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    Urinary Tract Infection in HIV/AIDS Patients

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    Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common condition around the world, even affecting immunocompromised hosts such as people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or acquired immuodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Due to the anatomical conditions of the urogenital tract, women are more susceptible to UTI. Risk factors throughout life are determinants in the appearance of UTI. The frequency increases especially in women and is associated with sexual activity and pregnancy. In older adults and the elderly, again the frequency of UTI in both genders increases. In women, it is usually related at anatomical and functional sequelae due to parity and gyneco-obstetric surgeries. In old men, prostatic enlargement is an important concern. Chronic degenerative diseases such as diabetes mellitus with complications explain the high frequency of UTI in this population. Currently, the increase in violence and accidents are the leading cause of traumatic injuries with neurological damage, which leads the use of permanent urinary catheter. In patients infected with HIV/AIDS, the disease can be severe and is associated with more complications. The etiology in this population can be diverse, including fungi, parasites, and virus; antimicrobial resistance is a therapeutic challenge. This chapter is a comprehensive review of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis approach, and current treatment of UTIs in HIV/AIDS patients

    Prevalence, associated factors and outcomes of pressure injuries in adult intensive care unit patients: the DecubICUs study

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    Funder: European Society of Intensive Care Medicine; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100013347Funder: Flemish Society for Critical Care NursesAbstract: Purpose: Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are particularly susceptible to developing pressure injuries. Epidemiologic data is however unavailable. We aimed to provide an international picture of the extent of pressure injuries and factors associated with ICU-acquired pressure injuries in adult ICU patients. Methods: International 1-day point-prevalence study; follow-up for outcome assessment until hospital discharge (maximum 12 weeks). Factors associated with ICU-acquired pressure injury and hospital mortality were assessed by generalised linear mixed-effects regression analysis. Results: Data from 13,254 patients in 1117 ICUs (90 countries) revealed 6747 pressure injuries; 3997 (59.2%) were ICU-acquired. Overall prevalence was 26.6% (95% confidence interval [CI] 25.9–27.3). ICU-acquired prevalence was 16.2% (95% CI 15.6–16.8). Sacrum (37%) and heels (19.5%) were most affected. Factors independently associated with ICU-acquired pressure injuries were older age, male sex, being underweight, emergency surgery, higher Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, Braden score 3 days, comorbidities (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, immunodeficiency), organ support (renal replacement, mechanical ventilation on ICU admission), and being in a low or lower-middle income-economy. Gradually increasing associations with mortality were identified for increasing severity of pressure injury: stage I (odds ratio [OR] 1.5; 95% CI 1.2–1.8), stage II (OR 1.6; 95% CI 1.4–1.9), and stage III or worse (OR 2.8; 95% CI 2.3–3.3). Conclusion: Pressure injuries are common in adult ICU patients. ICU-acquired pressure injuries are associated with mainly intrinsic factors and mortality. Optimal care standards, increased awareness, appropriate resource allocation, and further research into optimal prevention are pivotal to tackle this important patient safety threat

    Incidence of dengue illness in Mexican people aged 6 months to 50 years old: A prospective cohort study conducted in Jalisco.

