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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in patients with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: association with respiratory infection

Clinics; 72 (12), 2017
OBJECTIVES: To determine the possible association of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) levels with disease activity and respiratory infection in granulomatosis with polyangiitis patients during two different periods: winter/spring and summer/autumn. METHODS: Thirty-two granulomatosis with polyangiitis p...

Edad y nivel educativo asociados al conocimiento sobre signos de alarma para infecciones respiratorias en madres adolescentes

INTRODUCCIÓN: La identificación de señales de alarma durante la Infección Respiratoria Aguda (IRA), es fundamental para disminuir el impacto de la enfermedad y la mortalidad asociada. El objetivo del estudio fue estimar la relación entre la edad y el nivel educativo al conocimiento sobre signos de a...

Enfermedad de Morquio en un niño
Morquio disease in a child

Medisan; 21 (11), 2017
Se presenta el caso clínico de un niño de 8 años de edad, con antecedentes de infecciones respiratorias repetidas, atendido en el centro de salud de Archidona hacía 4 años, y desde aquí fue remitido hacia el hospital de la ciudad de Tena, donde le indicaron algunos exámenes complementarios que no ...

A relação das variáveis climáticas na prevalência de infecção respiratória aguda em crianças menores de dois anos em Rondonópolis-MT, Brasil

Resumo Estima-se que aproximadamente 30% das doenças infantis possam ser atribuídas a fatores ambientais e 40% acometem crianças com idade inferior a cinco anos, representando cerca de 10% da população mundial. Esta pesquisa objetivou analisar a relação das variáveis climáticas na prevalência d...

Rehabilitación respiratoria en niños y adolescentes con bronquiolitis obliterante post infecciosa

Post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans (PIBO) is a lung disease characterized by chronic airflow limitation associated with small airway fibrosis and obliteration, caused by viral infection in the first years of life. According to the current clinical guidelines in our country, the bases of its treatme...

Individual and climate factors associated with acute respiratory infection in Colombian children

The objective of this study was to examine the association between acute respiratory infection recall (ARI-recall) and individual and environmental factors such as climate, precipitation, and altitude above sea level in Colombian children. A secondary analysis of 11,483 Colombian children, whose mothers ...

Caracterización molecular de bacterias patógenas de las vías respiratorias de pacientes peruanos con fibrosis quística

RESUMEN Objetivos. Caracterizar a nivel molecular las bacterias patógenas de las vías respiratorias de pacientes peruanos con fibrosis quística (FQ). Materiales y métodos. Se caracterizaron las comunidades bacterianas cultivables a partir de muestras de esputo de pacientes pediátricos y adultos ...

Identification of Human Bocavirus type 4 in a child asymptomatic for respiratory tract infection and acute gastroenteritis - Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

Braz. j. infect. dis; 21 (4), 2017
Abstract Human Bocavirus (HBoV) has been identified from feces and respiratory samples from cases of both acute gastroenteritis and respiratory illness as well as in asymptomatic individuals. The aim of this study was to detect and characterize HBoV from fecal samples collected from hospitalized children...