Descripción de las características clínicas y epidemiológicas de los pacientes adultos mayores hospitalizados en el Hospital México que desarrollaron candidemia en el período 2019-2020
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Jiménez Campos, Hazel Magally
Jiménez Flores, Benjamín
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Antecedentes: Las infecciones por Candida spp en los adultos mayores son un problema clínico importante y en expansión, con una mortalidad significativamente mayor en este grupo de edad que el que se reporta en los pacientes más jóvenes. Este creciente problema en general está relacionado no solo con la inmunosenescencia y, por ende, el aumento al que lleva en la incidencia de eventos infecciosos de cualquier tipo, sino también la multimorbilidad tan frecuente en esta población. En lo que respecta al tratamiento, este es se considera un reto considerando el aumento en la aparición de resistencia al tratamiento antifúngico o de efectos no deseados, especialmente en las personas mayores frágiles y las que están en estado crítico, producto de los cambios en la farmacocinética y la farmacodinámica que trae consigo el envejecimiento. Métodos: Se realizo un análisis de toda la población adulta mayor con candidemia ingresada en la base de datos del servicio de infectología del Hospital México en el periodo 2019-2020, lo cual corresponde a 54 pacientes. Resultados y conclusiones: en la muestra se determina que los pacientes hospitalizados con diagnóstico de candidemia por hemocultivo, mayores de 60 años, a los cuales se le constataron factores de riesgo que fueron de peso para su desarrollo como lo son; CVC y la sonda foley (68%), antibióticos previos como cefotaxima (33%), y la hipertensión arterial (70%).
Background: Candida spp infections in older adults are an important and expanding clinical problem, with significantly higher mortality in this age group than that reported in younger patients. This growing problem in general is related not only to immunosenescence, and thus the increase it leads to in the incidence of infectious events of any kind, but also to the multimorbidity so prevalent in this population. Treatment is considered a challenge considering the increase in the appearance of resistance to antifungal treatment or unwanted effects, especially in the frail elderly and those in critical condition, as a result of changes in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics brought about by aging. Methods: An analysis of the entire older adult population with candidemia entered in the database of the infectious disease service of the Hospital Mexico in the period 2019-2020 was performed, which corresponds to 54 patients. Results and conclusions: the sample shows that the patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of candidemia by blood culture, over 60 years of age, who were found to have risk factors that were important for its development, such as CVC and foley catheter (68%), previous antibiotics such as cefotaxime (33%), and arterial hypertension (70%).
Background: Candida spp infections in older adults are an important and expanding clinical problem, with significantly higher mortality in this age group than that reported in younger patients. This growing problem in general is related not only to immunosenescence, and thus the increase it leads to in the incidence of infectious events of any kind, but also to the multimorbidity so prevalent in this population. Treatment is considered a challenge considering the increase in the appearance of resistance to antifungal treatment or unwanted effects, especially in the frail elderly and those in critical condition, as a result of changes in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics brought about by aging. Methods: An analysis of the entire older adult population with candidemia entered in the database of the infectious disease service of the Hospital Mexico in the period 2019-2020 was performed, which corresponds to 54 patients. Results and conclusions: the sample shows that the patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of candidemia by blood culture, over 60 years of age, who were found to have risk factors that were important for its development, such as CVC and foley catheter (68%), previous antibiotics such as cefotaxime (33%), and arterial hypertension (70%).
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candidemia, adulto mayor, caspofungina, geriatría
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