Title
Frequency of hydatidosis of children and adolescents hospitalized in The National Child Health Institute (period 1996-2005)
Other title
Frecuencia de hidatidosis en niños y adolescentes hospitalizados en el Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño (periodo 1996-2005)
Date Issued
01 January 2010
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The objective of the study was to determine the frequency of patients with hydatidosis at the Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño (INSN), Lima, during the period 1996-2005. Clinical records of 177 patients out of 235patients diagnosed withhydatidosis were analyzed. The frequency of patients with hydatidosis was 0.21% (235/109 550). The largest number of patients were from Lima department (33.9%, 60/177), followed by Junín and Pasco. The 55.4% (98/177) of patients was male and 50.8% (90/177) of patients were between 5 and 9 years of age. The 44.0% (78/177) of patients suffered pulmonary hydatidosis and 23.2% (41/177) had hepatic hydatidosis. Results indicated that an urban cycle of the diseases would be occurring.
Start page
54
End page
60
Volume
21
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Pediatría
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84926219725
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
Sources of information:
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