Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rgmxen.2024.03.004
R. Quera , P. Nuñez , C. von Muhlenbrock , R. Espinoza
Introduction
The majority of cases of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) respond to antibiotic treatment. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has been accepted as an effective treatment in cases of recurrent CDI.
Aim
Our aim was to describe the clinical results of FMT performed for the treatment of recurrent CDI.
Material and methods
The study was conducted on patients with recurrent CDI treated with FMT through colonoscopy, within the time frame of January 2021 and December 2023. Demographic and clinical data were collected, including pre-FMT treatment data, the FMT success rate, and clinical progression during follow-up. Telephone surveys were carried out to evaluate satisfaction.
Results
Thirteen patients with a mean age of 55 years underwent FMT (including 7 patients above 65 years of age and one pregnant woman). Patients presented with a median of 3 previous episodes of CDI (range 2-4). The median time interval from first episode of CDI to FMT was 4 months (range 3-10). The effectiveness of a single FMT session was 100%. During post-FMT follow-up (median of 11 months, range 3-32), 3 patients have presented with a new CDI episode, and a successful second FMT was performed on 2 of them. No adverse events were registered, and all patients had a positive perception of FMT.
Conclusions
In the present study, despite its small size, FMT through colonoscopy was shown to be a safe, effective, and lasting therapy in cases of recurrent CDI, concurring with results from larger studies.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rgmxen.2024.08.002
C.E. Builes-Montaño , E. Pérez-Giraldo , S. Castro-Sánchez , N.A. Rojas-Henao , O.M. Santos-Sánchez , J.C. Restrepo-Gutierrez
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Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rgmxen.2023.05.009
K.R. García-Zermeño , J. Argüero , M. Amieva-Balmori , O. Rodríguez-Aguilera , A. Martínez-Conejo , M. Marcolongo , J.M. Remes-Troche
Introduction and aims
The solid test meal (STM) is a challenge test that is done during esophageal manometry and appears to increase the diagnostic yield of the study. The aim of our analysis was to establish the normal values for STM and evaluate its clinical utility in a group of Latin American patients with esophageal disorders versus healthy controls.
Material and methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted on a group of healthy controls and consecutive patients that underwent high-resolution esophageal manometry, in which STM was done at the final part of the study and consisted of asking the subjects to eat 200 g of precooked rice. The results were compared during the conventional protocol and the STM.
Results
Twenty-five controls and 93 patients were evaluated. The majority of the controls (92%) completed the test in under 8 min. The STM changed the manometric diagnosis in 38% of the cases. The STM diagnosed 21% more major motor disorders than the conventional protocol; it doubled the cases of esophageal spasm and quadrupled the cases of jackhammer esophagus, whereas it demonstrated normal esophageal peristalsis in 43% of the cases with a previous diagnosis of ineffective esophageal motility.
Conclusions
Our study confirms the fact that complementary STM during esophageal manometry adds information and enables a more physiologic assessment of esophageal motor function to be made, compared with liquid swallows, in patients with esophageal motor disorders.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rgmxen.2024.08.001
P.G. Hernández-Almonacid , X. Marin-Quintero
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Diabetes is a public health problem with an estimated worldwide prevalence of 10% and a prevalence of 12% in Mexico. The costs resulting from this chronic-degenerative disease are significant. Treatment for diabetes involves different medication groups, some of which can cause significant gastrointestinal adverse effects, such as dyspepsia, nausea, vomiting, bloating, diarrhea, and constipation. The medications most frequently associated with said adverse effects are metformin, acarbose, and GLP-1 agonists. Gastrointestinal adverse effects negatively impact the quality of life and management of patients with diabetes. The factors of visceral neuropathy, acute dysglycemia, dysbiosis, and intestinal bacterial overgrowth contribute to the gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with diabetes, making it necessary to consider multiple etiologic factors in the presence of gastrointestinal symptoms, and not exclusively attribute them to the use of antidiabetics. Personalized treatment, considering gastrointestinal comorbidity and the type of drug utilized, is essential for mitigating the adverse effects and improving the quality of life in patients with diabetes. The aim of the present narrative review was to describe the gastrointestinal adverse effects of the antidiabetic drugs, their pathophysiologic mechanisms, and the corresponding therapeutic measures.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rgmxen.2024.09.002
B.A. Priego-Parra , A. Triana-Romero , R. Bernal-Reyes , M.E. Icaza-Chávez , S.E. Martínez-Vázquez , M. Amieva-Balmori , A.D. Cano-Contreras , H. Vivanco-Cid , J.M. Remes-Troche
Introduction and aim
Liver fibrosis is a complication of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Given the limitations and risks of liver biopsy, examining noninvasive scoring systems that are affordable for the population is necessary. Our aim was to evaluate and compare the diagnostic yield of the APRI, FIB-4, NAFLD score, and Hepamet fibrosis score instruments for detecting liver fibrosis in Mexican subjects with MASLD.
