Microbiología: Recent submissions
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Creación e implementación de un sistema de gestión de quejas y retroalimentaciones del cliente externo en Makol OCR en el periodo 2023
(2023-07-19)El presente proyecto responde a la necesidad en Makol OCR. S.A. por contar con un sistema de gestión de quejas y retroalimentaciones, que permita a la organización introducir a sus empleados en temas relacionados con calidad ... -
Diseño de un Programa de Aseguramiento de la Calidad Analítica para la Sección de Hematología del Laboratorio Clínico de Pavas, Coopesalud R.L.
(2023-07-19)El Laboratorio Clínico de Pavas, perteneciente a la organización Coopesalud R.L., cuenta desde el año 2010 con un Sistema de Gestión de Calidad (SGC) alineado a la norma INTE/ISO/IEC 17025:2017 y aplicado a métodos de ... -
Plan de mejora de procesos de fase preanalítica en el laboratorio clínico “Clodomiro Picado Twight” del Hospital San Juan de Dios de Costa Rica durante el período diciembre 2022-abril 2023
(2023)Introducción: Los laboratorios clínicos constituyen establecimientos que llevan a cabo análisis a muestras de índole biológico. El procesamiento se encuentra dividido en tres fases: la fase preanalítica, la fase analítica ... -
Brucellosis caused by the wood rat pathogen Brucella neotomae: two case reports
(2017-12-19)Background: Brucellosis is a chronic bacterial disease caused by members of the genus Brucella. Among the classical species stands Brucella neotomae, until now, a pathogen limited to wood rats. However, we have identified two ... -
Diversity of Aerobic Bacteria Isolated from Oral and Cloacal Cavities from Free-Living Snakes Species in Costa Rica Rainforest
(2017-08-20)Costa Rica has a significant number of snakebites per year and bacterial infections are often complications in these animal bites. Hereby, this study aims to identify, characterize, and report the diversity of the bacterial ... -
High Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus at the Largest Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Costa Rica
(2017-08-17)Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a pathogen associated with severe infections in companion animals present in the community, and it is diagnosed in animals admitted to veterinary hospitals. However, ... -
Epidemiology of bovine brucellosis in Costa Rica: Lessons learned from failures in the control of the disease
(2017-08)Brucellosis, caused by Brucella abortus is a major disease of cattle and a zoonosis. In order to estimate the bovine brucellosis prevalence in Costa Rica (CR), a total 765 herds (13078 bovines) from six regions of CR were ... -
Enfermedades causadas por Xylella fastidiosa en Estados Unidos y Costa Rica
(2017)El texto habla sobre Estados Unidos y su historia en relación a las enfermedades causadas por la bacteria Xylella fastidiosa. Se mencionan los primeros registros de estas enfermedades en la década de 1880 y cómo se descubrió ... -
Brucellosis in mammals of Costa Rica: An epidemiological survey
(2017-08-09)Brucellosis has been an endemic disease of cattle and humans in Costa Rica since the beginning of XX century. However, brucellosis in sheep, goats, pigs, water buffaloes, horses and cetaceans, has not been reported in the ... -
Brucella neotomae Infection in Humans, Costa Rica
(2017-06)Several species of Brucella are known to be zoonotic, but B. neotomae infection has been thought to be limited to wood rats. In 2008 and 2011, however, B. neotomae was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of 2 men with ... -
First isolation report of Arcobacter cryaerophilus from a human diarrhea sample in Costa Rica
(2017)Arcobacter cryaerophilus is an emerging enteropathogen and potential zoonotic agent transmitted by food and water. In Costa Rica, this bacterium has not been associated with cases of human gastroenteritis, even though it ... -
Exudados y trasudados en el laboratorio clínico: propuesta de un protocolo de análisis
(2023)Introducción: El análisis de líquidos corporales es crucial para el diagnóstico, tratamiento y seguimiento de enfermedades, así como para identificar complicaciones. Estas muestras son valiosas y requieren un manejo ... -
Occurrence of Aliarcobacter spp in fresh and precut vegetables of common use in San José, Costa Rica
(2023)Aliarcobacter is a Gram-negative rod that can cause disease both in animals and human beings. Several studies have evidenced its presence in a wide variety of foods. Given that the number of foodborne illness outbreaks ... -
Clostridium perfringens Phospholipase C, an Archetypal Bacterial Virulence Factor, induces the Formation of Extracellular Traps by Human Neutrophils
(2023)Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are networks of DNA and various microbicidal proteins, released to the extracellular space to kill invading microorganisms and prevent their dissemination. However, a NETs excess is ... -
Multidrug‑Resistant Escherichia coli in Costa Rican Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plants Maintains Horizontal Transfer Capacity of Resistance Determinants in Effluents
(2023-06-13)This study was conducted to evidence the dissemination potential of antibiotic resistance genetic elements in E. coli isolates of Costa Rican domestic wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Few studies have addressed ... -
Patient Safety Indicators in Clinical Laboratories: An Exploratory Survey among Costa Rican Laboratory Professionals
(2021-02-13)Introduction: Patient safety indicators (PSIs) focus on the prevention of complications and minimization of unnecessary patient risk. Using the methodology known as SMART, the most suitable indicators may be selected by ... -
Gene expression analyses of gingival tissue of patients with periodontitis using public transcriptomic data
(2022-11)Abstract—Periodontal disease (PD) is a multifactorial and chronic condition of infection and inflammation of the gingival tissue. However, many of the biological and molecular mechanisms regarding the development of this ... -
Stable production of recombinant SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain in mammalian cells with co-expression of a fluorescent reporter and its validation as antigenic target for COVID-19 serology testing
(2023-01)SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain (RBD) recognizes the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor in host cells that enables infection. Due to its antigenic specificity, RBD production is important for development ... -
Quantification of snake venom proteomes by mass spectrometry-considerations and perspectives.
(2023-05-08)The advent of soft ionization mass spectrometry-based proteomics in the 1990s led to the development of a new dimension in biology that conceptually allows for the integral analysis of whole proteomes. This transition from ... -
Antibodies against a single fraction of Micrurus dumerilii venom neutralize the lethal effect of whole venom
(2023-02-01)The coralsnake Micrurus dumerilii (Elapidae) is reported to cause envenomings of medical importance. Previous studies characterized the protein composition of its venom, with phospholipase A2 (PLA2) proteins the most ...