| epidemiology and outcomes of bacterial meningitis in mexican children: 10-year experience (1993-2003). | acute bacterial meningitis remains an important cause of morbidity, neurologic sequelae, and mortality in children in latin america. | 2008 | 18068385 |
| microbiology of acute sinusitis in mexican patients. | acute bacterial sinusitis is a common disorder affecting children and adults. we performed a study to assess the bacteriology of acute sinusitis in a community hospital in mexico city. patients with an acute exacerbation of persistent sinusitis or acute sinusitis were enrolled. aspiration of sinus secretions was performed and aspirates were sent for culture. all patients received antibiotic treatment for the infection based on microbiologic sensitivity reports. follow-up consultation included en ... | 2006 | 16513492 |
| immunoglobulin g avidities in infants in mexico after primary immunization with three doses of polyribosylribitol phosphate-tetanus toxoid haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine. | serum immunoglobulin g concentrations and avidities specific to haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) were measured in 208 children living in guadalajara and mexico city. protective concentrations were found in 98.9% and 100.0% of participants, respectively. geometric mean concentrations differed between both populations and/or among age groups. mean avidities differed only among the 7- to 12-month-old children. diphtheria-tetanus-whole-cell pertussis-hepatitis b-hib primary vaccination seems to i ... | 2008 | 18417667 |
| [prevalence of haemophilus influenzae carrier state in children in ciudad nezahualcóyotl, state of mexico, mexico]. | to determine the prevalence of h. influenzae (hi) carrier state among children, in ciudad nezahualcóyotl, state of mexico. | 1996 | 8693355 |
| [Haemophilus influenzae nasopharyngeal colonization in children]. | Objective: to determine frequency, serotypes, biotypes and susceptibility to eight antibiotics in Haemophilus influenzae nasopharyngeal isolates in children under five years old from Mexico City. Methods: cross-sectional survey including children two months to five years old. A nasopharyngeal sample was taken. Haemophilus influenzae identification, serotyping, biotyping and antimicrobial susceptibility were performed. Results: a sample of 573 children were included. In 88/573 (15.3 %) H. influen ... | 2011 | 22185850 |
| [haemophilus influenzae sensitivity to ampicillin and chloramphenicol in children in mexico city]. | the sensitivity to chloramphenicol and ampicillin of 127 strains of h. influenzae was tested. one hundred and one strains were obtained from the pharyngeal exudate of 828 healthy carriers under 5 years of age and 26 from the spinal fluid of children with meningoencephalitis. sixty per cent of isolations corresponded to type b; 40 per cent were non typical and we only identified one type e. all h. influenzae obtained from spinal fluid corresponded to type b. the frequency of healthy carriers was ... | 1981 | 6974559 |