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Airway Clearance Techniques in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia: A Systematic Review. 原发性睫状肌运动障碍的气道清理技术：系统回顾

Puerto Rico health sciences journal Pub Date : 2024-09-01

Liling Qian, Bonnie Lam, Tun Zheng, Daniela Russo, Jinhui Ma, Xiaomei Yao

{"title":"Airway Clearance Techniques in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Liling Qian, Bonnie Lam, Tun Zheng, Daniela Russo, Jinhui Ma, Xiaomei Yao","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a respiratory disorder that impairs mucociliary clearance, leading to decreased lung function. Conventional chest physiotherapy (CCP) is the traditional airway clearance technique (ACT) and is considered a standard treatment for PCD patients. This systematic review investigated whether device supported ACTs are better alternatives for improving lung function and/or quality of life in PCD, compared with CCP.Methods: The OVID Medline, PubMed, CINAHL, and Cochrane databases were searched. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines were followed, and the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation approach was used to aggregate the data. This systematic review has been registered on the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews website.Results: Of the 389 citations that resulted from our literature search, 2 randomized crossover trials that included a total of 54 patients were analyzed. The certainty of the aggregated study evidence was very low. No difference was identified between device-supported ACTs and CCP in terms of forced vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in 1 second in PCD patients aged 6 to 20 years.Conclusion: Device-supported ACTs could be considered alternative treatment options to replace CCP. High quality research is required to confirm this result.","PeriodicalId":94183,"journal":{"name":"Puerto Rico health sciences journal","volume":"43 3","pages":"119-124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142305170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Maternal Mental Health in Latinx/Hispanic Women after COVID-19 Pandemic. COVID-19 大流行后拉美裔/西班牙裔妇女的产妇心理健康。

Puerto Rico health sciences journal Pub Date : 2024-09-01

Polaris Gonzalez-Barrios, Annelisse Torres, Isel Figueroa, Veronique Rosado-Abreu, Maria J Rivera-Criado, Jahleel Torres-Pérez, Sohye Kim, Claudia Lugo-Candelas, Carmen J Buxó, Karen G Martínez-González

{"title":"Maternal Mental Health in Latinx/Hispanic Women after COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Polaris Gonzalez-Barrios, Annelisse Torres, Isel Figueroa, Veronique Rosado-Abreu, Maria J Rivera-Criado, Jahleel Torres-Pérez, Sohye Kim, Claudia Lugo-Candelas, Carmen J Buxó, Karen G Martínez-González","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"The recent COVID-19 global emergency may have ripple effects on mental health of many people worldwide. This is especially true for populations like birthing and postpartum women where many changes to daily routines, access to medical care, work-related routines and socialization were experienced. This brief report presents data from an ongoing cohort study aiming to describe maternal mental health during the pandemic T12 (March 2020 to April 2021) with post-pandemic T2 (May 2022 to May 2023) of mothers followed in Puerto Rico. 47 out of 100 mothers have been recalled and assessed with psychosocial interviews (COPE-IUS) and assessments of anxiety (GAD-7) and depression (PHQ-9). Paired t-test revealed mean scores of depressions (PHQ-9) were significantly higher for T2 with a mean of 6.35 and a range of 4.4+/- than for T1 where mean was 5.15 (+/- 2.9), t=-1.954, df=45, p < .05. Similarly, anxiety scores (GAD-7) were significantly higher in T2 6.67 (4.2) than for T1 5.35 (3.7), t=-1.8, df=45, p < .05. Also, COPE-IUS Post-pandemic psychosocial interview results evidence that 80% of mothers do not feel the COVID-19 pandemic is a significant stressor at T2 and are able to maintain routine activities with no social distancing measures. However, reports of loneliness, sadness, worry, and fear continue to be present. Our findings point to the need to further identify other contributing factors to the deterioration of maternal mental health during the perinatal/peripartum period (pregnancy, birth, and postpartum) in Puerto Rico. Possibly the effects of repeated adversity that has been present in the island (multiple environmental stressors, history of traumatic experiences, and constant hardships) may all have cumulative impact over maternal mental health during the perinatal/peripartum period.","PeriodicalId":94183,"journal":{"name":"Puerto Rico health sciences journal","volume":"43 3","pages":"151-155"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142305174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Self-perception of Genital Appearance following a Vaginal Delivery, C-section and Nulliparous Women in a Hispanic Population in Puerto Rico. 波多黎各西班牙裔人口中阴道分娩、剖腹产和无阴道妇女对生殖器外观的自我认知。

