El presente informe focaliza el estudio del comportamiento epidemiológico de la vaginosis bacteriana; entendida esta como una vaginitis debida a una alteración de la flora vaginal en la que disminuye la cantidad de lactobacilos proliferando los anaerobios patógenos. La secreción vaginal de la vaginosis bacteriana es grisácea, maloliente, fluida y con olor a pescado. (1) (2). En el marco de la Estrategia Sanitaria Nacional de Prevención y Control de Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual y VIH-SIDA (3); el Hospital de Tingo María – Huánuco; cuenta con el Programa de Control de Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual, el mismo que desarrolla sus actividades de la mano con el servicio de Laboratorio a fin de confirmar el diagnóstico clínico de vaginosis bacteriana. (4)(5) El presente Informe Técnico corresponde a la experiencia profesional laboral referida al estudio en laboratorio de d...

Objetive: this study was to determine the relationship between acute febrile illness and bacterial pathogens with zoonotic potential that cause emerging and re-emerging diseases in a central-eastern region of Peru. Results: Out of the 279 samples analyzed, 23 (8.2%) tested positive for infection by Rickettsia spp., while a total of 15 (5.4%) tested positive for Leptospira spp. Women had a higher frequency of infection by Rickettsia spp., with 13 cases (53.3%), while men had a higher frequency of infection by Leptospira spp., with 10 cases (66.7%). The most frequently reported general symptom was headache, with 100.0% (n = 23) of patients with Rickettsia (+) and 86.7% (n = 13) of patients with Leptospira (+) experiencing it. Arthralgia was the second most frequent symptom, reported by 95.6% (n = 22) and 60% (n = 9) of patients with Rickettsia (+) and Leptospira (+), respectively. Myalgia ...