Publications by authors named "Rocio Liliana Garcia-Reyes"
Presence of Indicator Bacteria and Occurrence of Potentially Pathogenic Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Species in Packaged Ice Cubes in Central Mexico.
J Food Prot
August 2024
This study aimed to determine the bacteriological quality and presence of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli pathotypes (DEP) and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) species in 85 packaged ice samples from 12 different states of central Mexico. Three samples had a pH of 9.8 and therefore fell outside of the acceptable range for pH.
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- * The study found a significant link between high HIV viral loads and cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, with most strains belonging to Lineage 4, particularly the H and T clades.
- * The findings indicate a high genetic diversity of MTb strains, underscoring the importance of establishing molecular epidemiological systems for effective monitoring and control of TB among HIV patients.
Background: Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is associated with higher mortality rates in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In Mexico, the number of deaths due to TB among the HIV-positive population has tripled in recent years.
Methods: Ninety-three strains isolated from the same number of HIV-infected patients treated in a public hospital in Mexico City were studied to determine the drug resistance to first- and second-line anti-TB drugs and to identify the mutations associated with the resistance.