Publications by authors named "Alberto Gonzalez Pedraza Aviles"
Background: The primary caregiver faces a set of problems derived from the responsibility to provide care to his patient; this leads to the creation of complex psychological responses that act as a mechanism known as cognitive and behavioral coping. The objective was to determine if there was a correlation between the level of anxiety and the coping strategies used by primary caregivers of bedridden patients.
Methods: Transversal, descriptive and correlational study.
[Health-related quality of life in elderly in a primary care unit].
Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc
February 2011
Objective: To know the self-perceived quality of life by elderly patients through two evaluation instruments.
Methods: A prospective, observational, cross-sectional, and descriptive study. Successful information of 178 elder adults attending medical consultation was obtained with the purpose of evaluating the quality of life, through two validated questionnaires: Nottingham Health Profile and Coop/Wonca charts.
Objective: assess disease knowledge among a patient population.
Material And Methods: Cross-sectional study in two health care centers belonging to the National Institute of Social Security (ISSSTE). A general knowledge questionnaire was applied to 141 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Title: Serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility of group B Streptococcus isolated from pregnant women in México
Background: Group B streptococci (SGB) are a leading cause of neonatal sepsis and meningitis. Women colonized might also develop pregnancy-associated infections including urinary tract infection, bacteremia and postpartum endometritis. There are nine different capsular types, and with the possibility of a GBS vaccine in the future; it is essential to understand which of these types are circulating.
Objectives: To determine the frequency and characteristics of urinary tract infection (UTI) by Candida in diabetic patients (with and without symptoms) and to compare them with non-diabetic patients (with and without symptoms).
Design: Longitudinal, descriptive, and observational study.
Setting: Study conducted at the "Dr Ignacio Chavez" Clinic of family medicine, ISSSTE: Mexico.
Introduction: Recent studies associate Escherichia coli with symptomatic infections at vaginal level, mainly associated to changes in the normal flora taken place by a series of factors characteristic of the host. To recognize their colonization frequency and these factors, it becomes important due to their association with perinatal complications, besides considering this colonization like the critical step preceding urinary tract infection.
Objective: To determine the frequency of colonization of Escherichia coli in 519 female patients, the role of the bacterium in the vaginal ecology likes probable cause of clinical manifestations and to recognize the associate's factors of risk with its vaginal colonization.
Objective: To evaluate the in vitro activities of 13 antimicrobial agents against 47 group A Streptococcus pyogenes (GAS) strains, and to determine the presence of genes encoding streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A (SpeA) and the M-protein serotypes.
Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Centro de Salud Dr. José Castro Villagrana, during a scarlet fever outbreak occurring between December 1999 and January 2000, among 137 children at Colegio Espíritu de América.