Prevalencia de parasitosis intestinal en niños de una localidad rural de Paraguay / Annual Reports 1991 / Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitosis in children from a rural twon in Paraguay

The prevalence intestinal of parasitosis was studied in a population of 150 children, which ages ranged from one to fourteen years, from Guazú-Cuá department of Paraguarí, which is an isolated community with very poor sanitary conditions. Feces from all 150 children were examined by the concentration and the Willis methods, and 94 percent of them had parasites (62.7 percent), 74 had only one parasites (78.7 percent) and 20 had two or more parasites (21.3 percent). Giardia lamblia was the most frequent parasite (22.0 percent) followed by Uncinaria (5.3 percent). The most frequent combination was that of Giardia and Uncinaria (5.3 percent). No age or sex preference for the parasites was detected. The high infestation rate suggests the need of improvement of the sanitary conditions and the education of the population

Prevalencia de la infcción con Trypanosoma cruzi en niños de una localidad rural de Paraguay / Annual Reports 1991 / Prevalence of Trypanosoma Cruzi infection in children from a rural town in Paraguay

The prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection was studied in a population of 158 children, which ages ranged from 4 months to thirteen years, from Guazú-Cuá department of Paraguarí, which is an isolated community within the endemic area for Chagas'disease. Twelve out of 158 ( 7.6 percent) children yielded positive results for the detection of anti-T. Cruzi antibodies by Elisa. Three cases (1.9 percent) were recorded in children under 5 years of age. These results reveal a high prevalence, according to the criteria establish by the WHO

Abscesos hepáticos: nuevos métodos de diagnósticos / Liver abscess: new methods of diagnosis

El avance registrado en Medicina para estudios de diagnóstico y tratamiento de los Abscesos Hepáticos es debido principalmente a los métodos de imágenes. Usando técnicas con Tecnecio 99 (Tc-99m), Sulfuro coloide y Galio 67 Citrato (Ga67), como también la Ultrasonografía (US) e ecografía y la Tomografía Computada (TC), permiten hoy día confirmar el diagnóstico de Absceso Hepático, único o múltiples. El presente trabajo trata de demostrar la importância de los diversos métodos y técnicos con sus ventajas y desventajas

La utilidad del Tc 99-IDA en el diagnóstico diferencial de las patologias obstructivas de las vias biliares del neonato / The usefulness of Tc 99-IDA in the differential diagnosis of obstructive pathology of biliary tract of the newborn infant

Son presentados dos casos con un cuadro clínico similar de ictericia, acolia y coluria. También el cuadro laboratorial es similar; en ambos casos se descartaron otras causas de ictericia neonatal, tales como Lues, toxoplasmosis, enfermedad de Chagas, o una enfermedad de inclusión citomegálica, etc. Se utiliza el Tc 99m-IDA mostrando ser eficaz orientador en el diagnóstico diferencial en las ictericias obstrutivas, sin desmerecer a los otros métodos auxiliares de diagnóstico