Comunicaciones y Reportes: Recent submissions

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    • Primera descripción de infección por el subcomplejo Acinetobacter pittii / lactucae en el Perú 

      Alonso, C.A.; Choque-Matos, J.; Guibert, F.; Rojo-Bezares, B.; López, M.; Egoávil-Espejo, R.; Gonzales, P.; Valera-Krumdieck, C.; Pons, M.J.; Saénz, Y.; Ruiz, J. (Instituto Nacional de Salud (Perú), 2023)
      Si bien el Acinetobacter baumannii es la especie más conocida del género Acinetobacter, existen otras es-pecies que pueden causar infecciones severas. Entre estas, destaca un grupo de especies próximas filogenéticamente e ...

    • Peritonitis infecciosa felina: dos casos clínicos en Lima-Perú 

      Alicia Rubio, V.; Alfonso Chavera, C. (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2018)
      Feline Infectious Peritonitis (PIF) is a lethal disease in cats caused by a coronavirus, which until now has no curative treatment. Two clinical cases are described: a 6-month Siamese male with apathy and anorexia and a ...

    • Cookstoves: A design popular in Peru 

      Khatun, K.; Ladd, B. (Nature Publishing Group, 2014)
      The drive to produce biofuels that are suitable for aviation is starting to look promising (see go.nature.com/ujv5ne). For instance, the state government of Minas Gerais in Brazil has put in place policies to stimulate the ...

    • Preliminary analysis of the feeding habits of batoids from the genera Mobula and Myliobatis in northern Peru 

      Coasaca-Céspedes, J.J.; Segura-Cobeña, E.; Montero-Taboada, R.; Gonzalez-Pestana, A.; Alfaro-Córdova, E.; Alfaro-Shigueto, J.; Mangel, J.C. (Universidad de Valparaíso, 2018)
      This study provides baseline information on the feeding habits of five batoid species from the genera Mobula and Myliobatis sampled from the small-scale driftnet fishery in northern Peru. The diets of Mobula mobular, Mobula ...

    • Reporte parasitológico de Triakis maculata (Kner & Steindachner, 1867) «tollo manchado» (Chondrichthyes: Selachimorpha) en el terminal pesquero Chorrillos, Lima- Perú 

      Arrese-Dávila, V.; Casas-Velásquez, G. (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2021)
      The aim of this study was to describe the parasitic fauna of Triakis maculata (Kner y Steindachner, 1867), a species of shark sold for human consumption, to determine the possible presence of parasites of implication in ...

    • Near-infrared spectroscopy as a method of hemodynamic evaluation in neonatal intensive care units 

      Samanez-Obeso, Á.F.; Salas-Castillo, P.L. (Editorial Ciencias Médicas, 2022)
      Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a non-invasive clinical tool allowing for real-time, continuous measurement of regional tissue oxygenation (rSO2); though predominantly used for neuromonitoring, it also has the potential ...

    • Searching for lost sharks: extinct or alive? 

      Ebert, D.A.; Garcias, A.C.; Fahmi; Pestana, A.G.; Muñoz, S.H.; Leurs, G.; Simeon, B.M. (Cambridge University Press, 2023)
      Throughout Southeast Asia, songbirds are sought as pets, ornaments, for prayer releases, and particularly as competi- tors in singing competitions. In 2017, as a result of increased demand for wild-caught birds, the IUCN ...

    • Terapia descompresiva en el manejo no quirúrgico de lesiones perirradiculares de gran tamaño 

      Florez-Ariza, J.E.; Salazar-Ditta, A.; Rodriguez-Cárdenas, Y.A.; Castillo, A.A.-D.; Ruiz-Mora, G.A.; Arriola-Guillén, L.E. (Editorial Ciencias Médicas, 2021)
      Introduction: Asymptomatic apical periodontitis is one of the most common endodontic disorders diagnosed in the world population. It consists in damage to the periapical tissue due to activation of inflammation mechanisms, ...

    • ALTA DIVERSIDAD DE AVES EN HUMEDALES COSTEROS PEQUEÑOS: EL CASO DE UN HOTS-POT DEL NEOTRÓPICO 

      Paredes, M.A.; Aponte, H.; Apeño, A.A. (Neotropical Ornithological Society, 2022)
      Wetlands in the developing world are disappearing due to bad management and urban growth, threatening the birdlife that inhabits them. The Huacho-Hualmay-Carquin wetland is located on Peru’s central coast, it has recently ...