Material and methods
A retrospective study was conducted on a sample of subjects with MASLD. Liver fibrosis was calculated through transient liver elastography. Sociodemographic, epidemiologic, and biochemical variables were evaluated. Scores were calculated utilizing the fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) index, the aspartate aminotransaminase-to-platelet ratio index (APRI), the Hepamet fibrosis score (HFS), and the NAFLD score (NFS), and then compared. ROC curves were constructed, and the optimum cutoff points were determined utilizing the Youden index. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and likelihood ratio were calculated.
Results
The study included 194 subjects (63% women), of whom 150 (77.3%) were classified with MASLD and 44 (22.7%) as controls with no liver disease. There was a 15.3% prevalence of advanced fibrosis. The cutoff points of 0.57 for APRI, 1.85 for FIB-4, 0.08 for HFS, and −0.058 for NFS showed diagnostic yields with areas under the ROC curves of 0.79, 0.80, 0.70, and 0.68, respectively.
Conclusion
The APRI, FIB-4, NFS, and HFS scores are useful for evaluating liver fibrosis in Mexican subjects with MASLD. Better diagnostic yield was found with the FIB-4 and APRI scores.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rgmxen.2024.06.004
C. Ovalle-Chao
{"title":"Response to the editorial commentary by Crisostomo-Estrada JK, et al. on the article “Performance of the predictive criteria of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in the diagnosis of choledocholithiasis at a secondary care public hospital in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico”","authors":"C. Ovalle-Chao","doi":"10.1016/j.rgmxen.2024.06.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rgmxen.2024.06.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74705,"journal":{"name":"Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico (English)","volume":"89 4","pages":"Page 557"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142407316","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}
{"title":"Lymphangioma of the pancreas diagnosed through endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy: A case report","authors":"J.M. Jiménez-Gutiérrez , J.O. Alonso-Lárraga , L.F. Villegas-González , A.Y. Ortega-Caballero","doi":"10.1016/j.rgmxen.2024.05.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rgmxen.2024.05.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74705,"journal":{"name":"Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico (English)","volume":"89 4","pages":"Pages 539-541"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142402301","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}
Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rgmxen.2024.10.006
C.A. Cuadros-Mendoza, K. Lozano-Agudelo, M.C. Gómez-Franco, L.V. Parra Izquierdo
{"title":"Cricopharyngeal achalasia: A rare cause of dysphagia in infancy","authors":"C.A. Cuadros-Mendoza, K. Lozano-Agudelo, M.C. Gómez-Franco, L.V. Parra Izquierdo","doi":"10.1016/j.rgmxen.2024.10.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rgmxen.2024.10.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74705,"journal":{"name":"Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico (English)","volume":"89 4","pages":"Pages 543-545"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142407312","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}
Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rgmxen.2024.10.003
M. Cernat , L. Antoci , I. Mishin
{"title":"Neurofibromatosis type 1-associated gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach","authors":"M. Cernat , L. Antoci , I. Mishin","doi":"10.1016/j.rgmxen.2024.10.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rgmxen.2024.10.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74705,"journal":{"name":"Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico (English)","volume":"89 4","pages":"Pages 537-538"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142407315","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}