Lucía Moreno-Lozano, Teresa de Aramburu-Mera, Carmen Bermúdez-Hormigo
{"title":"[Allergic contact dermatitis due to Furacin®].","authors":"Lucía Moreno-Lozano, Teresa de Aramburu-Mera, Carmen Bermúdez-Hormigo","doi":"10.29262/ram.v71i2.1246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29262/ram.v71i2.1246","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Allergic sensitization to topical antimicrobial treatments is a well-known problem. Furacin® is one of the most widely used in our environment. It contains 0.2% nitrofurazone and polyethylene glycol (PEG) as a vehicle.</p><p><strong>Case report: </strong>57-year-old male with no history of interest. He presented skin rash, blisters, and serous exudate 2-3 days after starting treatment with Furacin® (applied to an infected skin wound). Epicutaneous tests were performed with a true test battery, nitrofurantoin 1% in petrolatum, PEG15000 and 4000 1% in petrolatum, pure PEG 400, PEG monomethyl ether 350 1% in water. Positive result at 96 hours for nitrofurantoin.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Nitrofurazone is widely used as a topical antibiotic because of its bactericidal spectrum. It (including its excipients) should be considered in case of adverse reactions after application.</p>","PeriodicalId":101421,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia Mexico (Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico : 1993)","volume":"71 2","pages":"128-130"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142305595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brenda Guendulain-Velázquez, Patricia María O'Farrill-Romanillos
{"title":"[Prevalence of dermatological manifestations in common variable immunodeficiency patients].","authors":"Brenda Guendulain-Velázquez, Patricia María O'Farrill-Romanillos","doi":"10.29262/ram.v71i2.1296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29262/ram.v71i2.1296","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Estimate the prevalence of dermatological manifestations in Mexican patients with common variable immunodeficiency.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Cross-sectional and retrospective study, based on the analysis of records of patients with a diagnosis of common variable immunodeficiency, treated at the Siglo XXI National Medical Center (Mexican Social Security Institute), according to the criteria of the European Society of Immunodeficiencies (ESID). and of which only 3 had a genetic diagnosis with the following mutations: IRF2, CTLA4 and PIK-3, belonging to the Immunodeficiency Clinic of the National Medical Center Siglo XXI (IMSS), to evaluate dermatological manifestations, review of laboratory tests: IgA, IgM, IgG and type of replacement therapy with Immunoglobulin. The statistical analysis was carried out with the SPSS program; Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data, according to the type of variable to be analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>36 patients were included, of which 55.5% were women; with median age 34 years (18-94). The prevalence of dermatological manifestations was 70% (n = 25). 30.5% had a history of infectious dermatosis and 39.5% had a history of non-infectious dermatosis. The most common dermatosis was irritant contact dermatitis in 13.8% of patients. All received replacement therapy with human immunoglobulin, 33.3% intravenously and the rest subcutaneously.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Common variable immunodeficiency is an inborn error of immunity, with different clinical manifestations in various organs and systems (the skin is one of these). Dermatological manifestations are not usually described in patients with common variable immunodeficiency; However, it is important to identify them due to their relationship with certain complications (increased risk of superinfection), due to skin disruption and biological therapies.</p>","PeriodicalId":101421,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia Mexico (Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico : 1993)","volume":"71 2","pages":"91-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142305599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniela Rivero-Yeverino, Jonathan Higgins Payan-Diaz, Aída Inés López-García, José Sergio Papaqui-Tapia, Chrystopherson Gengyny Caballero-López, Juan Jesús Ríos-López, Carlos David López-Romero, Johav Yael Sánchez-Villalobos, Elisa Ortega Jordá-Rodríguez, Armando Álvarez-Rivera, Erika Villada-Villada
{"title":"[Therapeutic effect of vitamin D supplementation in mexican patients with allergic rhinitis].","authors":"Daniela Rivero-Yeverino, Jonathan Higgins Payan-Diaz, Aída Inés López-García, José Sergio Papaqui-Tapia, Chrystopherson Gengyny Caballero-López, Juan Jesús Ríos-López, Carlos David López-Romero, Johav Yael Sánchez-Villalobos, Elisa Ortega Jordá-Rodríguez, Armando Álvarez-Rivera, Erika Villada-Villada","doi":"10.29262/ram.v71i2.1282","DOIUrl":"10.29262/ram.v71i2.1282","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objetives: </strong>To evaluate the impact of cholecalciferol (D₃) supplementation using clinical and paraclinical variables in patients with RA and vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study included patients from 5 to 40 years with a diagnosis of RA and vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency. They were supplemented for 8 weeks with 4000 or 5000 IU, depending on age. Total nasal symptoms score (TNSS) was measured monthly and 25(OH)D₃ levels at baseline and at the end of the study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 31 patients were included, with a mean age of 18.19 years. In the active group, there was a significant improvement in symptomatology with respect to the TNSS score and an increase in serum vitamin D levels (p < 0.01). There were no adverse reactions with cholecalciferol or placebo.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Supplementing patients with vitamin D₃, at the evaluated dose, together with conventional treatent for allergic rhinitis results in symptoms and quality of life improvement in patients with this disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":101421,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia Mexico (Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico : 1993)","volume":"71 2","pages":"85-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142305601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Knowledge of mothers of children under 5 years of age about vaccination schedule].","authors":"Diana Paola Gallardo-Martínez, Jaime Omar Jiménez-Sandoval","doi":"10.29262/ram.v71i2.1298","DOIUrl":"10.29262/ram.v71i2.1298","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Determine the level of knowledge of mothers of children under 5 years of age about vaccination schedule.