Aura Lucía Leal

Biographic Data

ID7503008
NAMEAura Lucía Leal
GIVEN NAMESAura Lucía
FAMILY NAMELeal
SIGNATURELEAL A L
AFFILIATIONSInstituto Nacional de Salud
ORCID0000-0003-3063-3821
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
H-INDEX0

  • Mortality among critically ill patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

    Open AccessJuan Sebastián Castillo, Aura Lucía Leal et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2012

    Methicillin resistance per se was not a mortality-independent prognostic factor. Previous conditions, such as age, baseline renal impairment, severe sepsis, and inotropy demand explained the observed mortality. Appropriate antimicrobial therapy remained a protective factor. A call to improve infection control measures in Colombia is mandatory

  • Susceptibilidad a antimicrobianos en aislamientos de Streptococcus pneumoniae invasor en Colombia

    Open AccessAura Lucía Leal, Castañeda ElizabethARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…1999

    A study was done to determine the patterns of susceptibility to antimicrobial agents in isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae that caused invasive disease diagnosed in children under the age of 5 in Colombia between 1994 and 1996, as well as to establish the distribution of the capsular types of the resistant isolates. The analysis was done using 324 isolates obtained during the performance of the National Serotyping Protocol for S. pneumoniae car…

  • Impacto de la resistencia a antimicrobianos y de serotipos de Streptococcus pneumoniae en la mortalidad de niños menores de 5 años con enfermedad invasora

    Open AccessAna Maria Rios, Fernando De La Hoz et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…1999

    Severe pneumonia and meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae have been persistently associated with high mortality rates, despite advances in antimicrobial therapy and the development of vaccines. Resistance to penicillin and other antimicrobial agents is increasing and spreading worldwide. Even though risk factors for development of antimicrobial resistance have been identified, their influence on mortality has not been clarified. With reg…

  • Susceptibilidad antimicrobiana de Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizante de nasofaringe en niños colombianos con neumonía

    Open AccessAura Lucía Leal, Elizabeth CastañedaARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…1997

    Streptococcus pneumoniae es uno de los principales agentes causales de infección respiratoria aguda (IRA) en niños y su resistencia a antibióticos se ha incrementado en todo el mundo. En este estudio se determinaron los patrones de susceptibilidad a antimicrobianos de S. pneumoniae colonizante de las vías respiratorias altas en 272 niños hospitalizados por neumonía en dos hospitales de Santafé de Bogotá. Se aisló S. pneumoniae en 114 pacientes (4…

  • Antibiotic susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizing the nasopharynx of Colombian children with pneumonia

    Open AccessAura Lucía Leal, Elizabeth CastañedaARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…1997

    Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the principal causal agents of acute respiratory infection (ARI) in children, and its resistance to antibiotics has increased worldwide. This study examined the patterns of susceptibility to antibiotics of S. pneumoniae that had colonized the upper respiratory tract of 272 children hospitalized for pneumonia in two hospitals in Santafé de Bogotá. S. pneumoniae was isolated from 114 patients (42%). Diminished sus…