P Montero Mora, G Barroeta Hernández, J L López Durán, F Espinosa Larrañaga, C Martínez Conde
{"title":"[Occupational disease at an allergy service].","authors":"P Montero Mora, G Barroeta Hernández, J L López Durán, F Espinosa Larrañaga, C Martínez Conde","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>26 nurses were included in a prospective study mean age of 37.2 years old. 14 of them participated either in the application or preparation of allergenic extracts (vaccines) for several months (range 3-60). The other 12 were taken as control subjects. In both groups, we obtained atopic background, clinical evaluation, seric IgE, nasal smears, skin test with glicerinated antigens, positive and negative control. The study concluded allergy sensibilization occurs in those nurses working at the allergy service mainly in those whom referred genetic background for atopy.</p>","PeriodicalId":77353,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Mexicana de Alergia e Inmunlogia","volume":"39 6","pages":"133-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12660950","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":"[From Gutenberg to lasers].","authors":"H Ortega Gómez","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77353,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Mexicana de Alergia e Inmunlogia","volume":"39 6","pages":"113-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12660942","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}
J Mejía Ortega, R M Salazar Villa, E Hernández Godínez, G B Guerrero Núñez
{"title":"[The importance of pollinosis in the Valley of Mexico].","authors":"J Mejía Ortega, R M Salazar Villa, E Hernández Godínez, G B Guerrero Núñez","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The climatic conditions and the vegetation in the valley of Mexico are analyzed in virtue of their modification during the last few years which have consequently altered the surrounding ecological systems. In this article, we were particularly interested in describing the botanical characteristics of the gimnospermas, an abundant vegetation in Mexico.</p>","PeriodicalId":77353,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Mexicana de Alergia e Inmunlogia","volume":"39 6","pages":"120-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12660946","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":"[Immunoglobulin A and tobacco antigens in patients with pneumopathy].","authors":"R D Martínez, A Moreno","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Smoking is an addiction related with several cardiopulmonary diseases. Some compounds derived from tobacco combustion can be induce a response of secretory immune system, because antigen penetration is by respiratory tract epithelium, with IgA antibodies synthesis and immune complex (IC) generation. Seric anti-tobacco antibodies were showed in 44% of healthy smokers and 71% of non-smoker. In 56% of smokers and 38% at non smokers were found IC with 0.19 and 0.15 mg/ml of IgA respectively. Molecular weight of IC constituents were between 12 and 80 Kd. Sera were without free tobacco antigen. Pneumopathic patients had anti-tobacco antibodies in 100% of them and positive IC in 72% of smokers and 65% of non-smokers. IgA concentration in CI was 1.41 and 1.26 mg/ml respectively. Molecular weight of IC compounds were from 14 to 90 Kd. Free tobacco antigen in serum was observed in 44% of smokers and 41% of non-smokers pneumopathic patients. We concluded that patients with lung disease had higher frequency of anti-tobacco antibodies and IC, further IgA concentration in IC was higher and free tobacco antigen present in pneumopathic sera comparing with healthy people. The presence of circulating IC with IgA antibodies and the potential inductive influence of tobacco products in these entities, should provide an energetic stimulus to search the role of tobacco antigens in pulmonary inflammatory diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":77353,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Mexicana de Alergia e Inmunlogia","volume":"39 5","pages":"106-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12632775","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}
S Martínez-Cairo Cueto, R Gómez Corvera, J Dávila Velázquez
{"title":"[Quantification of number and function of mononuclear cells. Fc gamma receptors in children with protein-calorie malnutrition (PCM)].","authors":"S Martínez-Cairo Cueto, R Gómez Corvera, J Dávila Velázquez","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Several kind of cells T membrane receptors have been recognized, between them immunoglobulins heavy chains receptors mu and gamma, they act in the antigen recognition, they are subpopulations-cells T surface-matched too. In the malnutrition protein-calorie (MPC) immunologic alterations were observed, in both cellular immune and humoral immune, for example: The immunoglobulins are increased and cellular response towards antigens is decreased. This failure can be due to dysfunction in the lymphocyte T-subpopulation. So we research if there are different number, percent and function of lymphocytes T subpopulations between children with MPC and health infant. We observed an increment of lymphocytes T gamma in number and percent in children with MPC compared with health infant (p < 0.05) However, the lymphocytes T and subpopulation gamma response to phytohemagglutinin was bad. These findings are concordant with the literature about increased in lymphocyte T gamma of children with MPC. Additionally we observed a dysfunction in this subpopulation.