Publications by authors named "Belen Mendoza de Molano"
Article Synopsis
- - Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disorder triggered by gluten in genetically predisposed individuals, with a global prevalence of around 1.4%, but limited studies have been done in Latin American populations like Colombia.
- - This study aimed to assess CD marker prevalence in 228 Colombian blood donors, using tests for specific antibodies (IgA anti-TTG and anti-EMA) and checking for genetic markers (HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8).
- - The results indicated a 1.32% prevalence of positive CD markers and a higher percentage of European and Native American genetic ancestry among those testing positive, suggesting a notable presence of CD in Colombia compared to prior studies.
Genotypic determination of resistance and heteroresistance to clarithromycin in Helicobacter pylori isolates from antrum and corpus of Colombian symptomatic patients.
BMC Infect Dis
June 2019
Background: The effectiveness of Helicobacter pylori first-line treatment has decreased drastically with the rise of strains resistant to clarithromycin. Therapy failure has also been described in patients with infections by strains with dissimilar antimicrobial susceptibilities. The present study aims to estimate the prevalence of resistance and heteroresistance to clarithromycin in H.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAchalasia is a motility disorder of the esophagus that might be secondary to a chronic infection. Several studies have investigated esophageal achalasia in patients with Chagas disease (CD) in Latin America, but no related studies have been performed in Colombia. The goals of the present study were to determine the presence of anti- antibodies in patients with esophageal achalasia who visited a referral hospital in Bogotá, Colombia, and to detect the presence of the parasite and its discrete typing units (DTUs).
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