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Child , Pediatric Emergency Medicine/organization & administration , Alcoholic Intoxication/epidemiology , Alcoholic Intoxication/prevention & control , Hospitalization/trendsSubject(s)
Alcoholic Intoxication/epidemiology , Adolescent , Child , Female , Humans , Male , Retrospective Studies , Spain/epidemiology , Time FactorsABSTRACT
El virus de la hepatitis E (VHE) es endémico en algunos países en vías de desarrollo. Produce cuadros de hepatitis aguda con casos esporádicos o epidemias. La principal vía de transmisión es fecal-oral sobre todo por aguas contaminadas. En países desarrollados cada vez se describen más casos debido fundamentalmente a los movimientos poblacionales (viajeros, inmigrantes, adopciones internacionales) aunque también han aumentado los casos autóctonos. Actualmente disponemos de técnicas serológicas y moleculares para el diagnóstico de la infección. Describimos la experiencia diagnóstica de la infección por VHE en una Unidad de Patología Infecciosa y Tropical Pediátrica de Madrid(AU)
The hepatitis E virus (HEV) is endemic in some developing countries. It produces acute hepatitis in sporadic cases or epidemics. The main transmission route is faecal-oral by contaminated waters. In developed countries the cases described are more and more frequent, mainly due to population movement (travellers, immigrants, international adoptions), although there have also been increases in the local population. We currently have serological and molecular techniques for the diagnosis of this infection. We describe the experience in the diagnosis of the infection by HEV in a Paediatric Tropical Infectious Diseases Unit in Madrid(AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Child , Hepatitis E/diagnosis , Serology/methods , Serology/trends , Communicable Diseases/complications , Communicable Diseases/diagnosis , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/instrumentation , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/methods , Immunoglobulins , Serology/instrumentation , Serology/standards , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/trends , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayABSTRACT
The hepatitis E virus (HEV) is endemic in some developing countries. It produces acute hepatitis in sporadic cases or epidemics. The main transmission route is faecal-oral by contaminated waters. In developed countries the cases described are more and more frequent, mainly due to population movement (travellers, immigrants, international adoptions), although there have also been increases in the local population. We currently have serological and molecular techniques for the diagnosis of this infection. We describe the experience in the diagnosis of the infection by HEV in a Paediatric Tropical Infectious Diseases Unit in Madrid.
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Hepatitis E/diagnosis , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Hospital Units , Humans , Male , Tropical MedicineABSTRACT
We present a clinical case of vesical schistosomiasis that we consider unusual in our environment. The clinical features of this parasitosis include an intermittent hematuria of several weeks evolution which is not resolved with the usual treatment. Due to the increase in the immigrant population arriving from endemic areas, we must pay greater attention to this emergent pathology. The process is resolved satisfactorily with treatment and complications are avoided.