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    Background and objectivesThe burden of dengue virus (DENV), a mosquito-borne pathogen, remains difficult to assess due to misdiagnosis and underreporting. Moreover, the large proportion of asymptomatic dengue cases impairs comprehensive assessment of its epidemiology even where effective surveillance systems are in place. We conducted a prospective community-based study to assess the incidence of symptomatic dengue cases in Zapopan and neighboring municipalities in the state of Jalisco, Mexico.MethodsHealthy subjects aged 6 months to 50 years living in households located in the Zapopan and neighboring municipalities were enrolled for a 24-month follow-up study (NCT02766088). Serostatus was determined at enrolment and weekly contacts were conducted via phone calls and home visits. Participants had to report any febrile episode lasting for at least two days. Suspected dengue cases were tested by reverse-transcriptase quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), detection of non-structural protein 1 (NS1), anti-DENV immunoglobulin G and M (IgG and IgM) assays.ResultsA total of 350 individuals from 87 households were enrolled. The overall seroprevalence of anti-DENV IgG at enrolment was 19.4% (95% confidence interval [CI] 14.5-25.6) with the highest seroprevalence rate observed in the adult group. Over the 27-month study period from July 2016 to September 2018, a total of 18 suspected dengue cases were reported. Four cases were confirmed by RT-qPCR and serotyped as DENV-1. A fifth case was confirmed by the NS1 assay. The 13 remaining suspected cases were tested negative by these assays. Based on the 5 virologically confirmed cases, symptomatic dengue incidence proportion of 1.4% (95%CI 0.5-3.8) was estimated. No severe cases or hospitalizations occurred during the study.ConclusionCommunity-based active surveillance was shown as efficient to detect symptomatic dengue cases.Clinical trial registrationNCT02766088

    Zika and dengue but not chikungunya are associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome in Mexico: A case-control study.

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    Background Zika, dengue and chikungunya viruses (ZIKV, CHIKV and DENV) are temporally associated with neurological diseases, such as Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Because these three arboviruses coexist in Mexico, the frequency and severity of GBS could theoretically increase. This study aims to determine the association between these arboviruses and GBS in a Mexican population and to establish the clinical characteristics of the patients, including the severity of the infection. A case-control study was conducted (2016/07/01-2018/06/30) in Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (Mexican Social Security Institute) hospitals, using serum and urine samples that were collected to determine exposure to ZIKV, DENV, CHIKV by RT-qPCR and serology (IgM). For the categorical variables analysis, Pearson's χ2 or Fisher exact tests were used, and the Mann-Whitney U test for continuous variables. To determine the association of GBS and viral infection diagnosis through laboratory and symptomatology before admission, we calculated the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) using a 2x2 contingency table. A p-value ≤ 0.05 was considered as significant. Ninety-seven GBS cases and 184 controls were included. The association of GBS with ZIKV acute infection (OR, 8.04; 95% CI, 0.89-73.01, p = 0.047), as well as laboratory evidence of ZIKV infection (OR, 16.45; 95% CI, 2.03-133.56; p = 0.001) or Flavivirus (ZIKV and DENV) infection (OR, 6.35; 95% CI, 1.99-20.28; p = 0.001) was observed. Cases of GBS associated with ZIKV demonstrated a greater impairment of functional status and a higher percentage of mechanical ventilation. According to laboratory results, an association between ZIKV or ZIKV and DENV infection in patients with GBS was found. Cases of GBS associated with ZIKV exhibited a more severe clinical picture. Cases with co-infection were not found