</p>","PeriodicalId":77353,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Mexicana de Alergia e Inmunlogia","volume":"39 5","pages":"101-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12631537","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":"[20 years of the National Council of Clinical Immunology and Allergy].","authors":"J Pérez Martín","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77353,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Mexicana de Alergia e Inmunlogia","volume":"39 5","pages":"87-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12632774","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":"[Sensitization to the acarus Blomia tropicalis in patients with respiratory allergy].","authors":"N A Rosario","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>House dust mites are important environmental allergens in Southern Brazil. Some allergic patients do not respond to specific immunotherapy for Dermatophagoides ssp. For that reason we decided to evaluate the skin test sensitivity to tropical mites, Blomia tropicalis and Blomia kulagini. Patients with perennial allergic rhinitis and/or asthma were selected for tests. (N = 135). The wheals cross diameter were recorded. The frequency of strong reactions were 82% for B. tropicalis, 69% for D. pteronyssinus, 56% for D. farinae and 46% for B. kulagini. Wheals were larger with Dermatophagoides sp in 30 patients (22%); similar in 61 patients (45%) and larger with-Blomia sp in 44 patients (33%). Three patients reacted only to Blomia. This study verifies that sensitization to Blomia is common in patients with respiratory allergy. In addition it contains unique allergens that could account for treatment failures with Dermatophagoides in some cases.</p>","PeriodicalId":77353,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Mexicana de Alergia e Inmunlogia","volume":"39 5","pages":"96-100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12632778","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}
R M Salazar Villa, R Acosta Ortíz, J Mejía Ortega, S Martínez Cairo y Cueto, F Castro Ramos, E R Villa Michel, S A Zambrano Villa
{"title":"[Symptomatic dermatographism and HLA antigens].","authors":"R M Salazar Villa, R Acosta Ortíz, J Mejía Ortega, S Martínez Cairo y Cueto, F Castro Ramos, E R Villa Michel, S A Zambrano Villa","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This research reports the unique case of manifestation of symptomatic dermographism which includes all of its twenty five members of the family. Probing a genetic transmission autosomal dominant manner and taking into account the highly probable role of HLA in this illness. The symptomatic dermographism correspond to a group of physical familiar urticarias with symptoms appearing in early childhood and evolving throughout adulthood with seldom periods of remission. Due to the fact that all patients were affected, it was not possible to realize a typification of HLA antigens with persons not affected, to establish a relationship with the data obtained. However, results show a significant association of haplotypes; HLA A2 (78.95), B16 (68.4%), A1 (47.3%), and B5 (42.5%) among the most important. This is the first research that reports the analysis of HLA within the physical familial urticarias.</p>","PeriodicalId":77353,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Mexicana de Alergia e Inmunlogia","volume":"39 5","pages":"89-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12632776","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}
A H Gómez Echevarría, L A Alfonso Fernández, M J Valderrama Puente
{"title":"[Anemophilous fungi: viability and allergenicity].","authors":"A H Gómez Echevarría, L A Alfonso Fernández, M J Valderrama Puente","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Three strains of anemophilous fungi (Alternaria, Rhizopus and Monilia) from different genera were studied. We found that the liquid Sabouraud and culture media used in this study lost nutrients after seven days of strain growth, without affecting their viability. This was proven when the fungi were reseeded at 15 and 60 days. Extracts from supposedly sensible patients were developed using intradermoreaction skin tests, finding no significant differences among the results obtained from these tests. We recommended further studies with more prolonged growth periods (90, 120, 180 or more days) to see whether this incides on the viability and allergenicity of the anemophilous fungi.</p>","PeriodicalId":77353,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Mexicana de Alergia e Inmunlogia","volume":"39 4","pages":"69-73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12582836","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":"[Holistic treatment of asthma by the pediatrician].","authors":"J Pérez Martín, A Granados Gómez","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77353,"journal":{"name":"Revista alergia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Mexicana de Alergia e Inmunlogia","volume":"39 4","pages":"65-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12582073","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}