Cartas al editorRespuesta a la carta al editor en relación al artículo: “Estrategia de uno en uno para mejorar la técnica correcta de higiene de manos”Response to the letter to the editor in relation to the article: "One-on-one strategy to improve the correct hand hygiene technique"Hilda G. Hernández-Orozco1 José L. Castañeda-Narváez2 1Maestra en Ciencias. Adscrita al...
INTRODUCTION: Pantoea agglomerans is a gram-negative bacillus member of the Enterobacteriaceae family, of ubiquitous distribution and in certain circumstances can have a pathogenic behavior in humans, with few cases of neonatal infection not associated with health care described in the literature, none of them reported in Colombia.CASE PRESENTATION:In the following report, we...
Phelan-McDermid syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder, also called 22q13.3 deletion syndrome, resulting in the loss of function of the gene SHANK3. It is characterized by severe neonatal hypotonia, global developmental delay, sever speech delays or absence of language and minor dysmorphic features. 80% of cases are de novo, although their prevalence is unknown, approximately...
INTRODUCTION:Neonatal mortality is defined as the newborn children’s number who die before they reach 28 days of life. Infant mortality rate in Mexico is 41% in the total deaths of under-five children.OBJECTIVE:To determinate the characteristics of neonatal mortality in an institutional hospital.SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A descriptive, retrospective and longitudinal study, of neonate...
We present the case of a female patient with hepatorenal tyrosinemia who presented a severe porphyria-like neurologic crisis four weeks after interrupting nitisinone treatment. The crisis was characterized by vomiting, abdominal pain, irritability, and high blood pressure, with elevation of blood succinylacetone and alpha-fetoprotein. The crisis required hospitalization and...
BACKGROUND:Post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans (PIBO) is a childhood chronic pulmonary disease, sequelae of an acute bronchiolitis during the first months of life. PIBO has been reported at low altitudes and at sea level but there are not follow up reports from altitudes higher than 2,500 m. The aim of this research was the description of the main features and prognosis of...
Secondary bacteremia from dental procedures can produce episodes of infective endocarditis (IE), the implementation of antimicrobial prophylaxis (AP) aims to reduce transient bacteremia reducing the possibility of developing IE. So it is essential to know which antibiotics are of choice and in which cases to administer them or in which situations we can omit them. Currently there...
Pneumomediastinum is the presence of air in the mediastinal space, originated in bronchi, alveoli or esophageal rupture, which runs through the vascular tissue pods and towards the mediastinal space. Pneumomediastinum is classified as spontaneous or traumatic. Secondary pneumomediastinum is considered an unusual entity in children, with very variable incidence. It is associated...
INTRODUCTION:Hand hygiene (HH) is considered the most important strategy to prevent healthcare associated infections. At our institution, a previous survey showed that 93% of hospital staff said they knew the hand's hygiene technique. But active surveillance observations did not reflect these results.OBJECTIVE:Improve appropriate hand hygiene technique through a strategy "one to...
We present the case of a female patient with hepatorenal tyrosinemia who presented a severe porphyria-like neurologic crisis four weeks after interrupting nitisinone treatment. The crisis was characterized by vomiting, abdominal pain, irritability, and high blood pressure, with elevation of blood succinylacetone and alpha-fetoprotein. The crisis required hospitalization and...
BACKGROUND:Post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans (PIBO) is a childhood chronic pulmonary disease, sequelae of an acute bronchiolitis during the first months of life. PIBO has been reported at low altitudes and at sea level but there are not follow up reports from altitudes higher than 2,500 m. The aim of this research was the description of the main features and prognosis of...