Publications by authors named "Ingrid T Gomez"
[Tuberculosis and drug-resistance tuberculosis in prisoners. Colombia, 2010-2012].
Rev Salud Publica (Bogota)
May 2016
Objective: To characterize tuberculosis drug-resistance using anti-tuberculosis drug-sensitivity tests in Colombian prisoners.
Methods: Descriptive-retrospective analyses were performed on cases of tuberculosis in prisoners. Samples were evaluated by the National Reference Laboratory.
[Evaluation of the BD MGITTM technique for identifying the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex].
Rev Salud Publica (Bogota)
March 2016
Objectives: To evaluate BD MGITTM TBc® technique for identifying the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex using isolates obtained in liquid and solid media.
Methods: A descriptive study was conducted in which 117 isolates were analyzed by the immune-chromatography technique obtained from solid and liquid cultures to identify the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. The kappa coefficient was calculated to determine the degree of agreement between the two methods .
Article Synopsis
- CA-MRSA infections are increasingly common in both healthy individuals and hospitalized patients in Colombia, linked to the USA300 clone.
- Two standardized molecular methods were developed to quickly differentiate between community-acquired (CA-MRSA) and hospital-acquired (HA-MRSA) MRSA isolates.
- The methods demonstrated high accuracy in identifying CA-MRSA and HA-MRSA, making them faster and more cost-effective than traditional identification techniques.