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Infections are frequent during pregnancy and their teratogenic role is well documented in Toxoplasmosis, other infections, Rubella, Cytomegalovirus, and Herpes simplex (TORCH). However, the in-utero development effects of the rest of the infections that affect pregnant women are unknown. We described a cohort of patients with major Birth Defects (BD) and the exposure to infections during pregnancy from the information of Congenital Defects Surveillance Programs of two Colombian cities (Bogota and Cali) between 2001 and 2018. We evaluated associations between groups of maternal infections and BD among 3096 cases and 7446 controls that were registered. BD presentation was more frequent as isolated (64.3%), polymalformed (23.2%), and syndromic (12.4%). Infections during pregnancy were present in 52.5% of cases and 44.6% of controls. The most common single infection between cases and controls was vaginal infection. The most common polyinfection was vaginal and urinary tract infection. We found an association between BD and vaginal infections with an odds ratio (OR) 1.18 (CI 1.08-1.30), urinary tract infections OR 1.16 (CI 1.05-1.28), gastrointestinal infections OR 2.06 (IC 1.18-3.59), respiratory infections OR 1.56 (IC 1.28-1.9) and viral infections OR 1.88 (IC 1.18-3.0). Knowing the teratogenic effect of infections is important to extend prevention, screening, timely diagnosis, and appropriate treatment to pregnant women.
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Complicações Infecciosas na Gravidez , Rubéola (Sarampo Alemão) , Toxoplasmose , Humanos , Feminino , Gravidez , Colômbia/epidemiologia , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Rubéola (Sarampo Alemão)/complicações , Complicações Infecciosas na Gravidez/diagnósticoRESUMO
Worldwide prevalence of neural tube defects is between 1.2 and 124.1 per 10 000 live births. This study analyzes risk factors linked with neural tube defects. The study focused on the Surveillance and Monitoring Programs of Congenital Anomalies databases in Bogota and Cali. Births were monitored between 2001 and 2018. Liveborn or stillborn with neural tube defects were defined as cases, using a case-control ratio of 1:4. Paternal age, folic acid supplementation, birth weight, urban or rural origin, maternal and paternal studies, and socioeconomic levels were analyzed. Across the 215 730 births monitored, 147 cases with a rate of 6.82/10 000 live births were found (6.79-6.85). In isolated cases, lower birth weight had a P <.01. Paternal age >45 years showed an odds ratio (OR) of 4.24 (1.54-11.65), socioeconomic status 1 and 2, OR of 2.49 (1.63-3.82), maternal primary schooling or lower OR 2.61 (1.28-5.31), and housing in urban areas OR 2.4 (1.4-4.09).
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Defeitos do Tubo Neural/epidemiologia , Peso ao Nascer , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Colômbia , Feminino , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Razão de Chances , Idade Paterna , Prevalência , Fatores de Risco , Fatores SocioeconômicosRESUMO
La enfermedad de Creutzfeld-Jakob es una patología neurodegenerativa fatal e intratable, que hace parte de las denominadas encefalopatías espongiformes y se produce por la acumulación anormal de la PrP (proteína priónica patogénica),denominada PrPsc, a nivel del sistema nervioso central. La enfermedad priónica humana más común es la forma esporádica de la enfermedad de Creutzfeld-Jakob, cuya aparición se ha relacionado con los efectos ambientales desconocidos o los sucesos aleatorios y genéticos, que resultan en la producción espontánea de PrP en el cerebro. A continuación se presentan dos casos clínicos de dos mujeres que consultan al servicio de urgencias del Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, en quienes se sospechó encefalopatía rápidamente progresiva, compatible con enfermedad de Creutzfeld-Jakob.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a fatal and untreatable neurodegenerative disorder that is part of the so-called spongiform encephalopathies, which is caused by the abnormal accumulation of PrP protein (called PrPSc) in the central nervous system. The most common human prion disease is sporadic form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob, whose appearance has been associated with environmental effects or unknown and random genetic events that result in the spontaneous production of PrP in the brain. In this work we will present two Clinical cases of two woman who visited the emergency room of the hospital Universitario San Ignacio, in which a rapidly progressive encephalopathy caused by Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is suspected.
