15 articles in this issue
Jorge Enrique Gómez Marín
Bandera
Contenido
María C. Noguera-Angarita,Patricia Escandón-Escobar,Orlando Silvera-Tapia,María B. Sierra-Díaz,Nury Torres-Alvarez,Leidy Camargo de la Hoz
Antigenemia temprana de Cryptococcus en pacientes asintomáticos VIH positivos en Barranquilla, Colombia
Vacunas para COVID19: las lecciones de un triunfo de la ciencia biomédica
Beatriz Ariza,Ximena Torres,Diana Salgado,Magda Cepeda,Carlos Gómez Restrepo,Julio Cesar Castellanos,Fernando Suárez-Obando,Adriana Cuellar,Claudia Cardozo,Juana Ángel,Manuel Antonio Franco
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 and the incidence of seroconversion in the first month of follow-up among interns, residents, and medical doctors attending patients at a University Hospital in Bogota (Colombia). Design ... see more
Jorge Luis Vélez-Páez,Andrea Carolina Armendáriz-Carvajal,Fernando Enrique Rueda-Barragán,Evelyn Elizabeth Castro-Reyes,Ana Cristina Escola-Brito,Diego Chambergo-Michilot,Sergio A. Castillo-Sancho,Maryori M. Hilario-Gomez,Joshuan J. Barboza
Introduction: A comprehensive cytometry assessment in the critical ill patient shows modifications in cell lines that estimate severity and mortality in sepsis. The objective of this study is to determine the utility of different cytometric parameters and... see more
La criptococosis meníngea presenta alta mortalidad mundial, especialmente en población VIH/sida. La OMS recomienda detectar el antígeno capsular de Cryptococcus como estrategia para un diagnóstico temprano y poder minimizar complicaciones. Objetivo: reali... see more
Silvia Juliana Trujillo-Cáceres,Julieth Castillo,Carlos Alvarez-Moreno,Ana Valbuena,Lizbeth Acuña
Aim: To assess the epidemiological situation of people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) in the municipalities and regions of Colombia in 2018. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with secondary data from the High-Cost Diseases Fun... see more
Diana María Gil-Villa,Juan Carlos Sepúlveda-Arias,Manuel Andrés Martinez Muñoz,Augusto Zuluaga-Vélez,Julian A. Hoyos-Pulgarin,Jose W. Martínez,Angela Maria Giraldo-Montoya,Angélica María Valencia-Buitrago,Jorge A. Sánchez-Duque
Objetivo: Verificación del desempeño de las pruebas serológicas rápidas utilizadas en el departamento de Risaralda, Colombia. Métodos: Estudio analitico, de corte transversal. Incluyó muestras de sueros de trabajadores de la salud de la ciudad de Pereira,... see more
Jeadran Malagón-Rojas,Edgar Ibáñez,Eliana L. Parra B,Yesith Guillermo Toloza-Perez,Sebastián Álvarez,Marcela Mercado
Objective: To determine the mortality and survival of COVID-19 cases in Colombia between March and July 2020. Materials and methods: A retrospective cohort study in the Colombian population between March 6 to July 8, 2020, with the data reported to the Na... see more
Carlos Felipe Pardo,Silvana Zapata-Bedoya,Andrea Ramirez-Varela,Daniel Ramirez-Corrales,Jairo-José Espinosa-Oviedo,Darío Hidalgo,Nestor Rojas,Catalina González-Uribe,Juan David García,Zulma M. Cucunubá
The article presents a general overview on COVID-19 transmission in the context of public transport, particularly applicable to decision making in Latin America. Based on recent findings on COVID-19 transmission and the relative importance of each factor ... see more
Darwin Lambraño-Castillo,Alvaro López-Iñiguez,Juan Sierra-Madero
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a respiratory process of acute onset, showing on X rays as bilateral pulmonary infiltrates and severe respiratory failure, Coccidiodomycosis is a unusual cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome, the incid... see more
Diego Josa-Montero,Soad Yusef-Mejía,Alex Julián Forero,Rafael Leal,Julieth Rojas,Germán Esparza
El constante aumento de Enterobacterales productores de carbapenemasas (CPE) se constituye en un problema de salud pública a nivel mundial, por el impacto generado en la mortalidad de los pacientes. El tracto gastrointestinal es el principal reservorio de... see more
Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha-Farias,Lucas Mustafa-Aguiar,Gabriela Studart-Galdino,Silviane Praciano-Bandeira,Giovany Gomes-Capistrano,Paulo Roberto Arruda-Tavares,Glaucia Morgana de Melo Guedes,Jaime David Acosta-España
Mycetoma is a chronic and slow-developing granulomatous disease characterized by the triad of large painless tumour-like subcutaneous swellings, the formation of sinuses, and discharge that usually contains grains. Phellinus spp. are saprophytic wood-deca... see more
Felipe Vera-Polanía,Lina Marcela Muñoz-Solano,Julián Andrés Hoyos-Pulgarín
Streptococcus constellatus is a member of the group now called Streptococcus anginosus. This microorganism is part of the normal oropharyngeal, gastrointestinal and genitourinary microbiota. However, it may cause serious infections such as pharyngitis, ba... see more