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BACKGROUND: A pregnant woman rectally or vaginally colonized by group B Streptococcus can infect her newborn. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Prospective, cross-sectional, analytical 24-month study in pregnant women. Women in labor with ≥ 36 weeks of gestation were included. Pregnancy was classified as normal or high-risk. Main risk factors of the pregnant women were analyzed. Rectal and vaginal samples were obtained, placed in Todd-Hewitt broth and subsequently inoculated in 5% sheep blood agar. Identification was carried out by biochemical tests and latex agglutination. RESULTS: 3,347 pregnant women were included. Mean age was 25.6 ± 5.3 years, 95.5% received antenatal care; 2,213 (66%) had normal-risk pregnancies, and in 1,370 (41%), delivery was by cesarean section. Overall colonization was 4.3% (145/3,347), and it was higher in the 30-34 years age group (6.8%). Serotype I (58%) was the most common. CONCLUSION: The percentage of colonization in this population was low. A routine cervicovaginal and rectal culture program in pregnant women and the intrapartum antimicrobial prophylaxis program are controversial in our region.
ANTECEDENTES: Una mujer embarazada colonizada por estreptococo del grupo B por vía rectal o vaginal puede infectar a su recién nacido. PACIENTES Y MÉTODOS: Estudio prospectivo, transversal y analítico, durante 24 meses, en embarazadas. Se incluyeron aquellas en trabajo de parto con ≥ 36 semanas de gestación. El embarazo se clasificó como normal o de alto riesgo. Se analizaron los principales factores de riesgo de las embarazadas. Se tomaron muestras rectales y vaginales, se colocaron en caldo Todd-Hewitt y posteriormente se inocularon en agar sangre de carnero al 5%. La identificación se realizó mediante pruebas bioquímicas y aglutinación con látex. RESULTADOS: Se incluyeron 3,347 embarazadas, edad media 25.6 ± 5.3 años, 95.5% con control prenatal; 2,213 (66%) embarazo de riesgo normal y 1,370 (41%) obtenidas por cesárea. La colonización global fue del 4.3% (145/3,347), siendo mayor en el grupo de edad de 30 a 34 años (6.8%). El serotipo I (58%) fue el más frecuente. CONCLUSIÓN: El porcentaje de colonización en esta población fue bajo. Un programa sistemático de cultivo cervicovaginal y rectal en mujeres embarazadas y el programa de profilaxis antimicrobiana intraparto son controvertidos en nuestra región.
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Pregnancy Complications, Infectious , Streptococcal Infections , Carrier State , Cesarean Section , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Humans , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/epidemiology , Prospective Studies , Streptococcal Infections/epidemiologyABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to determine that signs and symptoms are tools in establishing diagnosis and severity of preeclampsia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Our study design was prolective, comparative, cross-sectional for evaluation of diagnosis. Our sample included 408 patients. The study employed classification criteria of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. One blinded family physician interrogated and examined each patient. The sample included patients with recent diagnosis and without treatment. Patients with HELLP syndrome, eclampsia, and those in Intensive Care were excluded. Clinical signs evaluated included headache, Phosphenes, acuphenes, tinnitus, vomiting, epigastric pain, right hypochondrium pain, ecchymosis, hematomas,and hyperreactive reflexes. RESULTS: A total of 192 patients without preeclampsia, 63 with mild, and 153 with severe preeclampsia were included. Clinical manifestations were absent in 60, 21 and 8% respectively of patients in each group. Presence of three or more signs or symptoms had sensitivity of 60% (CI95% 53-67), specificity of 84% (CI95% 79-89), and positive likelihood ratio of 3.8 and negative, 0.48. Most usefulness data for diagnosis of preeclampsia are hyperreactive reflexes, phosphenes, acuphenes, right hypochondrium pain, and epigastric pain. CONCLUSIONS: The symptoms and signs taken alone are tools for evaluation of severity but not for detection of preeclampsia. There is necessary to develop new way for it's diagnosis during prenatal care.
