Papers by eugenia espinoza
Rev Colomb Radiol, Nov 1, 1994
La hemorragia intraventricular en el recien nacido a termino es un evento raro en la practica ped... more La hemorragia intraventricular en el recien nacido a termino es un evento raro en la practica pediatrica y en estudios post mortem de neonatos fallecidos en el periodo neonatal, solo un pequeno numero corresponde a hemorragia intraventricular: Se presenta el caso de un recien nacido a termino con hemorragia intraventricular en los plexos coroides, sin factores de riesgo
Revista chilena de infectología, 2012
Background: Foodborne disease outbreaks are one of the main health problems all over the world, w... more Background: Foodborne disease outbreaks are one of the main health problems all over the world, which have an extensive impact on human health. Objetive: To analyze the foodborne disease outbreaks occurred in Chilean urban area from 2005 to 2010. Methods: We made a descriptive epidemiologic study. First, criteria were defi ned and classifi ed according to previous epidemiologic investigations, clinical and environment samples, then. Variables of space, time, place and person were also analyzed. Results: Among 2,806 reported outbreaks, 2434 (86.7%) fulfi lled the inclusion criteria. Incidence rate of the period (2005-2010) were 32 cases per 100 inhabitants. A total of 12,196 people were affected, with an average of 5 patients per outbreak. The households (36.2%), restaurants (16.3%), supermarkets (6.3%) free fair (4.4%) have been the most important outbreak areas. The foods involved were seafood (15.4%), fi sh (15.1%), and fast food (13.5%). The etiologic agents were Salmonella spp, Shigella spp, Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Conclusions: Outbreaks foodborne diseases are frequents in the Chilean urban area, which make vulnerable a lot of people. The largest numbers happened in the households and were due to bad handling and/or inappropriate storage of the foods.
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