Infecciones agudas traqueales y del árbol bronquial

Abstract

ResumenLas infecciones agudas del tracto respiratorio son una de las principales causas de inflamación de la vía aérea, siendo especialmente frecuentes las de origen vírico. Las infecciones de la vía aérea superior son más frecuentes en niños, y es la principal causa de hospitalización en pacientes menores de 4 años. Sin embargo, la infección aguda de los bronquios es más frecuente en adultos, siendo una de las principales causas por las que consultan en las urgencias y centros de salud. La afectación puede ir desde una enfermedad autolimitada de pocos días de evolución, hasta una obstrucción de la vía aérea potencialmente mortal. Abstract Acute tracheal and bronchial tree infectionsAcute respiratory tract infections are one of the main causes of airway inflammation, frequently triggered by viruses. Upper airway infections are highly prevalent in children, causing hospitalization in patients under 4 years of age. On the contrary acute bronchial infections are more frequent in adults and they are one of the major causes of consultation in emergency units and health centers. They include a wide spectrum of diseases ranging from self-limited diseases of short duration, to an airway obstruction potentially fatal.

Diagnósticos microbiológicos en un hospital gineco-obstétrico pediátrico: Un reporte de centro único

“…Additionally, in accordance with the reports issued by the microbiological laboratory under study, only the PICU sent samples of tracheal secretions (3 = 2.94%) that were positive for Candida albicans on culture, a frequency that exactly coincides with that reported in a study carried out in Mexico [31], but it collides with those identified in an investigation in India [16], where this fungal infection occurred in 39% and it is pointed out that the increasing rates of its isolation could be a reflection of the greater use of antibiotics in the PICUs . However, in parallel, it is argued that its role as a pathogen is not entirely clear and that in any case, it is an opportunistic fungal infection [32]. Faced with such discrepancies, the importance of new research aimed at verifying the role of C. albicans as an infectious microorganism in critically ill pediatric patients is important, which is why microbiological identification must continue in 2020 and 2021 in cultures processed in the clinical laboratory of the Luz Elena Arismendi Pediatric Gyneco-Obstetric Hospital.…”