Publications by authors named "Marte Hernandez Porras"
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- Acute otitis media (AOM) is a common condition in children, prompting the creation of a Clinical Practice Guideline to aid specialists, patients, and caregivers in its management.
- The guidelines were developed by the College of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery of Mexico, involving a diverse team of experts and following rigorous standards for evidence evaluation.
- The final recommendations address key clinical questions related to AOM, aiming to enhance shared decision-making and overall clinical care quality.
Pertussis is a highly contagious disease caused by Bordetella pertussis, which may be preventable by vaccination. There are two types of vaccines: whole-cell vaccines and acellular vaccines. Since pertussis control worldwide is heterogeneous, re-emergence of whooping cough has been observed in some countries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Influenza is a costly disease for the population. It is a cause of seasonal morbidity and mortality, epidemics and pandemics or syndemics. Given the variability of the virus, surveillance systems are implemented in order to update the strains and include them in the annual influenza vaccine.
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- A rare case of simultaneous infection involving Streptococcus anginosus group (SAG) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is described in an 11-year-old boy, marking a first for pediatric patients.
- During the presentation, the boy exhibited symptoms such as chest pain, fever, and cough, leading to the discovery of a pulmonary abscess through imaging.
- After treatment with antibiotics and drainage of the abscess, the patient showed no symptoms after a year of follow-up, indicating a successful recovery.
Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is an infectious disease that involves the lungs and can be lethal in many cases. Tuberculosis (TB) in children represents 5 to 20% of the total TB cases. However, there are few updated information on pediatric TB, reason why the objective of the present study is to know the real situation of PTB in the population of children in terms of its diagnosis and treatment in a third level pediatric hospital.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPertussis continues to be responsible for a significant disease burden worldwide. Although immunization practices have reduced the occurrence of the disease among children, waning vaccine- and infection-induced immunity still allows the disease to affect adolescents and adults who, in turn, can transmit the disease to non-immunized or partially immunized infants. This document is the result of a meeting in Mexico City of international experts who analyzed recent medical information in order to establish the current status of the epidemiology, diagnosis and surveillance of pertussis and, especially, the value of the dTpa booster dose in adolescents and adults as a pertussis prevention strategy in Mexico.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUrinary tract infections are one of the most common bacterial infections in female children. This infection has a prevalence of 4.1 to 7.
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