Puerto Rico health sciences journal Pub Date : 2024-09-01

Jeyka Marin-Alvarez, Lorena Gonzalez, Erika Benabe

{"title":"Self-perception of Genital Appearance following a Vaginal Delivery, C-section and Nulliparous Women in a Hispanic Population in Puerto Rico.","authors":"Jeyka Marin-Alvarez, Lorena Gonzalez, Erika Benabe","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Childbirth is considered to be both beautiful and traumatic. Following a vaginal delivery, some women express discontent with the appearance of their genitalia on social media and/or websites. This study explored how some women perceived their genitalia, post childbirth. Three groups were compared: women with a vaginal delivery, those with a cesarean-section, and those who had never given birth.Methods: After the study received approval from the institutional review board, 224 female participants living in Puerto Rico and aged 21 to 42 years completed a questionnaire about their genital self-image.Results: Approximately 51% (n = 115) of the participants had never given birth; the others had given birth via C-section 23% (n = 51) or vaginally 26% (n = 58). In all 3 groups, 84% felt positive about their genitals, 79% expressed their satisfaction with the appearance of their genitals and 84%, with their size; 81% were not ashamed of their genitals.Conclusion: Logistic regression found no significant difference in genital self-perception between delivery groups or nulliparous women. The adjusted odds ratios for positive genital image varied slightly between delivery methods but were not statistically significant (ranging from 0.65 to 1.11 for vaginal deliveries, and 0.42 to 1.00 for C-sections; P > .05). This suggests that the method of delivery does not have a significant impact on women's genital self-perception. However, for the 21% with negative perceptions, targeted support is essential; for those struggling with their self-image after childbirth, our results can inform support services to address concerns.","PeriodicalId":94183,"journal":{"name":"Puerto Rico health sciences journal","volume":"43 3","pages":"139-144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142305176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Social and Health-related Changes in Hispanic Cancer Patients during the COVID-19 Lockdown. 西语裔癌症患者在 COVID-19 封锁期间的社会和健康相关变化。

Puerto Rico health sciences journal Pub Date : 2024-09-01

Lianel Rosario-Ramos, Cristina Peña-Vargas, Normarie Torres-Blasco, Zindie Rodríguez, Nelmit Natali Tollinchi, Ruthmarie Hernández, Alexander Irizarry, Cristina Pereira, Guillermo N Armaiz-Peña, Eida M Castro-Figueroa

{"title":"Social and Health-related Changes in Hispanic Cancer Patients during the COVID-19 Lockdown.","authors":"Lianel Rosario-Ramos, Cristina Peña-Vargas, Normarie Torres-Blasco, Zindie Rodríguez, Nelmit Natali Tollinchi, Ruthmarie Hernández, Alexander Irizarry, Cristina Pereira, Guillermo N Armaiz-Peña, Eida M Castro-Figueroa","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: The current study aimed to explore changes in health-related behaviors and social practices in Hispanic cancer patients during a government-mandated lockdown and their relationship to sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.Methods: Secondary analyses were conducted on data gathered by a longitudinal cohort study to describe the unmet needs of Hispanic cancer patients living in Puerto Rico exposed to Hurricane Maria in 2017, earthquakes in 2020, and COVID-19. However, our study solely focuses on the data from the COVID-19 pandemic period.Results: Most participants were women (n = 72) with breast cancer (81.2%). Participants exhibited changes in religious practices (60%), physical activity (58.4%), and sedentary behavior (50%); 31.4% experienced changes in eating habits and sleeping patterns. Responses to the study questionnaire involved staying connected with family (85.5%) through phone calls (78.2%); 69.9% of the participants reported observing shifts in the family dynamics. A strong majority endorsed the government-imposed isolation measures (95.6%). Patients not undergoing treatment were likelier (r = -0.324; P = .010) to support the measures. Finally, younger patients experienced more work-related changes (r = -0.288; P = .017) and were less inclined (r = -0.293; P = .011) to find the isolation measures appropriate.Conclusion: This paper describes the lockdown related changes in health and social behaviors sustained by cancer patients, changes which could potentially impact their overall health and health-related quality of life. Our results fill an existing gap in our findings and contribute to understanding the experiences of cancer patients (in particular, Hispanic patients) during the COVID-19 pandemic.","PeriodicalId":94183,"journal":{"name":"Puerto Rico health sciences journal","volume":"43 3","pages":"132-138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142305177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Clinical Consequences of Delayed Treatment for Tinea Capitis (Ringworm of the Scalp): A Case Report. 延迟治疗头癣的临床后果：病例报告。

