Biomedical subjects

H Briones

Publications and source records attributed to H Briones.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1992

Herpes simplex virus and cytomegalovirus in pregnant Chilean university students.

Virus isolation tests were performed during the first, second, and third trimesters of pregnancy on a group of 163 students who received prenatal care at the University of Chile's Student Medical and Dental Service to determine the possible existence of genital herpes or cytomegalovirus infections. Vaginal secretion samples tested for herpes simplex virus (HSV) and urine samples tested for cytomegalovirus (CMV) were inoculated onto cell cultures and examined by immunofluorescent procedures using monoclonal antibodies. HSV was detected in five subjects, only one of whom had herpetic lesions, and was identified as type 2 in all cases. Cytomegalovirus was detected in seven subjects.

Adult↗

PubMed1991

[Herpes simplex virus and cytomegalovirus in pregnant Chilean university students].

Virus isolation tests were performed on a group of 163 students who received prenatal care at the Student Medical and Dental Service at the University of Chile (Santiago) during the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd trimesters of pregnancy to determine the possible existence of genital herpes infection (isolation from vaginal secretions) or cytomegalovirus infection (isolation from urine). The samples were inoculated on cell cultures and were then studied using immunofluorescence with monoclonal antibodies. The herpes simplex virus (HSV) was detected in the vaginal secretions of 5 pregnant women, only one of whom had herpes lesions; in all these cases, the virus isolated was HSV type 2. Cytomegalovirus was detected in 7 of the pregnant women.

Chile↗

PubMed1991

[Characteristics of herpes genitalis in university women].

We analyzed 33 patients with herpes genitalis diagnosed at a student medical outpatient facility. 42% corresponded to a first herpetic infection. The HSV-1 was present in 43% of cases, the HSV-2 in the rest. Recurrence of infection was present in 39.5% of patients, 70% of them due to HSV-2. There was a relatively high rate of asymptomatic couples who were the source of primary herpetic infection.

Adult↗

PubMed1991

[Intraepithelial squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva, 1972-1989].

We report our experience about intraepithelial squamous carcinoma of the vulva, consisting of 20 cases with clinical and histopathological diagnosis, at the University of Chile Clinical Hospital. Between december 1972 and october 1989. The age of patients was between 30 and 78 years old, median age 57.6 years old. Clinical HPV infection was detected in three cases (15%) 17 patients were submitted to simple total, vulvectomy (94.5%) without operatory mortality. The follow-up was between 3 months and 11 years (mean follow-up 6.5 years). Recurrence was observed in 2 patients (11.1%) of the 18 submitted to treatment.

Adult↗

PubMed1991

Buttock herpes. High risk in pregnancy.

The occurrence of asymptomatic genital excretion of herpes simplex virus in women with clinical buttock herpes was investigated. Inapparent genital viral infection was detected in 21.9% of the population. A history of buttock herpes should be considered when identifying high-risk pregnant women.

Adult↗

PubMed1989

[Verrucous carcinoma of the vulva].

We reported a case of verrucous carcinoma of the vulva, (VCV) presented at an 71 year old caucasian woman, who was admitted to University of Chile Clinical Hospital, December 11, 1987. She had complained of vulvar itching, pain and a tumor at left labium mayor during the last ten years. The tumor was removed, and then a simple vulvectomy with bilateral superficial lymphadenectomy through separate groin incisions was performed. All the 27 inguinal nodes were free of metastasis, and the vulvar skin presented a mixed dystrophy with light atypia (VIN I). She is alive and well one year after surgical treatment.

Aged↗

PubMed1989

[Genital herpes infection in Chilean female university students].

This article reports on the prevalence of genital herpes infection in a sample of 635 female university students who were seen at the Gynecology Center of the University of Chile Student Medical Service. Viral isolation of genital secretions yielded 18 students (2.8%) with positive results, of whom 28% were asymptomatic shedders. Of the positive cases, 61% were clinically classified as recurrent and 39% as first episodes of genital herpes. Fluorescent monoclonal antibody typing of the isolated strains revealed that 72% were herpes simplex type 2 and 28% were type 1. The results confirm the importance of type 2 virus in genital herpes infections. They also point to asymptomatic shedders as a potential source of infection, and show the importance of a history of genital herpes in the identification of this population.

Adult↗

PubMed1989

[Characteristics and role of the gluteal herpes in a female population].

Based on the fact that the gluteal herpes may constitute the clinical expression of the reactivation of a Herpes simplex virus latent at the sacral lymph node, we investigated a group of women who were carriers of gluteal herpetic infection, the characteristics of the infection, the virus type principally associated to it, and its possible relation with the genital herpes. Forty one women with gluteal herpes verified by virologic laboratory were studied. 75.7% of these women had had in addition to this herpetic infection in other places, mainly genital, with an average of 7.2 of recurrent episodes per year, (range: 1 to 18 episodes yearly). 78% of the isolated virus was typified as HSV-2 by the use of monoclonal antibodies. It is stand out the importance of considering the background of gluteal herpes as causative of classification of herpetic high risk.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1988