Browsing by Author "Villar García, Judit"

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  • Calcifediol treatment and COVID-19-related outcomes
    Nogués Solan, Francesc Xavier; Ovejero Crespo, Diana; Pineda-Moncusí, Marta; Bouillon, Roger; Arenas Jiménez, María Dolores; Pascual Santos, Julio; Ribes, Anna; Guerri-Fernandez, Robert; Villar García, Judit; Rial, Abora; Gimenez-Argente, Carme; Cos, Maria Lourdes; Rodriguez-Morera, Jaime; Campodarve, Isabel; Quesada-Gómez, J.M.; García-Giralt, Natalia (Oxford University Press, 2021)
    Context: COVID-19 is a major health problem because of saturation of intensive care units (ICU) and mortality. Vitamin D has emerged as a potential treatment able to reduce the disease severity. Objective: This work aims ...
  • Cerebrospinal fluid and plasma lopinavir concentrations and viral response in virologically suppressed patients switching to lopinavir/ritonavir monotherapy once daily.
    Tiraboschi, Juan M.; Knobel Freud, Hernando; Imaz, Arkaitz; Villar García, Judit; Ferrer, Elena; Saumoy, Maria; González Mena, Alicia; Rozas, Nerea; Vila, Antonia; Niubó, Jordi; Curto, Jordi; Daniel Podzamczer (International Medical Press, 2016)
    BACKGROUND: Lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) monotherapy is used in selected virologically suppressed HIV-infected patients. Some would prefer a once-daily (OD) dose instead of the usual twice-daily dose to favour adherence. ...
  • Clinical features associated with strongyloidiasis in migrants and the potential impact of immunosuppression: a case control study
    Martínez-Pérez, Angela; Soriano-Pérez, Manuel Jesús; Salvador, Fernando; Gomez-Junyent, Joan; Villar García, Judit; Santín, Miguel; Muñoz, Carme; González-Cordón, Ana; Salas-Coronas, Joaquín; Sulleiro, Elena; Somoza, Dolors; Treviño, Begoña; Pecorelli, Rosángela; Llaberia-Marcual, Jaume; Lozano-Serrano, Ana Belén; Quinto, Llorenç; Muñoz, José; Requena-Méndez, Ana; Strong-Semtsi Working Group (MDPI, 2020)
    Strongyloides stercoralis is a widely distributed nematode more frequent in tropical areas and particularly severe in immunosuppressed patients. The aim of this study was to determine factors associated with strongyloidiasis ...
  • Clinical profiles in renal patients with COVID-19
    Arenas Jiménez, María Dolores; Crespo Barrio, Marta; Pérez-Sáez, María José; Collado Nieto, Silvia; Redondo Pachón, María Dolores; Llinàs-Mallol, Laura; Montero, Maria Milagro; Villar García, Judit; Arias Cabrales, Carlos Enrique; Barbosa Puig, Francisco; Buxeda, Anna; Burballa Tàrrega, Carla, 1988-; Sans Atxer, Laia; Vázquez, Susana; Oliveras, Anna; Mir, Marisa; Outón González, Sara; Galceran Herrera, Isabel; Solà Porta, Eulàlia; Sierra Ochoa, Adriana; Barrios Barrera, Clara; Rodriguez García, Eva; Cao Baduell, Higinio (MDPI, 2020)
    The COVID-19 pandemic has led to frequent referrals to the emergency department on suspicion of this infection in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) and kidney transplant (KT) patients. We aimed to describe their clinical ...
