Usage of Urinary Antigen Test for Legionella on diagnosed community-acquired pneumonia in San Antonio hospitals

Purpose. To evaluate the use of the Legionella Urine Antigen Test as a cost effective method for diagnosing Legionnaires’ disease in five San Antonio Hospitals from January 2007 to December 2009. ^ Methods. The data reported by five San Antonio hospitals to the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District during a 3-year retrospective study (January 2007 to December 2009) were evaluated for the frequency of non-specific pneumonia infections, the number of Legionella Urine Antigen Tests performed, and the percentage of positive cases of Legionnaires’ disease diagnosed by the Legionella Urine Antigen Test.^ Results. There were a total of 7,087 cases of non-specific pneumonias reported across the five San Antonio hospitals studied from 2007 to 2009. A total of 5,371 Legionella Urine Antigen Tests were performed from January, 2007 to December, 2009 across the five San Antonio hospitals in the study. A total of 38 positive cases of Legionnaires’ disease were identified by the use of Legionella Urinary Antigen Test from 2007-2009.^ Conclusions. In spite of the limitations of this study in obtaining sufficient relevant data to evaluate the cost effectiveness of Legionella Urinary Antigen Test in diagnosing Legionnaires’ disease, the Legionella Urinary Antigen Test is simple, accurate, faster, as results can be obtained within minutes to hours; and convenient because it can be performed in emergency room department to any patient who presents with the clinical signs or symptoms of pneumonia. Over the long run, it remains to be shown if this test may decrease mortality, lower total medical costs by decreasing the number of broad-spectrum antibiotics prescribed, shorten patient wait time/hospital stay, and decrease the need for unnecessary ancillary testing, and improve overall patient outcomes.^

The prevalence of periodontal disease in Mexican American vs European American elderly in three distinct socio-economic communities in San Antonio, Texas

Purpose of the Study: This study evaluated the prevalence of periodontal disease between Mexican American elderly and European American elderly residing in three socio-economically distinct neighborhoods in San Antonio, Texas. ^ Study Group: Subjects for the original protocol were participants of the Oral Health: San Antonio Longitudinal Study of Aging (OH: SALSA), which began with National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding in 1993 (M.J. Saunders, PI). The cohort in the study was the individuals who had been enrolled in Phases I and III of the San Antonio Heart Study (SAHS). This SAHS/SALSA sample is a community-based probability sample of Mexican American and European American residents from three socio-economically distinct San Antonio neighborhoods: low-income barrio, middle-income transitional, and upper-income suburban. The OH: SALSA cohort was established between July 1993 and May 1998 by sampling two subsets of the San Antonio Heart Study (SAHS) cohort. These subsets included the San Antonio Longitudinal Study of Aging (SALSA) cohort, comprised of the oldest members of the SAHS (age 65+ yrs. old), and a younger set of controls (age 35-64 yrs. old) sampled from the remainder of the SAHS cohort. ^ Methods: The study used simple descriptive statistics to describe the sociodemographic characteristics and periodontal disease indicators of the OH: SALSA participants. Means and standard deviations were used to summarize continuous measures. Proportions were used to summarize categorical measures. Simple m x n chi square statistics was used to compare ethnic differences. A multivariable ordered logit regression was used to estimate the prevalence of periodontal disease and test ethnic group and neighborhood differences in the prevalence of periodontal disease. A multivariable model adjustment for socio-economic status (income and education), gender, and age (treated as confounders) was applied. ^ Summary: In the unadjusted and adjusted model, Mexican American elderly demonstrated the greatest prevalence for periodontitis, p < 0.05. Mexican American elderly in barrio neighborhoods demonstrated the greatest prevalence for severe periodontitis, with unadjusted prevalence rates of 31.7%, 22.3%, and 22.4% for Mexican American elderly barrio, transitional, and suburban neighborhoods, respectively. Also, Mexican American elderly had adjusted prevalence rates of 29.4%, 23.7%, and 20.4% for barrio, transitional, and suburban neighborhoods, respectively. ^ Conclusion: This study indicates that the prevalence of periodontal disease is an important oral health issue among the Mexican American elderly. The results suggest that the socioeconomic status of the residential neighborhood increased the risk for severe periodontal disease among the Mexican American elderly when compared to European American elderly. A viable approach to recognizing oral health disparities in our growing population of Mexican American elderly is imperative for the provision of special care programs that will help increase the quality of care in this minority population.^

Historia de la Cooperativa San Antonio Abad de Villamalea (Albacete). (1946-1977) : La cooperativa como plataforma de lucha legal de los comunistas de Villamalea

Descripción basada en: Al-bacit. Revista de Estudios Albacetenses. Núm. 7 (Enero de 1980), pp. 113-148

Obligaciones y preeminencias que tienen los Obreros mayores de la ... Parroquia de San Martin Obispo y San Antonio Abad de ... Valencia

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Plan que se ha formado por los señores comisionados de la ... parroquia de san Martin Obispo y san Antonio Abad de esta ciudad [de Valencia], para hacerse las Obrerias de la misma por contribuyentes

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Nueua y curiosa relacion, en que se da cuenta y declara la tentacion mas fuerte que tuvo en el desierto el glorioso y bienaventurado San Antonio Abad : y como supo librarse de ella : primera [-segunda] parte

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Nueua y curiosa relacion, en que se da cuenta y declara la tentacion mas fuerte que tuvo en el desierto el glorioso y bienaventurado San Antonio Abad : y como supo librarse de ella : segunda parte

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Portentoso milagro que ha obrado Dios, por intercession de San Antonio de Padua, en su Convento de San Francisco de Santiago de Galicia, con veinte religiosos, que se hundieron en una pieza, en que estaban en Conferencias : sucedio dia primero de março de este año 1726

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Nueuo romance, en el qual se da cuenta de los prodigiosos milagros, que ha obrado Dios Nuestro Señor en la ciudad de Lisboa, por intercession del glorioso San Antonio de Padua, y la Virgen de Belen, con un cavallero, y una señora devotos suyos ... : sucedio este año de 1745 : Juan de Lara

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Nueuo y curioso romance, que trata de dos portentosos milagros, que ha obrado el señor san Antonio de Padua con un devoto, y una devota, llamado el cavallero D. Francisco de Hermosilla, y Valdepeñas, y la señora doña Thomasa de Castilla, y Cerezuela ... : declarese como el cavallero fue cautivo, y alla renego, y se caso con una turca ... : primera [-segunda] parte

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Nueuo y curioso romance de un portentoso milagro, que ha obrado Maria Santisima del Carmen, y el glorioso Señor San Antonio de Padua con dos devotos suyos, llamados don Juan de Torres Cabrera, y doña Maria Teresa, sacandolos de cautiverio : sucedio a 30 de abril de este presente año : primera [-segunda] parte

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El cautivo de Leon : nueua relacion, y curioso romance, en que se da cuenta, y declara un maravilloso prodigio que obraron Maria Santisima del Carmen y el bendito San Antonio de Padua, con dos devotos suyos ... que haviendolos cautivado, fueron libres por la intercesion de esta Divina Señora ... : primera [-segunda] parte

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El cautivo de Leon : nueuo, y curioso romance, en que se prosiguen los maravillosos prodigios que obraron Maria Santisima del Carmen, y San Antonio de Padua, con estos dos devotos suyos : segunda parte

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