Fibrosis quística: Reporte de casos en un hospital de Lima, Perú.

Abstract

SUMMARYNine patients with Cystic Fibrosis attended at Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima-Perú, from January 1990 to May 1994, are presented. At the time of the diagnosis they were between 10 months to 12 years; 6 were females; 5 were hospitalized; 3 were caucasic, 2 were diagnosticated by another physician. At the begining 7 had only respiratory symptoms. Five patients were amlnurished. Sputum culture were positive in 3 patients, 2 had Pseudomona aeruginosa, 1 had Streptococo alfa hemolitic and Moraxella catarrhalis. Sweat test were nor done by pilocarpine test, we used a non standarized method; only one patient had 52 mEq/L, the other were above 60 mEq/L of chloride. (Rev Med Hered 1994; 5: 204-208).

Estudio Clínico Epidemiológico de la Fibrosis Quística en el Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño, Lima 2002-2011

“…La prevalencia de la enfermedad en función al sexo ha variado gradualmente en nuestro país en los últimos años. En 1994, Aguirre reportó que el 67% de los pacientes eran mujeres (5) , en el 2002 Torres (1) y en el 2008 Castilla reportaron que el 61,5 y 65% respectivamente eran varones (6) , mientras que en este estudio hay un mayor porcentaje de mujeres diagnosticadas, las cuales representan el 51,4% de los casos. La prevalencia de la enfermedad es independiente del sexo ya que la FQ no está asociada a un cromosoma sexual.…”