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Manel Almela

Researcher at University of Barcelona

Publications -  80
Citations -  4297

Manel Almela is an academic researcher from University of Barcelona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vancomycin & Bacteremia. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 80 publications receiving 3729 citations.

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Influence of Vancomycin Minimum Inhibitory Concentration on the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

Alex Soriano, +9 more
- 15 Jan 2008 - 
TL;DR: Mortality associated with MRSA bacteremia was significantly higher when the empirical antibiotic was inappropriate and when vancomycin was empirically used for treatment of infection with strains with a high vancomYcin MIC (>1 microg/mL).
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Effect of appropriate combination therapy on mortality of patients with bloodstream infections due to carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (INCREMENT): a retrospective cohort study

Belén Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, +93 more
- 01 Jul 2017 - 
TL;DR: Patients with BSIs due to CPE should receive active therapy as soon as they are diagnosed, and monotherapy should be considered for those in the low-mortality-score stratum.
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Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Prognosis of Candida parapsilosis Bloodstream Infections: Case-Control Population-Based Surveillance Study of Patients in Barcelona, Spain, from 2002 to 2003

Benito Almirante, +8 more
- 01 May 2006 - 
TL;DR: Candida parapsilosis was responsible for 23% of all candidemias and was more frequent in neonates, in transplant recipients, and in patients who received parenteral nutrition or previous antifungal therapy, mainly fluconazole.
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Non-HACEK gram-negative bacillus endocarditis.

Susan C. Morpeth, +240 more
- 18 Dec 2007 - 
TL;DR: The ICE-PCS database offers a unique opportunity to evaluate the epidemiology, characteristics, and outcome of endocarditis due to non-HACEK gram-negative bacilli in a large, contemporary, and international cohort of well-characterized patients withendocarditis.
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HACEK infective endocarditis: characteristics and outcomes from a large, multi-national cohort.

Stephen T. Chambers, +22 more
- 17 May 2013 - 
TL;DR: The overall outcome of HE was excellent with the in-hospital mortality significantly better than for non-HE (18%; p<0.001) and the outcome of prosthetic valve and native valve He was excellent whether treated medically or with surgery.