Investigation about the gut microbiota as a tool to address obesity is a promising field. The influence of the microbiota on the endocrine system and host metabolism is crucial to understanding how it can affect body weight. For this review, relevant keywords such as "gut microbiota and obesity", "gut microbiota and BMI" and "gut microbiota composition" were used in the article search. 50 articles in English and Spanish were identified, of which 15 were selected that met the established inclusion criteria. Comparative studies that analyse the gut microbiota in groups of individuals from different regions of the world, according to their BMI classification, are especially valuable. 16S rRNA sequencing technology, based on the analysis of faecal samples, has consistently demonstrated a significant association between gut microbiota composition and BMI. Although specific bacteria that direc...

Investigation about the gut microbiota as a tool to address obesity is a promising field. The influence of the microbiota on the endocrine system and host metabolism is crucial to understanding how it can affect body weight. For this review, relevant keywords such as "gut microbiota and obesity", "gut microbiota and BMI" and "gut microbiota composition" were used in the article search. 50 articles in English and Spanish were identified, of which 15 were selected that met the established inclusion criteria. Comparative studies that analyse the gut microbiota in groups of individuals from different regions of the world, according to their BMI classification, are especially valuable. 16S rRNA sequencing technology, based on the analysis of faecal samples, has consistently demonstrated a significant association between gut microbiota composition and BMI. Although specific bacteria that direc...

En el diseño del estudio se realizó un estudio retrospectivo correlacional de resultados obtenidos en el diagnóstico de la enfermedad de Carrión. Bartonella bacilliformis es el agente etiológico de la enfermedad de Carrión y es transmitida al hombre por la picadura de mosquitos del género Lutzomyia. Es una enfermedad endémica y ancestral que afecta pobladores de valles interandinos de Perú, Ecuador y Colombia; no existen referencias escritas de la enfermedad de Carrión antes de la llegada de los españoles, pero existen indicios de que era conocida por culturas precolombinas de Perú y Ecuador, debido a los hallazgos de huacos de cerámica antropomórfica y monolitos que presentan lesiones protuberantes semejantes a las producidas en la fase eruptiva de la enfermedad.

Candida auris is an emerging fungus that has gained great relevance as a global public health problem in a short time. The presence of Candida auris in 3 adult patients admitted to a national hospital of high complexity in the last quarter of 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is reported for the first time in Peru. The patients were hospitalized in the ICU, however, this germ was isolated in only 2 patients while they were hospitalized in the ICU. The patients had various comorbidities and long hospitalization times from admission to having their first culture positive for C. auris. All patients acquired a bacterial nosocomial infection at some point during their hospitalization and received broad-spectrum antibiotics. All isolates were resistant to Fluconazole. The hospital's infection control team reinforced containment measures and the Ministry of Health issued an epidemiolog...

El síndrome de Guillain Barré es una enfermedad derivada del compromiso en las neuronas del sistema nervioso periférico por una respuesta descontrolada del sistema inmune que conduce daño axonal y/o desmielinización. El objetivo de este reporte fue describir los 10 primeros casos sospechosos de Síndrome de Guillain Barré en Piura. Se logró identificar la presencia de Campylobacter jejuni en las muestras de heces del 80% de los pacientes reportados. Es muy importante reconocer rápida y oportunamente al paciente con diagnóstico sospechoso de Guillain Barré, y realizar los estudios necesarios en un brote para identificar los agentes desencadenantes del cuadro.