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Archives of General Internal Medicine | Volume 2
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April 04-05, 2018 | Miami, USA
International Conference on
Internal Medicine & Practice and Primary Care
International Meeting on
Breast Pathology & Cancer Diagnosis
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holera is a diarrheal disease caused by the ingestion of
food or water contaminated with
Vibrio cholerae
. Cholera
remains a global threat. Each year there are between 1.3 and
4 million cases in the world and between 21,000 and 143,000
deaths. Haiti has a population of 11 million habitants,
however, it only has 911 doctors. Despite the progress made
since 2010, when an earthquake struck the country causing
the death of 300,000 people, it would trigger the longest
and most serious cholera epidemics ever remembered. The
objective of the research was to analyze the contribution of
the modification of the treatment protocol in the control of
the epidemic, based on the antibiotic therapy (doxycycline /
erythromycin) of all diagnosed patients, regardless of their
degree of dehydration, whether mild, moderate or severe.
At the end of 2016, when the protocol modification was
initiated, 41,421 cases were recorded. During 2017, there
were 13,681 cases, which corresponded to a decrease in the
incidence of 66.9%.
Speaker Biography
Carlos Efraín Montúfar Salcedo has completed his PhD at the age of 46 years from
Atlantic University. He is the director of Asdrúbal de la Torre hospital (Cotacachi -
Ecuador). He has published more than 5 books and many papers in reputed journals
and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.
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carmont53@yahoo.esModification of the treatment protocol as a strategy in the control of the cholera epidemic in Haiti
2016-2017
Carlos Efraín Montúfar Salcedo
Asdrúbal de la Torre Hospital, Ecuador