Las redes de comunicación que la modernidad ha extendido en las últimas décadas, hasta los lugares más alejados del planeta, nos han dado a conocer varias historias de conflictos y desencuentros entre los actores del sistema de salud biomédico y las comunidades locales. Las prácticas tradicionales ...
We elaborated an alternative culture method, which we denominated PKO (initials in tribute of respect to Petroff, Kudoh and Ogawa), for isolating Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputum for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), and to compare its performance with the Swab and Petroff methods. For the ...
Resumo: Na realidade brasileira, os óbitos por tuberculose são, em grande parte, evitáveis por melhoria das condições socioeconômicas e de acesso a serviços de saúde com boa qualidade. Portanto, o nível de mortalidade é um sensível indicador da qualidade de vida e da atenção à saúde de uma...
Abdominal tuberculosis is endemic in most developing countries, and its incidence in western countries has risen because of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The disease can be a diagnostic challenge even for experienced physicians because patients with the disease usually present non specif...
In adults, infectious spondylodiscitis (IS) represents only 2-5% of all osteomyelitis, and experience in its clinical management is limited. We studied retrospectively the clinical presentation, laboratory test, imaging techniques, therapeutic interventions, and outcome of adult IS diagnosed in POVISA ho...
El presente documento de consulta relata de manera clara la historia construida y los sueños desde los albores de la lucha contra la tuberculosis del país, su abordaje en los diferentes periodos para el fortalecimiento del DOTS y DOTS Plus, la importancia de la intervención en Coinfección TB/VIH, las...
Se presenta un paciente de 24 años, VIH negativo, con tuberculosis diseminada (compromiso pulmonar y del sistema nervioso central), quien luego de un mes de tratamiento estandar tetraconjugado, con buena adherencia y tolerancia, presento deterioro de su condicion clinica, con exacerbacion de los sintoma...
HIV infection is the single most important risk factor for tuberculosis. This article ummarizes the epidemiology (with emphasis in Latin America and the Caribbean), as well as the clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in patients infected with HIV. In Latin America and the Caribb...
