Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to J C Mas Martin.
Three hundred and twenty one patients with multiple myeloma were studied. The most frequent age at presentation was between 60--69 years both in males and females. A predominance in white patients as well as in males in comparison to females was found. These findings are compared with those reported in the reviewed world medical literature.
Three hundred and eighty eight patients from the out-patient service of the "10 de Octubre" Maternal-Infantile Hospital were studied and 126 (32,46%) out of them were infected with Candida genus organisms. Ninety nine (78,57%) patients had C. albicans; 16 (12,69%) patients had C. tropicalis; 9 (7,14%) patients had C. parakrusei; 1 (0,79%) patient had C. krusei; and 1 (0,79%) patient had C. guilliermondi. Leukorrhea predominated in 42% of patients; vaginal pruritus predominated in 22%; and low abdominal pain predominated in 16%. 80% of patients over 50 years had diabetes mellitus. The concurrent flora was as follows: flora 1 in 14,49% of patients; flora II in 2,91%; and flora III in 82,60%. 7,14% of the 126 infected women also had Trichomonas vaginalis.