Introducción: la tuberculosis es la enfermedad infecciosa más importante del ser humano por su alta incidencia mundial, constituyendo un problema de salud pública. Los conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre ella han sido evaluados en estudiantes universitarios y profesionales de ciencias de la salud, pero otros han sido desatendidos. Objetivos: evaluar conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre tuberculosis en estudiantes que no pertenecen a ciencias de la salud de una universidad peruana. Métodos: estudio transversal analítico, se encuestó estudiantes de la Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú usando un cuestionario estructurado. Luego se caracterizó cada una de las secciones y buscó diferencias según las características de los alumnos mediante los modelos lineales generalizados. Resultados: de 631 estudiantes, 54,7 % fueron mujeres, 66,6 % obtuvo puntaje bajo en la...

Two simultaneous extreme events affected tropical South America to the east of the Andes during the austral summer and fall of 2012: a severe drought in Northeast Brazil and intense rainfall and floods in Amazonia, both considered records for the last 50 years. Changes in atmospheric circulation and rainfall were consistent with the notion of an active role of colder-than-normal surface waters in the equatorial Pacific, with above-normal upward motion and rainfall in western Amazonia and increased subsidence over Northeast Brazil. Atmospheric circulation and soil moisture anomalies in the region contributed to an intensified transport of Atlantic moisture into the western part of Amazonia then turning southward to the southern Amazonia region, where the Chaco low was intensified. This was favored by the intensification of subtropical high pressure over the region, associated with an anom...

ObjetivosCaracterizar los niveles y mecanismos de resistencia a β-lactámicos, quinolonas y macrólidos en 62 aislamientos de Escherichia coli causantes de bacteriemia en niños peruanos.MétodosSe determinaron las concentraciones inhibitorias mínimas (CIM) de ciprofloxacino, ácido nalidíxico (NAL) y azitromicina en presencia y ausencia de Phe-Arg-β-naftilamida. También se estableció la susceptibilidad a otros 14 agentes antimicrobianos. Se identificaron las β-lactamasas de espectro extendido (ESBL) y se determinaron las mutaciones en gyrA y parC, así como la presencia de mecanismos transferibles de resistencia a quinolonas (TMQR) y macrólidos (TMMR).ResultadosCincuenta aislados (80,6%) eran multirresistentes. Se observaron altas proporciones de resistencia a la ampicilina (93,5%), al NAL (66,1%) y al trimetoprim/sulfametoxazol (66,1%). Ningún aislado mostró resistencia a los...

The objective of the present study was to characterize Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis isolated from chicken meat determining their clonal relationships with S. Infantis isolated from children with diarrhea. Fifteen meat-recovered S. Infantis were analyzed. Susceptibility levels to 14 antibacterial agents, the presence of ESBL and that of inducible plasmid-mediated AmpC (i-pAmpC) were determined by phenotypical methods. The presence of ESBL and pAmpC was confirmed by PCR, and detected ESBL-encoding genes were sequenced and their transferability tested by conjugation. The presence of gyrA mutations as well as Class 1 integrons was determined by PCR. Clonal relationships were established by REP-PCR and RAPD. In addition, 25 clinical isolates of S. Infantis were included in clonality studies. All meat-recovered S. Infantis were MDR, showing resistance to ampicillin, nitrofurans and qui...

Antibiotic resistance is increasing worldwide, being of special concern in low- and middle-income countries. The aim of this study was to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility and mechanisms of resistance in 205 enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) isolates from two cohort studies in children <24 months in Lima, Peru.

This document includes the experience in the design, development and validation of a mobile application conceptualized as an instrument for basic teaching and self-learning of the Shipibo - Konibo language. It was created to be used in Bilingual Educative Institutions of preschool level, located in the Peruvian native communities.This App is intended to support the different education gaps in Shipibo-Konibo communities. The App name is BAKE that means child in Shipibo-Konibo language. It works offline and it has been developed for mobile devices with android operative system, considering they would be used in the remote Shipibo-Konibo communities.As part of the validation processes, a comparison test between the use of the application and the use of traditional education in Cantagallo community in Lima (the only Shipibo-Konibo community in Lima) has been developed. The results have been ...