  • Comparison of hospitalized COVID-19 and influenza patients requiring supplemental oxygen in a cohort study: clinical impact and resource consumption
    López Montesinos, Inmaculada; Arrieta Aldea, Itziar; Dicastillo, Aitor; Zuccarino, Flavio; Sorli Redó, M. Luisa; Güerri Fernández, Roberto; Arnau-Barrés, Isabel; Milagro Montero, Maria; Siverio-Parès, Ana; Duran Jordà, Xavier, 1974-; Arenas-Miras, María Del Mar; Brasé Arnau, Ariadna; Cañas-Ruano, Esperanza; Castañeda, Silvia; Kamber, Ignacio Domingo; Gómez Junyent, Joan; Pelegrín, Iván; Sánchez Martínez, Francisca; Sendra, Elena; Suaya Leiro, Lucía; Villar García, Judit; Nogués Solan, Francesc X.; Grau Cerrato, Santiago; Knobel Freud, Hernando; Gómez-Zorrilla, Silvia; Horcajada Gallego, Juan Pablo; COVID-MAR Group (Oxford University Press, 2022)
    Background: To compare clinical characteristics, outcomes, and resource consumption of patients with COVID-19 and seasonal influenza requiring supplemental oxygen. Methods: Retrospective cohort study conducted at a ...
  • Could pulmonary low-dose radiation therapy be an alternative treatment for patients with COVID-19 pneumonia? Preliminary results of a multicenter SEOR-GICOR nonrandomized prospective trial (IPACOVID trial)
    Arenas Prat, Meritxell; Algara López, Manuel-Ignacio; Febrer, Gabriel de; Rubio, Carmen; Sanz, Xavier; De La Casa-Lillo, Miguel Ángel; Vasco, Carlos; Marín, Jesús; Fernández-Letón, Pedro; Villar García, Judit; Torres-Royo, Laura; Villares, Paula; Membrive, Ismael; Acosta, Juan Carlos; López-Cano, Manuel; Araguas, Pablo; Quera Jordana, Jaume; Rodríguez-Tomás, F.; Montero, Ángel (Springer, 2021)
    Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of lung low-dose radiation therapy (LD-RT) for pneumonia in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Materials and methods: Inclusion criteria comprised patients with ...
  • COVID-19 in elderly kidney transplant recipients
    Crespo Barrio, Marta; Pérez-Sáez, María José; Redondo Pachón, María Dolores; Llinàs-Mallol, Laura; Montero, Maria Milagro; Villar García, Judit; Arias Cabrales, Carlos Enrique; Burballa Tàrrega, Carla, 1988-; Vázquez, Susana; Mir, Marisa; Sierra Ochoa, Adriana; Collado Nieto, Silvia; Barrios Barrera, Clara; Rodriguez García, Eva; Sans Atxer, Laia; Barbosa Puig, Francisco; Cao Baduell, Higinio; Arenas Jiménez, María Dolores; Güerri Fernández, Roberto; Horcajada Gallego, Juan Pablo; Pascual Santos, Julio (Wiley, 2020)
    The SARS-Cov-2 infection disease (COVID-19) pandemic has posed at risk the kidney transplant (KT) population, particularly the elderly recipients. From March 12 until April 4, 2020, we diagnosed COVID-19 in 16 of our 324 ...
  • COVID-19 in grade 4-5 chronic kidney disease patients
    Collado Nieto, Silvia; Arenas Jiménez, María Dolores; Barbosa Puig, Francisco; Cao Baduell, Higinio; Montero, Maria Milagro; Villar García, Judit; Barrios Barrera, Clara; Rodriguez García, Eva; Sans Atxer, Laia; Sierra Ochoa, Adriana; Pérez-Sáez, María José; Redondo Pachón, María Dolores; Coca, Armando; Maiques LLacer, José María; Güerri Fernández, Roberto; Horcajada Gallego, Juan Pablo; Crespo Barrio, Marta; Pascual Santos, Julio (Karger (S. Karger AG), 2020)
    Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) increases the risk of mortality during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) episodes, and some reports have underlined the high incidence and severity of this infection in dialysis ...