    • Distribución geográfica de prevalencias regionales de bajo peso al nacer en Perú 

      Mamani-Urrutia, V.A. (Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad Ricardo Palma, 2020)
      El Bajo Peso al Nacer (BPN) sigue siendo un problema de salud pública a nivel mundial, es un indicador importante de salud que identifica el entorno social, económico y ambiental del recién nacido y su familia, determinado ...

    • Pólipo Fibrovascular Gigante de Esófago 

      Palacios, F.; Contardo, C.; Guevara, J.; Vera, A.; Aguilar, L.; Huamán, M.; Palomino, A.; Yabar, A. (Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Perú, 2003)
      Fibrovascular polyps are extremely rare benign neoplasias of the esophagus, which usually originate in the lower cricoid area. They do not produce any discomfort in the patient for a long time, however it may make itself ...

    • Determinación de residuos de tetraciclina en carne de cerdosbeneficiados en dos camales de Lima (2018) 

      Tarazona, J.H.; Morales-Cauti, S. (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2021)
      The aim of this study was to determine the presence of tetracycline residues in pork in two herds of Lima during 2018. In total, 25 g of meat from the necks of 402 slaughtered pigs were processed. The samples were obtained ...

    • Editorial board inbreeding in Latin American public health journals 

      Livias, K.A.; Correa, V.P.; Valdivieso, L.M.; Maguiña, J.L.; Silva, S.P.; Bravo, V.C.; Mata, B.D.; Carranza, C.M.; Rabaan, A.A.; Gonzáles, W.G.; Rodríguez Morales, A.J.; Ubillús, M. (Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias Médicas, 2022)
      Editorial inbreeding is the publication of research papers by the editor or members of the editorial committee in the journal. An excessive increase in publications by the editorial committee can suggest flaws in the ...

    • Successful treatment of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome with therapeutic plasma exchange: a case report 

      Velásquez-Rimachi, V.; Palma-García, L.; Pacheco-Barrios, K.; Alva-Díaz, C. (Elsevier, 2020)
      The catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is an autoimmune disease associated with rapid failure of multiple organs and represents less than 1% of all cases of the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Antiphospholipid ...

    • Analysis and design of an in-house low cost dry EMG sensor for bionic transradial prosthesis 

      Albites-Sanabria, J. (International Journal of Scientific and Technology Research, 2020)
      Bionic transradial prosthetic devices have emerged as a solution for amputees who have lost an upper limb as a consequence of a trauma or disease. Bionic prostheses aim to offer a more natural control to the user due to ...

    • Brevundimonas spp. infection in immunocompromised children: Two case reports 

      Altamirano-Beltrán, A.; Chiara-Chilet, C.; López, J.W.; Pons, M.J.; Maquera-Afaray, J. (European Academy of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases, 2023)
      Introduction Brevundimona spp. are rare and opportunistic pathogens which may cause infections in patients who are immunocompromised or have underlying disease. Case report Two cases with a microbiological diagnosis of ...

    • COVID-19 and cystic fibrosis: Diagnostic difficulties or incorrect methods? 

      Pecho-Silva, S.; Navarro-Solsol, A.C.; Panduro-Correa, V.; Arteaga-Livias, K.; Rodriguez-Morales, A.J.; Dhama, K. (Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2020)
      Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic lung disease with wide distribution worldwide. With the appearance of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), ...

    • Draft genome sequence of Vibrio sp. strain V1B isolated from the gut microflora of the scallop Argopecten purpuratus 

      Serrano, W.; Tarazona, U.I.; Olaechea, R.M.; Friedrich, M.W. (American Society for Microbiology, 2017)
      A new Vibrio strain, V1B, was isolated from the intestinal tract of the scallop Argopecten purpuratus. Strain V1B is closely related to the species Vibrio inhibens BFLP-10, which has been characterized as showing antagonistic ...

    • Oligosymptomatic diphtheria infection in adults: Two contacts of the peruvian index case after 20 years without disease report 

      Montenegro-Idrogo, J.J.; Resurrección-Delgado, C.; Sánchez-álvarez, C.; Villarreal-Zerpa, M.; Morales-López, F.; Vargas-Matos, I.; Chiappe-Gonzalez, A.J. (EDIMES Edizioni Médico Scientifiche, 2021)
      In Peru, diphtheria infection was eradicated in the last two decades. However, recently, diphtheria pharyngeal infection was confirmed and reported in a 5-year-old boy (index case). We report two more cases of this out-break ...

    • Nitrogen pollution and the meltdown of urban ecosystems 

      Ladd, B. (Molecular Diversity Preservation International Publishing (MDPI), 2016)
      Urban ecosystems are carrying an extinction debt. Mitigating this debt will require the development of a predictive framework that improves our understanding of the factors causing decline of native biodiversity in urban ...