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Pre-Eclampsia/diagnosis , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Humans , Pregnancy , Prognosis , Prospective Studies , Severity of Illness IndexABSTRACT
Objetivo: determinar qué síntomas y signos son más útiles para establecer el diagnóstico y la gravedad de la preeclampsia. Material y métodos: estudio analítico, transversal comparativo prolectivo para evaluar una prueba diagnóstica. Muestreo no probabilístico. Tamaño de muestra 408 pacientes. Se usaron los criterios de clasificación del American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Un médico familiar en forma ciega e independiente interrogó y exploró a cada paciente. Se incluyeron pacientes de reciente diagnóstico y sin tratamiento. Se excluyeron pacientes con síndrome Hellp, eclampsia y de terapia intensiva. Se evaluó: cefalea, acúfenos, fosfenos, tinnitus, vómito, dolor epigástrico, dolor en hipocondrio derecho, disuria, polaquiuria y tenesmo vesical, equimosis, hematomas e hiperreflexia Resultados: 192 pacientes sin preeclampsia, 63 con preeclampsia leve y 153 con preeclampsia severa. Fueron asintomáticas 60, 21 y 8% respectivamente. La presencia de 3 ó más síntomas o signos tiene sensibilidad de 60% (IC95% 53-67) especificidad de 84% (IC95% 79-89) cociente de probabilidad positivo de 3.8 y negativo de 0.48. Para evaluar gravedad son útiles hiperreflexia, fosfenos, acúfenos, dolor en hipocondrio derecho o epigastrio Conclusiones: existe una proporción de pacientes preeclámpticas sin manifestaciones clínicas (29%); los síntomas y signos descritos son útiles para evaluar gravedad pero no para diagnóstico de preeclampsia.
Objective: Our aim was to determine that signs and symptoms are tools in establishing diagnosis and severity of preeclampsia. Materials and Methods: Our study design was prolective, comparative, cross-sectional for evaluation of diagnosis. Our sample included 408 patients. The study employed classification criteria of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. One blinded family physician interrogatedandexaminedeach patient. The sample included patients with recent diagnosis and without treatment. Patients with HELLP syndrome, eclampsia, and those in Intensive Care were excluded. Clinical signs evaluated included headache, Phosphenes, acuphenes, tinnitus, vomiting, epigastric pain, right hypochondrium pain, ecchymosis, hematomas, and hyperreactive reflexes. Results: A total of 192 patients without preeclampsia, 63 with mild, and 153 with severe preeclampsia were included. Clinical manifestations were absent in 60,21 and 8% respectively of patients in each group. Presence of three or more signs or symptoms had sensitivity of 60% (CL95% 53-67), specificity of 84% (CL95% 79-89), and positive likelihood ratio of 3.8 and negative, 0.48. Most usefulness data for diagnosis of preeclampsia are hyperreactive reflexes, phosphenes, acuphenes, right hypochondrium pain, and epigastric pain. Conclusions: The symptoms and signs taken alone are tools for evaluation of severity but not for detection of preeclampsia. There is necessary to develop new way for it's diagnosis during prenatal care.
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Female , Humans , Pregnancy , Pre-Eclampsia/diagnosis , Cross-Sectional Studies , Prognosis , Prospective Studies , Severity of Illness IndexABSTRACT
Con el objeto de valorar la modificación potencial del perfil epidemiol+ogico de la frontera sur de México, debido a la migración de refugiados guatemaltecos, se realizó en el estado de Chiapas un estudio de prevalencia de enfermedades transmisibles en noviembre de 1983. Se efectuó interrogatorio intencionado y exploración física detallada a 957 individuos de ocho campamentos de refugiados y a 716 personas de tres comunidades rurales mexicanas. De 1072 enfermedades infecciosas diagnosticadas, 794 (0.8 infecciones por persona) correspondieron a las comunidades de refugiadow guatemaltecos, mientras que sólo 278 (0.4 infecciones por individuo) fueron detectadas en personas de las comunidades mexicanas (p menor 0.0001). Se encontró en ambos grupos una tasa elevada de infecciones respiratorias agudas y de padecimientos transmitidos por contacto directo: conjuntivitis, pediculosis, escabiasis y piodermitis. Aunque las enfermedades que presentaron ambos grupos fueron en general las mismas, destacaron entre los mexicanos la escabiasis y entre los guatemaltecos la pediculosis y la enteritis. Consideramos que el perfil epidemiológico de ambos grupos estudiados es similar y que deben de incrementarse las acciones tendientes a evitar el hacinamiento e intensificar las medidas educativas de higiene personal