  • Effects of environmental factors on severity and mortality of COVID-19
    Kifer, Domagoj; Villar García, Judit; Posso, Margarita; Horcajada Gallego, Juan Pablo; Castells, Xavier; Pascual, Julio (Pascual Santos); Barrios Barrera, Clara; Lauc, Gordan (Frontiers, 2021)
    Background: Most respiratory viruses show pronounced seasonality, but for SARS-CoV-2, this still needs to be documented. Methods: We examined the disease progression of COVID-19 in 6,914 patients admitted to hospitals in ...
  • Epidemiological characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 cases: mortality inequalities by socio-economic status, Barcelona, Spain, 24 February to 4 May 2020
    Politi, Julieta; Martín Sánchez, Mario; Mercuriali, Lilas; Borras Bermejo, Blanca; López Contreras, Joaquín; Vilella, Anna; Villar García, Judit; COVID-19 Surveillance Working Group of Barcelona; Orcau, Àngels; García de Olalla, Patrícia; Rius, Cristina (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), 2021)
    Background: Population-based studies characterising outcomes of COVID-19 in European settings are limited, and effects of socio-economic status (SES) on outcomes have not been widely investigated. Aim: We describe the ...
  • Epidemiology of infections by HIV, Syphilis, Gonorrhea and Lymphogranuloma Venereum in Barcelona City: a population-based incidence study.
    Martí-Pastor, Marc; Garcia de Olalla, Patricia; Barberà, María Jesús; Manzardo, Christian; Ocaña, Inma; Knobel Freud, Hernando; Gurguí, Mercè; Humet, Victoria; Vall, Martí; Ribera, Esteban; Villar García, Judit; Martin-Ezquerra, Gemma; Sambeat, Maria A.; Marco, Andrés; Vives, Alvaro; Alsina, Mercè; Mir, Josep M.; Caylà i Busqueras, Joan A.; HIV Surveillance Group (BioMed Central, 2015)
    BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine the evolution of HIV infection, gonorrhea, syphilis and lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), and their epidemiological characteristics in Barcelona city. METHODS: Population-based ...
  • Epigenome-wide association study of COVID-19 severity with respiratory failure
    Castro de Moura, Manuel; Villar García, Judit; Horcajada Gallego, Juan Pablo; Esteller, Manel (Elsevier, 2021)
    Background: Patients infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), exhibit a wide spectrum of disease behaviour. Since DNA methylation ...
  • Evaluation of the host immune response assay SeptiCyte RAPID for potential triage of COVID-19 patients
    Montero, Maria Milagro; Hardy-Werbin, Max; Gonzalez-Gallardo, Soledad; Torres, Erica; Rueda, Rebeca; Arenas-Miras, María Del Mar; Arietta-Aldea, Itziar; Castañeda, Silvia; Gómez Junyent, Joan; Gómez-Zorrilla, Silvia; Guerri-Fernandez, Robert; Sánchez-Martínez, Francisca; López Montesinos, Inmaculada; Pelegrín, Iván; Sendra, Elena; Sorlí, Luisa; Villar García, Judit; Bellosillo Paricio, Beatriz; Horcajada Gallego, Juan Pablo (Nature Research, 2023)
    Tools for the evaluation of COVID-19 severity would help clinicians with triage decisions, especially the decision whether to admit to ICU. The aim of this study was to evaluate SeptiCyte RAPID, a host immune response assay ...
  • Evolution of notified sexually transmitted infections in Barcelona during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
    Martin Ezquerra, Gemma; Monreal, P.; Mercuriali, Lilas; Cañas-Ruano, Esperanza; Pujol, Ramón M.; Duran Jordà, Xavier, 1974-; Masferrer Niubò, Magalí; Domingo, Pere; Villar García, Judit; López Contreras, Joaquín; González-Cordón, Ana; Garcia-Olalla, Patricia; Barberà, María Jesús; STI-HIV group of Barcelona (Wiley, 2021)
  • Frequency and severity of potential drug interactions in a cohort of HIV-infected patients Identified through a Multidisciplinary team
    Molas, Ema; Luque Pardos, Sònia; Retamero, A.; Echeverría Esnal, Daniel; Guelar Grinberg, Ana; Montero, Maria Milagro; Güerri Fernández, Roberto; Sorli Redó, M. Luisa; Lerma-Chippirraz, Elisabet; Villar García, Judit; Knobel Freud, Hernando (Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2018)
    OBJECTIVES: Interactions between antiretroviral treatment (ART) and comedications are a concern in HIV-infected patients. This study aimed to determine the frequency and severity of potential drug-drug interactions (PDDIs) ...