Puerto Rico health sciences journal Pub Date : 2024-09-01

Victor J Raimundi-Santos, Eduardo A Michelen-Gómez, Karina J Cancel-Artau, Francisco Colón-Fontánez

{"title":"Clinical Consequences of Delayed Treatment for Tinea Capitis (Ringworm of the Scalp): A Case Report.","authors":"Victor J Raimundi-Santos, Eduardo A Michelen-Gómez, Karina J Cancel-Artau, Francisco Colón-Fontánez","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"A 6-year-old Hispanic patient presented with a 1-month history of pruritic patches on her scalp, characterized by hair loss, black dots, and dandruff-like scales. The patient was seen by her primary care physician, who prescribed ketoconazole 2% shampoo. This provided little relief for her symptoms, which prompted her admission to nearby hospital, where fluconazole was administered intravenously and mometasone lotion applied. The patient was discharged and instructed to use the ketoconazole shampoo and mometasone lotion. The previously prescribed medications failed to improve her now enlarged, inflamed, scaly, pustule-speckled lesions. Given her condition, she was admitted to the University Pediatric Hospital in San Juan, where the Dermatology Department was consulted. Cultures were taken from the lesions, revealing the presence of Trichophyton tonsurans, which led to the diagnosis of tinea capitis (ringworm of the scalp) with kerion formation. In addition, multiple nits and adult lice characteristic of Pediculus humanus capitis were observed. A 6-week course of griseofulvin, a 1-week course of permethrin solution, and a 5-day course of oral prednisolone were started, effectively cleared the patient's inflammation and fungal infection. This case highlights how there exist areas of improvement in terms of interprofessional communication between physicians, as well a need to increase awareness of the proper treatment for this common pediatric skin condition. We postulate that in doing so, similar cases could be spared the unfortunate results of untreated tinea capitis, that is, kerion formation and the possible scarring this lesion can produce.","PeriodicalId":94183,"journal":{"name":"Puerto Rico health sciences journal","volume":"43 3","pages":"159-162"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142305171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Shows Liver Fibrosis Regression on Three Noninvasive Tests: A Puerto Rican Cohort. 慢性丙型肝炎患者的直接作用抗病毒疗法在三种无创检测中显示肝纤维化消退：波多黎各队列

