{"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}
María Alejandra Meneses-Toro, Ómar Javier Calixto, Paula Andrea Chacón-Jaramillo, Mónica Acevedo-Godoy, Luisa Constanza Robayo-Beltrán, Camilo Vera-Parra, Juan Manuel Bello-Gualtero, Wilson Bautista-Molano, Verónica Noguera-Castro, Consuelo Romero-Sánchez
{"title":"[HLA alleles heterogeneity in a sample of colombian patients with a diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis].","authors":"María Alejandra Meneses-Toro, Ómar Javier Calixto, Paula Andrea Chacón-Jaramillo, Mónica Acevedo-Godoy, Luisa Constanza Robayo-Beltrán, Camilo Vera-Parra, Juan Manuel Bello-Gualtero, Wilson Bautista-Molano, Verónica Noguera-Castro, Consuelo Romero-Sánchez","doi":"10.29262/ram.v71i1.1346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29262/ram.v71i1.1346","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective is to describe the HLA allelic frequency in PsA and correlate it with demographic and clinical variables.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Retrospective study of adult patients with a diagnosis of PsA (n=23) and healthy controls (n=46), all with a request for HLA-A, B, C, DR. Typing was performed using HLA-PCR/SSO LifeCodes and analyzed on the LUMINEX IS100/200 xMAP<sup>®</sup> system. (Ethics/Code HMC2022-014).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One hundred thirty-eight alleles were included from 69 individuals, 43,5% women, aged 44,5±16,5 years in patients with PsA, with a mean age of disease onset of 33.4±14 years. Only 9.5% had a high Body Mass Index and dyslipidemia was the most frequent comorbidity (34.8%), followed by high blood pressure (26,1%). 82% debuted with skin manifestation and once the joint disease was established, the predominance was peripheral (74%) due to arthritis/arthralgia in 74%, enthesitis in 30% and dactylitis in 13%. The allele frequencies were for HLA*A 2402 (13%), 3201 (13%) and 2427 (8,7%), for HLA*B 1402 (17,4%), 4002 (17,4%), 3801 (13%) and HLA*DR 0404 (17,4%), 0407 (13%). No HLA*B27 was identified and HLA*C0602 was only 2,2%. HLA A*0201 and DR*1301 were less frequent in controls versus PsA (p=0.024 and 0,029, respectively), while HLA*B1302 was frequent in PsA (p=0,035).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Curiously, there were no positive results for HLAB*27, which may be related to the population mix. HLA Cw6 is traditionally associated with psoriasis. However, its absence has been linked to nail disorders and PsA; consequently, in our study, it had a low frequency (2,2%). On the other hand, HLA*B1302 has been related to the disease and its early onset; in the healthy Colombian population, it has been described in 0,92%; in our group, it is found to be significant in patients without establishing a clinical association. Few previous studies report HLA results in PsA in Colombia.</p>","PeriodicalId":101421,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia Mexico (Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico : 1993)","volume":"71 1","pages":"83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140873738","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}
Lucía Moreno-Lozano, Teresa De Aramburu-Mera, Carmen Bermúdez-Hormigo
{"title":"[The disease under chronic urticaria: beyond itching].","authors":"Lucía Moreno-Lozano, Teresa De Aramburu-Mera, Carmen Bermúdez-Hormigo","doi":"10.29262/ram.v71i1.1245","DOIUrl":"10.29262/ram.v71i1.1245","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Brief erythematous-papular skin rashes suggest the diagnosis of urticaria; However, it may be another type of dermatitis, and complementary examinations must be carried out to establish its diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Case report: </strong>53-year-old female patient, diagnosed in 2016 with diffuse large B cell lymphoma, in complete remission. Since 2010, he has had episodes of erythematous-papular lesions lasting 24-36 hours. He received antihistamines, corticosteroids and omalizumab without clinical improvement. The ANA determination was positive (1/320), nuclear mitotic pattern. The skin biopsy was compatible with dermatitis herpetiformis. The study of celiac and locus antibodies showed positivity for HLA-DQ2 and DQ2.5 in heterozygosity. The diagnosis of dermatitis herpetiformis was established. Treatment consisted of a gluten-free diet and prescription of dapsone, with satisfactory results.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>It is important to establish the differential diagnosis of patients with chronic urticaria who do not respond to the reference treatment, in addition to carrying out a thorough clinical examination and physical examination before starting treatment and relying on a multidisciplinary team to establish an accurate diagnosis and treatment. appropriate. Due to the side effects of dapsone, subsequent follow-up of patients is essential.</p>","PeriodicalId":101421,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia Mexico (Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico : 1993)","volume":"71 1","pages":"44-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140864944","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}
Carlos E Barrios-Angulo, María Mónica de Vivero, Randy Reina-Rivero, María Camila Guzmán, Miguel Ángel Caballero, Nathalie Acevedo
{"title":"[Circulating populations of CD4+ CD25+ CD127- regulatory t lymphocytes in peripheral blood of allergic asthmatic children].","authors":"Carlos E Barrios-Angulo, María Mónica de Vivero, Randy Reina-Rivero, María Camila Guzmán, Miguel Ángel Caballero, Nathalie Acevedo","doi":"10.29262/ram.v71i1.1363","DOIUrl":"10.29262/ram.v71i1.1363","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To carry out a preliminary analysis on the Treg lymphocyte counts present in the peripheral blood of allergic asthmatic children from the city of Cartagena, Colombia, compared to healthy controls.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We compared cytometry counts of ten asthmatic patients (age 7-16 years) and seven healthy controls (6-12 years), recruited in the city of Cartagena. Peripheral blood samples were stained using Cytek's 14-color cFluor Immunoprofiling kit (Cytek<sup>®</sup> cFluor<sup>®</sup> Immunoprofiling Kit 14 Color RUO kit), and analyzed on a Northern Lights™ spectral cytometer (Cytek<sup>®</sup> Biosciences, Fremont, CA, USA), to read 50.000 events per sample. The data obtained were analyzed in SpectroFlo<sup>®</sup> and FlowJo. The study was approved by the ethics committee of the University of Cartagena (SGR, Grant BPIN2020000100405).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The frequency of CD3+, CD4+, CD25+, CD127- Tregs was 11% of all CD4+ T cells, with a range of minimum 8,1% and maximum 17,7%. There was no significant difference in the proportion of Tregs between allergic asthmatic patients and healthy controls (P = 0,2).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>With this preliminary sample size, no significant differences were found in the Treg lymphocyte population between allergic asthmatic patients and healthy controls. The 14-color multiplexed panel is a useful tool not only to count CD3+ and CD4+ populations, but also to obtain the percentage of regulatory T cells using cell surface markers.</p>","PeriodicalId":101421,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia Mexico (Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico : 1993)","volume":"71 1","pages":"73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140867526","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}