoz M, et al.
J Clin Microbiol
. 2000 Apr;
38(4):1536-8.
PMID: 10747139
The transmission of Pneumocystis carinii from person to person was studied by detecting P. carinii-specific DNA in prospectively obtained noninvasive deep-nasal-swab samples from a child with a documented P. carinii...
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Vargas S, Ponce C, Hughes W, Wakefield A, Weitz J, DONOSO S, et al.
Clin Infect Dis
. 1999 Dec;
29(6):1489-93.
PMID: 10585801
To delineate clinical and histological features of the first Pneumocystis carinii infection affecting the immunocompetent host, P. carinii-specific histological stains were performed on autopsy lung specimens from 534 consecutive pediatric...