Puerto Rico health sciences journal Pub Date : 2024-09-01

Paola López-Marte, Bianca Goyco-Cortés, Bárbara Rosado-Carrión

{"title":"Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Shows Liver Fibrosis Regression on Three Noninvasive Tests: A Puerto Rican Cohort.","authors":"Paola López-Marte, Bianca Goyco-Cortés, Bárbara Rosado-Carrión","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Direct-acting antiviral (DAA) drugs have resulted in high rates of virological cure in chronic hepatitis C (CHC)-infected patients. We used noninvasive tests to assess fibrosis in subjects who had been cured with DAA.Methods: Retrospective data collection (2014-2019) from the medical record of CHC patients at the hepatology clinic was performed. Subjects co-infected with HIV and hepatitis B, post-liver transplant, and lost to follow-up were excluded. We evaluated fibrosis at baseline and 1 year after completing therapy using vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE), fibrosis-4 (FIB-4), and aspartate aminotransferase-toplatelet ratio index (APRI) scores.Results: With 210 medical records reviewed, 41 were included. The mean age was 62.8 years; 61% were men. Significant fibrosis regression was observed 1-year post-treatment using 3 noninvasive methods: VCTE, APRI, and FIB-4 score. Prior to treatment, 46% of the patients had advanced fibrosis compared to 25% 1 year after treatment. The VCTE scores of 4 subjects (with body mass indices [BMIs] > 30) indicated a worsening of fibrosis. We did not find a statistically significant association between BMI and VCTE, FIB-4, or APRI score.Conclusion: In most CHC patients, DAA therapy leads to liver fibrosis regression. Obesity may play an important role in the worsening of hepatic fibrosis or the absence of fibrosis regression.","PeriodicalId":94183,"journal":{"name":"Puerto Rico health sciences journal","volume":"43 3","pages":"145-150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142305172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Hypergammaglobulinemia D and Periodic Fever Syndrome (HIDS) in a 3-year-old Patient from Puerto Rico. 波多黎各一名 3 岁患者的高丙种球蛋白血症 D 和周期性发热综合征 (HIDS)。

Puerto Rico health sciences journal Pub Date : 2024-09-01

Abdiel J Alicea-Negrón, Marilyn Toledo-García, Marta Torres-Quiñones, Annette López-Martínez, Jose R González-Chávez

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Epidemiology of Vitiligo in Puerto Rico: Descriptive Study from 2017-2022. 波多黎各的白癜风流行病学：2017-2022 年描述性研究。

Puerto Rico health sciences journal Pub Date : 2024-06-01

Camille Rothenberg-Lausell, Tatiana Pelegrina-Perez, Paula Ruiz-Gil, Francisco Colón

{"title":"Epidemiology of Vitiligo in Puerto Rico: Descriptive Study from 2017-2022.","authors":"Camille Rothenberg-Lausell, Tatiana Pelegrina-Perez, Paula Ruiz-Gil, Francisco Colón","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Vitiligo is a dermatological autoimmune condition characterized by areas of progressive skin depigmentation. Vitiligo lesions are cosmetically disfiguring and associated with significant psychological conditions such as depression and anxiety and comorbidities such as thyroid disease and diabetes. All races, ethnicities, ages, and regions of the world are impacted by vitiligo, with a global prevalence of about 0.5-2%. Currently, there is no published information available on the prevalence of vitiligo in Puerto Rico. Our study's aim was to estimate the prevalence of vitiligo among patients attending the specialized clinic of dermatology at UPR School of Medicine in Puerto Rico and describe the distribution of cases by age and sex.Methods: We performed a descriptive study to evaluate the patients attending the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Clinics from January 2017 to May 2022. Using ICD-10 code L80 and medical records, we identified 581 patients with vitiligo and their respective demographic data distributed by sex and age.Results: Of the 581 vitiligo patients, 350 (60.2%) were women, and 231 (39.8%) were men. The median age in the vitiligo population was 33.5 years. Out of the studied sample, 30.2% were under the age of 18. Overall, there was an estimated prevalence of 5.2%.Conclusion: We report a vitiligo prevalence of 5.2% in a specialized clinic in Puerto Rico, suggesting further studies are necessary to discover possible underlying factors contributing to this increased prevalence.","PeriodicalId":94183,"journal":{"name":"Puerto Rico health sciences journal","volume":"43 2","pages":"93-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141302346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Oral Health Knowledge and Oral Hygiene Habits in a Sample of 12-Year-Old Hispanics: A Cross-sectional Study. 12 岁西班牙裔青少年的口腔健康知识和口腔卫生习惯：横断面研究。

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Puerto Rico health sciences journal Pub Date : 2024-06-01

Milagros J Toro, Sona Rivas-Tumanyan, Margarita Murillo, Luis Orraca, Bayardo Garcia-Godoy, Ana K Bencosme, Augusto R Elias-Boneta