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Cross-sectional, observational, descriptive, and analytical study, carried out in the Family Medicine Unit 1 of Orizaba, Veracruz, in which two questionnaires were applied to mothers of children under 5 years of age, one prepared by PAHO that qualifies attitudes. of parents about vaccines, and another that evaluates knowledge of immunizations. Absolute frequencies and percentages were estimated; and the association with Pearson's <i>X</i><sup>2</sup> was determined.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 138 women were registered, with age limits of 18 to 48 years. The level of knowledge was high (70.3%) and was related to the age, education (p = 0.00) and occupation (p = 0.03) of the mothers. The highest frequencies were for housewives (47.1%), professionals (3.5%), married (60.2%) and of the Catholic religion (81.2%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study confirms the null hypothesis, which indicates that 70.3% have high knowledge about vaccination, and it is associated with the age, education, and occupation of the mothers.</p>","PeriodicalId":101421,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia Mexico (Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico : 1993)","volume":"71 2","pages":"108-113"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142305598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sandra Nora González-Díaz, Alejandra Macías-Weinmann, Cindy Elizabeth De Lira-Quezada, Valeria Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Hilda Hernández-Sánchez, Rosa Ivett Guzmán-Avilán, Andrés Noyola-Pérez, Carlos Macouzet-Sánchez
{"title":"[Epidemiological profile of allergic respiratory disease in Mexican children].","authors":"Sandra Nora González-Díaz, Alejandra Macías-Weinmann, Cindy Elizabeth De Lira-Quezada, Valeria Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Hilda Hernández-Sánchez, Rosa Ivett Guzmán-Avilán, Andrés Noyola-Pérez, Carlos Macouzet-Sánchez","doi":"10.29262/ram.v71i2.1301","DOIUrl":"10.29262/ram.v71i2.1301","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Report the prevalence and severity of the most common allergic diseases in children living in Monterrey, México.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Cross-sectional multi-center survey on the most common allergic diseases, completed by parents of 6-7-year-old children and by 13-14- year-old adolescents in the Monterrey metropolitan area, between January 2018 and December 2019.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 3,044 questionnaires were eligible for the analysis. Among children between 6-7 years old, 30.2% (n = 143/473) presented wheezing at any time in their life; with a higher prevalence in the male population. In the adolescent group, 26.4% reported having experienced wheezing at some point in their life, with a slight predominance in the female group (54.9%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Knowing the prevalence of allergic diseases in our population gives us tools to generate strategies that allow us to provide the best quality healthcare to our patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":101421,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia Mexico (Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico : 1993)","volume":"71 2","pages":"96-107"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142305597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Melisa Zavala-Rodríguez, Marco Antonio Martínez-Triana, María Del Rocío Hernández-Morales, Rubén Peña-Vélez
{"title":"[Adenovirus-related acute liver failure treated with intravenous immunoglobulin].","authors":"Melisa Zavala-Rodríguez, Marco Antonio Martínez-Triana, María Del Rocío Hernández-Morales, Rubén Peña-Vélez","doi":"10.29262/ram.v71i2.1275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29262/ram.v71i2.1275","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Acute liver failure in pediatric age is a serious multisystem disease, characterized by a failure of the synthesis and detoxification function of the liver. Among the etiologies, viral infection should be investigated. Treatment is supportive and some cases require liver transplantation.</p><p><strong>Case report: </strong>A 2-year-old girl was admitted for acute liver failure. The PCR viral panel was positive for Adenovirus 41 and IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 were also found. Supportive treatment was started without improvement, so intravenous immunoglobulin was administered, with resolution of the liver failure.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Immunoglobulin has immunomodulatory mechanisms in children with severe acute hepatitis of infectious etiology, so in some cases, its administration can be considered as adjuvant therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":101421,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia Mexico (Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico : 1993)","volume":"71 2","pages":"131-134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142305594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patricia Andrade-Garbán, María de Los Angeles González-Labrador, Marta Goyanes-Malumbres, Mariela Brandoni-Petrone, Teresa Alfaya-Arias
