Prevalencia de infección por pseudomona aeruginosa en pacientes con bronquiectasias post tuberculosis atendidos en consulta externa de Neumología del Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil los Ceibos durante el periodo de enero del 2018 a enero del 2020.

Abstract

Introduction: Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection is a very common medical condition in patients with bronchiectasis; bronchiectasis are dilatations of the bronchi secondary to pulmonary pathological processes, among which pulmonary tuberculosis stands out, therefore the present investigation is focused on determining the prevalence of infection by pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients with post-tuberculosis bronchiectasis treated by the department of pulmonology in Outpatient care modality for a period of two years (January 2018 - January 2020), which were treated at the IESS los Ceibos hospital where we have carried out a rotating internship year. Objective: To identify pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in patients with post-tuberculosis bronchiectasis, to determine its prevalence in outpatient pulmonology care. Materials and Method A retrospective, observational, descriptive and analytical study was carried out with the objective of evaluating colonization by pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients with post-tuberculosis bronchiectasis. The data collection was carried out by reviewing the medical records that are registered in the AS400 medical system used by the General Hospital of the North of Guayaquil, Los Ceibos, of which a detailed review was carried out, said data were recorded in a sheet calculation in the Microsoft Excel program. The data will be uploaded and analyzed using the IBM SPSS version 25 program. Conclusion: In the Los Ceibos General Hospital, between the period from January 2018 to January 2020, 98 cases of post-tuberculosis bronchiectasis were found, however, Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in this group of patients has a low prevalence since it represents only 28, 6% of the sample. A finding that appears with great frequency is the affectation of elderly patients with a great predilection for the female gender, estimated to be over fifty percent, however there is no direct relationship between this finding and the prevalence of infection by pseudomonas aeruginosa.