{"title":"Oral Health Knowledge and Oral Hygiene Habits in a Sample of 12-Year-Old Hispanics: A Cross-sectional Study.","authors":"Milagros J Toro, Sona Rivas-Tumanyan, Margarita Murillo, Luis Orraca, Bayardo Garcia-Godoy, Ana K Bencosme, Augusto R Elias-Boneta","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To explore the association between hygiene knowledge and habits and gingivitis in Puerto Rican school children.Methods: Questionnaires on oral health knowledge and hygiene habits were provided to almost half of the 12-year-olds who participated in an island-wide cross-sectional oral health study. The evaluations included gingival examinations in 2 quadrants. Odds ratios (ORs) (with 95% CIs) were computed using logistic regression models and oral health-related knowledge and hygiene habits to gingivitis.Results: Of the 823 participants who completed the questionnaire 53.43% were female, and 81% had gingivitis. Most reported having received instructions on brushing (98%), flossing (89.5%), and using mouthwash (90%). The majority (75%) rated their gums as healthy, and 44.68% agreed that oral health affects general health. Nearly half (44%) reported brushing their teeth at least 2 times a day, and 80.25%, flossing daily. In multivariate analysis, not having been instructed on how to brush was related to greater odds of having gingivitis (OR: 7.32; 95% CI: 1.5-35.67). Flossing more than once a day was associated with half the odds of gingivitis (OR: 0.50; 95% CI: 0.29-0.88).Conclusion: The children had knowledge of oral hygiene methods but were mostly unaware that gingival health could affect systemic health. Fewer than half reported brushing 2 or more times a day. Not having been instructed on how to brush was associated with higher odds of gingivitis.","PeriodicalId":94183,"journal":{"name":"Puerto Rico health sciences journal","volume":"43 2","pages":"61-67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12362471/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141302348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Characteristics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates from Puerto Rico, 2012-2017. 2012-2017 年波多黎各淋病奈瑟菌分离物的抗菌药敏感性和特征。

Puerto Rico health sciences journal Pub Date : 2024-06-01

Ramón Scharbaai, Lilliana Serrano, Juliara E Ortiz

{"title":"Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Characteristics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates from Puerto Rico, 2012-2017.","authors":"Ramón Scharbaai, Lilliana Serrano, Juliara E Ortiz","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Monitoring the susceptibility patterns of Neisseria gonorrhoeae is essential for the continuing compliance with current treatment recommendations. Puerto Rico conducts susceptibility tests on N. gonorrhoeae; however, trends on antimicrobial resistance in the island have not been reported since the mid 80's.Methods: We performed a secondary analysis of a national data repository on the antimicrobial susceptibility of N. gonorrhoeae isolates between 2012 and 2017; a period of time when the CDC recommended a single dose of ceftriaxone and azithromycin for the treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea. Data on susceptibility to eight antibiotics using the standard disk diffusion method was obtained for 30.0% (84/276) of the samples collected from the Sexually Transmitted Disease clinics in Puerto Rico. We also performed patient demographic analyses linked to resistance.Results: Rates of resistance to ceftriaxone and azithromycin were 0% and 4.0% (2/50), respectively. The percentage of isolates resistant to antimicrobials no longer recommended in Puerto Rico, such as tetracycline, ciprofloxacin, and penicillin, was 86.0% (43/50), 76.0% (38/50), and 38.0% (19/50), respectively. Prevalence of resistant N. gonorrhoeae was higher among men who have sex with men, MSM (79%, 37/47).Discussion: Lack of resistance to ceftriaxone and slow emergence of azithromycin resistance was identified from 2012-2017. It is imperative to continue the surveillance for emerging patterns of resistance, especially for ceftriaxone, as it is part of the current treatment guidelines. Therefore, protocols for culture based surveillance, including sample transport and processing, should be strengthened to ensure quality assured epidemiology of gonococcal resistance in Puerto Rico.","PeriodicalId":94183,"journal":{"name":"Puerto Rico health sciences journal","volume":"43 2","pages":"68-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141302344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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