  • Gut-Microbiota-Metabolite Axis in Early Renal Function Decline.
    Barrios Barrera, Clara; Beaumont, Michelle; Pallister, Tess; Villar García, Judit; Goodrich, Julia K.; Clark, Andrew; Pascual Santos, Julio; Ley, Ruth E.; Spector, Tim D.; Bell, Jordana T.; Menni, Cristina (Public Library of Science, 2015)
    INTRODUCTION: Several circulating metabolites derived from bacterial protein fermentation have been found to be inversely associated with renal function but the timing and disease severity is unclear. The aim of this study ...
  • High Prevalence of strongyloidiasis in Spain: a hospital-based study
    Requena-Méndez, Ana; Salas-Coronas, Joaquín; Salvador, Fernando; Gomez-Junyent, Joan; Villar García, Judit; Santín, Miguel; Muñoz, Carme; González-Cordón, Ana; Cabezas Fernández, Maria Teresa; Sulleiro, Elena; Arenas-Miras, María Del Mar; Somoza, Dolors; Vazquez-Villegas, Jose; Treviño, Begoña; Rodríguez, Esperanza; Valls, Maria Eugenia; Llaberia-Marcual, Jaume; Subirá, Carme; Muñoz, José (MDPI, 2020)
    Introduction: Strongyloidiasis is a prevailing helminth infection ubiquitous in tropical and subtropical areas, however, seroprevalence data are scarce in migrant populations, particularly for those coming for Asia. Methods: ...
  • Impact of a nosocomial COVID-19 outbreak on a non-COVID-19 nephrology ward during the first wave of the pandemic in Spain
    Montero, Maria Milagro; Hidalgo López, Carlota; López Montesinos, Inmaculada; Sorli Redó, M. Luisa; Barrufet González, Cristina; Villar García, Judit; Güerri Fernández, Roberto; Herranz, Milagros; Crespo Barrio, Marta; Arenas Jiménez, María Dolores; Pascual Santos, Julio; González Juanes, Cristina; Horcajada Gallego, Juan Pablo (MDPI, 2021)
    Introduction: The aim of this study was to analyze a nosocomial coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak that occurred on a polyvalent non-COVID-19 ward at a tertiary care university hospital in Spain during the first ...
  • Impact of probiotic Saccharomyces boulardii on the gut microbiome composition in HIV-treated patients: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial
    Villar García, Judit; Güerri Fernández, Roberto; Moya, Andrés; González Mena, Alicia; Hernández, Juan José; Lerma-Chippirraz, Elisabet; Guelar Grinberg, Ana; Sorli Redó, M. Luisa; Horcajada Gallego, Juan Pablo; Artacho, Alejandro; D´Auria, Giuseppe; Knobel Freud, Hernando (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017)
    Dysbalance in gut microbiota has been linked to increased microbial translocation, leading to chronic inflammation in HIV-patients, even under effective HAART. Moreover, microbial translocation is associated with insufficient ...
  • Isolation of Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus parainfluenzae in urethral exudates from men with acute urethritis: a descriptive study of 52 cases.
    Deza Vargas, Luis Gustavo; Martin-Ezquerra, Gemma; Gómez, Julià; Villar García, Judit; Supervía Caparrós, Augusto; Pujol Vallverdú, Ramon Maria (BMJ Publishing Group, 2015)
    OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinical characteristics and therapeutic outcomes from male patients diagnosed of Haemophilus spp urethritis. METHODS:A chart review of patients who presented to our hospital from January 2013 ...