    . 11-12 Año 6 (2017) enero-agosto. CR. Conservación y restauración

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    - Editorial por Manuel Alejandro González Gutiérrez y Magdalena Rojas Vences. -Proyecto de atención del acervo documental de Ixcamilpa de Guerrero por Patricia de la Garza Cabrera, Marie Vander Meeren, Laura Olivia Ibarra Carmona, Nora A. Pérez Castellanos, Carlos Orejel Delgadillo, Silvia Yocelin Pérez Ramírez, Débora Y. Ontiveros Ramírez, Denisse Ochoa Gutiérrez, Hugo Arriaga González y Gerardo Gutiérrez. - Haciendo frente a los embates medioambientales: conservación integral del sitio rupestre Cuevas Pintas,Baja California Sur por Sandra Cruz Flores, Alejandra Bourillón Moreno, Anacaren Morales Ortiz, Rodrigo Ruiz Herrera y María Fernanda López-Armenta. - Estrategia para la accesibilidad e inclusión de las personas con discapacidad a zonas arqueológicas “El pasado es de todos” por Daniela Tovar Ortiz y Luis Antonio Huitrón Santoyo. - Atención a grupos sociales. Sistematización de actividades por Manuel González Gutiérrez y Denisse Ochoa Gutiérrez. - Tañendo campanas: trabajando en equipo. Intervención de las campanas robadas en la capilla de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, Escobedo, Nuevo León por Gabriela Peñuelas Guerrero, Carlos I. Cañete Ibáñez, Claudia Sánchez Gándara, Jannen Contreras Vargas e Ingrid K. Jiménez Cosme. - La apropiación del patrimonio cultural de El Ocote. Una aportación etnográfica para la sostenibilidad por Hugo Arriaga González. - Churubusco. 50 años en la memoria. Una muestra conmemorativa de la conservación en el INAH por Mónica Badillo Leal, Gabriela Gómez Llorente y Mariana Pascual Cáceres. - Los órganos y su conservación en la CNCPC por Norma Cristina Peña Peláez, Sandra María Álvarez Jacinto, José Luis Acevedo Guzmán y Fanny Magaña Nieto. - Conservación de cestería en espiral proveniente de la Cueva de la Candelaria, Torreón, Coahuila: criterios, tratamientos y líneas de investigación por Gloria Martha Sánchez Valenzuela, Miriam Elizabeth Castro Rodríguez y Adriana Reyes García. - Evaluación de recubrimientos de protección para metales. Caso de estudio: Imagen de México, relieve escultórico del Museo Nacional de Antropología. Primera etapa por Aline Moreno Núñez, Arturo A. Egea Salas, Gilda E. Salgado Manzanares, Mauricio B. Jiménez Ramírez, Armando Arciniega Corona y Nora A. Pérez Castellanos. - Patrimonio arqueológico digital. Uso de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación para la divulgación del patrimonio arqueológico por Eduardo Andrés Escalante Carrillo y Luis Antonio Huitrón Santoyo. - El laboratorio de documentación y análisis tridimensional de la CNCPC. Resultados a un año de operación María Fernanda López-Armenta, Gilberto García Quintana y Celedonio Rodríguez Vidal. - La conservación-restauración de los bienes culturales en el Museo Regional de Querétaro: retos y perspectivas por María del Rosario Bravo Aguilar Conocer y reconocer a los actores sociales en la conservación de los bienes patrimoniales por Mitzi Vania García Toribio y Fanny Magaña Nieto. - Foro Anual de Trabajo. Una historia sin historia en el archivo de la CNCPC por Débora Y. Ontiveros Ramírez. - Expediente de incidentes en el tiempo. El Ehécatl-Quetzalcóatl de Coyoacán y cómo su caso puede ser usado para difundir la conservación en museos por Roberto Velasco Alonso. - Conservación en la vida cotidiana por María Bertha Peña Tenorio. - La Mediateca del INAH por Thalía E. Velasco Castelán. - Finaliza CNCPC la recuperación de sillares simulados originales en la bóveda del templo franciscano de Huaquechula, Puebla por Oscar Adrián Gutiérrez Vargas. - San Francisco de Asís en Huejotzingo, Puebla María Eugenia Rivera Pérez. - Investiga INAH factores de deterioro en la pirámide de la Serpiente Emplumada por Oscar Adrián Gutiérrez Vargas. - Lo que querías saber y no te atrevías a preguntar sobre el INAH en El Ocote por Oscar Adrián Gutiérrez Vargas. - Para saber más de El Caballito por Oscar Adrián Gutiérrez Vargas

    Mis casos Clínicos de Odontopediatría y Ortodoncia

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    Libro que conjunta casos en el área de Odontopediatría y OrtodonciaEs para los integrantes de la Red de Investigación en Estomatología (RIE) una enorme alegría presentar el tercer libro del 2021, sobre casos clínicos, revisiones de la literatura e investigaciones. La RIE está integrada por cuerpos académicos de la UAEH, UAEM, UAC y UdeG
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