{"title":"[Chronic urticaria as an atypical reaction after a vespid bite].","authors":"Patricia Andrade-Garbán, María de Los Angeles González-Labrador, Marta Goyanes-Malumbres, Mariela Brandoni-Petrone, Teresa Alfaya-Arias","doi":"10.29262/ram.v71i2.1298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29262/ram.v71i2.1298","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Hymenoptera stings can produce IgE-mediated reactions, toxic reactions, or atypical reactions, which are rare. Cold urticaria has been described among the cutaneous manifestations in the atypical ones, but there is only one case of chronic urticaria.</p><p><strong>Case report: </strong>A 56-year-old female patient experienced palmoplantar pruritus and generalized urticaria 60 minutes after two vespid stings, requiring medical assistance and several cycles of home treatment with oral antihistamines and corticosteroids for resolution in 12 weeks. Allergological studies showed normal tryptase and primary sensitization to Polistes dominula venom. Given the patient's profession, venom immunotherapy was started with Polistes dominula 100% without recurrence of urticaria after its administration.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We present a case of IgE-mediated systemic reaction followed by self-limited chronic urticaria, related chronologically to the same vespid sting trigger.</p>","PeriodicalId":101421,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia Mexico (Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico : 1993)","volume":"71 2","pages":"135-138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142305596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
José E Gereda, Erika de Arruda-Chaves, José Larco, Edgar Matos, Fernando M Runzer-Colmenares
{"title":"[Severe asthma: Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment].","authors":"José E Gereda, Erika de Arruda-Chaves, José Larco, Edgar Matos, Fernando M Runzer-Colmenares","doi":"10.29262/ram.v71i2.1283","DOIUrl":"10.29262/ram.v71i2.1283","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Severe asthma is an entity with a complex diagnosis, requiring an adequate differential diagnosis and identification of endotypes for a correct approach and therapeutic process. In the present review, we show a synthesis of the current literature on the diagnosis, pathophysiology, and management of severe asthma, having critically analyzed the evidence in search engines such as Medline, Scopus, and Embase.</p>","PeriodicalId":101421,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia Mexico (Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico : 1993)","volume":"71 2","pages":"114-127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142305600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[In Silico analysis of molecular mimic between Der p 23 against allergenic sources].","authors":"Andrés Sánchez-Caraballo, Valentina García-Solano, Sonia Karina González-Rangel, Valeria Grattz-Lamadrid, Marlon Múnera-Gomez","doi":"10.29262/ram.v71i1.1377","DOIUrl":"10.29262/ram.v71i1.1377","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To identify through In Silico analysis the possible molecular mimicry between Der p 23 and antigens from allergenic sources.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Identity was sought between Der p 23 and proteins from the mite families Pyroglyphidae, Acaridae, Chortoglyphidae and Echimyopodidae, through PSI-BLAST and They used PRALINE and EMBOSS for the alignments. Antigens with resolved experimental structure were obtained from Protein Data Bank and those not reported were generated using Swiss Model server and ALPHAFOLD 2. Epitope prediction was carried out with the Ellipro server and Pymol 2.3 was used to visualize the 3D models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The analysis between Pyroglyphidae allergens and Der p 23 showed identity with the endochitinase-like protein of D. pteronyssinus, and the type 2 chitin binding domain of D. farinae, with identities between 85 and 100%, with coverage of 100%, and 75% respectively. The allergens Der f 23 and Der p 23 of D. farinae and D. pteronyssinus had 100% coverage with identities of 85.42% and 79.59%, respectively. Among the allergens of Tyrophagus putrescentiae, binding to chitin, oviduct-specific glycoprotein and Cda4p were included, which had identity values corresponding to 40%, 42.22% and 34.78%, with coverage values that did not exceed the 55%. No results were found for Chortoglyphidae and Echimyopodidae.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There is molecular mimicry and structural homology between Der P 23 and allergens from allergic sources of the Pyroglyphidae and Acaridae families. Potential epitopes were identified in Der p 23, which could present cross-reactivity with the proteins of the allergenic sources studied, which must be demonstrated in In vitro and In vivo studies. In vitro and in vivo work is needed to demonstrate the results obtained in the In Silico analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":101421,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia Mexico (Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico : 1993)","volume":"71 1","pages":"67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140867546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ivon Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Brayan Leonardo Mesa-Gallo, Yubely Rico-Puentes, Mauricio González, Carlos Alberto Parra-López
{"title":"[Inflammageing in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)].","authors":"Ivon Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Brayan Leonardo Mesa-Gallo, Yubely Rico-Puentes, Mauricio González, Carlos Alberto Parra-López","doi":"10.29262/ram.v71i1.1350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29262/ram.v71i1.1350","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Methods: </strong>We took Peripheral blood samples from adult patients over 60 years of age with a confirmed diagnosis of IPF through biopsy or clinical criteria. Plasma separation was performed, and proinflammatory cytokines were measured using CBA. This study received approval from the ethics and research committee of the Colombian Pulmonological Foundation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients with IPF exhibited an increase in cytokines such as IL-4, INFy, and IL-6 compared to healthy older adults.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Inflammatory disease has been associated with the development and coexistence of multiple chronic non-communicable diseases that have a higher incidence after 65 years of age. The involvement of adaptive immunity in the pathogenesis of IPF has been described as an imbalance in the Th1/Th2 lymphocyte response. Further studies are required to identify additional markers of immunosenescence that correlate with IPF.</p>","PeriodicalId":101421,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia Mexico (Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico : 1993)","volume":"71 1","pages":"72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140874398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}