Tuberculosis is a public health problem in the world and Peru, aggravated by multidrug (MDR-TB) and extensively resistant (XDR-TB) forms. The objetives were to describe the resistance to tuberculosis drugs and risk factors to acquire MDR-TB in a marginal urban hospital of Lima, since 2006 to 2008. It is a reported cases studyand was undertaken in Huaycán Hospital. The data collected were acquired from the routine reports of the National Control Program and clinical history. A total of 61 cases of MDR-TB, one of XDR-TB and 7 cases of mono resistant tuberculosis were evaluated; 38 were men (55%) and 31 women (45%). The more affected age group were 15 to 34 years with 55 cases (79,6%). The more frecuent risk factors founded to acquire MDR-TB were: suspicion of failure (FS1, 34 cases, 49%) and failure of treatment one scheme (F1, 14 cases, 20%), and to have had contact with MDR-TB patients ...

In Chaclacayo, district (Lima) and around areas they use rodenticide product of free sale. The objective of this study was to describe the acute intoxication cases that frequently arrive to C. S. M. Grau for treatment. We describe 88 retrospective cases of intoxicactions by carbamate happened since 2003 to 2007. We obtanined information from Emergency Book and Clinic Histories The intoxications were all oral and there was not information about the toxic dose. It was no possible to analize the product residue in blood sample. All cases presented moderate to severe intoxication grade and presented abdominal pain, disorientation, nausea, vomiting, disartria, myosis, respiratory distress with bronchorrhea, cough, diaphoresis, sialorrea, shedding tears, flacddity and fasciculation. Of all cases, 35 were men (40%) and 53 were women (60 %), 6 were under the age of 10 (7%),32 were adolescents (3...

Tuberculosis is a public health problem in the world and Peru, aggravated by multidrug (MDR-TB) and extensively resistant (XDR-TB) forms. The objetives were to describe the resistance to tuberculosis drugs and risk factors to acquire MDR-TB in a marginal urban hospital of Lima, since 2006 to 2008. It is a reported cases studyand was undertaken in Huaycán Hospital. The data collected were acquired from the routine reports of the National Control Program and clinical history. A total of 61 cases of MDR-TB, one of XDR-TB and 7 cases of mono resistant tuberculosis were evaluated; 38 were men (55%) and 31 women (45%). The more affected age group were 15 to 34 years with 55 cases (79,6%). The more frecuent risk factors founded to acquire MDR-TB were: suspicion of failure (FS1, 34 cases, 49%) and failure of treatment one scheme (F1, 14 cases, 20%), and to have had contact with MDR-TB patients ...

In Chaclacayo, district (Lima) and around areas they use rodenticide product of free sale. The objective of this study was to describe the acute intoxication cases that frequently arrive to C. S. M. Grau for treatment. We describe 88 retrospective cases of intoxicactions by carbamate happened since 2003 to 2007. We obtanined information from Emergency Book and Clinic Histories The intoxications were all oral and there was not information about the toxic dose. It was no possible to analize the product residue in blood sample. All cases presented moderate to severe intoxication grade and presented abdominal pain, disorientation, nausea, vomiting, disartria, myosis, respiratory distress with bronchorrhea, cough, diaphoresis, sialorrea, shedding tears, flacddity and fasciculation. Of all cases, 35 were men (40%) and 53 were women (60 %), 6 were under the age of 10 (7%),32 were adolescents (3...