SEROPREVALENCE OF SELECTED VIRAL, BACTERIAL AND PARASITIC INFECTIONS AMONG INPATIENTS OF A PUBLIC PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL OF MEXICO

We sought to determine the frequency of serological markers of selected infections in a population of psychiatric patients in Durango City, Mexico, and to determine whether there are any epidemiological characteristics of the subjects associated with the infections. One hundred and five inpatients o...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 2008-05, Vol.50 (3), p.161-164
Main Authors: ALVARADO-ESQUIVEL, Cosme, ARREOLA-VALENZUELA, Miguel Angel, GONZALEZ-VERDIN, Cesar Arnulfo, RODRIGUEZ-BRIONES, Alfredo, ALANIS-QUINONES, Olga Patricia, ESTRADA-MARTINEZ, Sergio, LUEVANOS-BECERRA, Carlos, MARTINEZ-SAENZ, Luis Felipe, MARTINEZ-GARCIA, Sergio Arturo, RAMIREZ-VALLES, Eda Guadalupe, IBARRA-TORRES, Isaac
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial - blood
Antibodies, Helminth - blood
Antibodies, Viral - blood
Biological and medical sciences
Biomarkers - blood
Cross-Sectional Studies
Cysticercosis - diagnosis
Cysticercosis - epidemiology
Female
General aspects
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - diagnosis
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - epidemiology
Hospitals, Psychiatric - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals, Public - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Mexico - epidemiology
Middle Aged
Parasitic diseases
Prevalence
Seroepidemiologic Studies
TROPICAL MEDICINE
Viral diseases
Virus Diseases - diagnosis
Virus Diseases - epidemiology
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Summary:We sought to determine the frequency of serological markers of selected infections in a population of psychiatric patients in Durango City, Mexico, and to determine whether there are any epidemiological characteristics of the subjects associated with the infections. One hundred and five inpatients of a public psychiatric hospital of Durango were examined for HBsAg, anti-HCV antibodies, anti-HIV antibodies, anti-Brucella antibodies, rapid plasma reagin and anti-Cysticercus antibodies by commercially available assays. Anti-Cysticercus antibodies were confirmed by Western blot and HBsAg by neutralization assay. Epidemiological data from each participant were also obtained. Seroprevalences of HBsAg, anti-HCV, anti-HIV, anti-Brucella, rapid plasma reagin and anti-Cysticercus antibodies found were 0.0%, 4.8%, 0.9%, 0.0%, 1.9%, and 0.9%, respectively. Overall, 9 (8.6%) inpatients showed seropositivity to any infection marker. We concluded that our psychiatric inpatients have serological evidence of a number of infections. HCV is an important pathogen among our psychiatric inpatients. Health care strategies for prevention and control of infections in Mexican psychiatric patients should be considered.
ISSN:0036-4665
1678-9946
1678-9946
DOI:10.1590/S0036-46652008005000001