Commentary: Bilateral Ballism Following Streptococcal Infection, Associated with Psychiatric Disorder and Purpura
DOI: 10.29245/2689-9981/2018/2.1131 View / Download PdfAntonio N Gomez-Valdes*
Department of Internal Medicine, Havana University School of Medicine, Havana, Cuba
Fungal Infections in HIV-positive Peruvian Patients: Could the Venezuelan Migration Cause a Health Warning Related-infectious Diseases?
Jeel Moya-Salazar1,2*, Richard Salazar-Hernández3, Victor Rojas-Zumaran2, Wanda C. Quispe3
1School of Medicine, Faculties of Health Science, Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, Lima, Peru
2Pathology Department, Hospital Nacional Docente Madre Niño San Bartolomé, Lima, Peru
3Cytopathology and Genetics Service, Department of Pathology, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, Peru
In patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), opportunistic infections occur that could compromise the health of patients. In order to determine the frequency of fungal opportunistic and superficial infections in HIV-positive men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) patients at the Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara, we conducted a cross-sectional retrospective study. We include Peruvian patients >18 years-old, derived from infectious or gynecological offices, with or without antiretroviral treatment.
One hundred thirteen patients were enrolled (36.7±10, range: 21 to 68 years), which 46 (40.7%) has an opportunistic fungal infection, mainly by candidiasis (23.9%), pneumocystosis (8.7%), and cryptococcosis (6.5%). Six (13%) patients had fungal coinfections, mainly by oral candidiasis and ringworm (Tinea pedis) (4.3%), and opportunistic infections have an incidence of 15.9%. Of the 17 cases of dermatophytosis, 12 (70.6%) were from Tinea pedis, 5 (29.4%) from Tinea corporis, 3 (17.6%) from Tinea unguium, and two (11.8%) from Tinea versicolor. We found significant difference between the year of HIV-infection and the year of fungal infection (p=0.001).
The frequency of opportunistic fungal infections was determined in the fourth-and-six percent of Peruvian MSM HIV-positive patients, where candidiasis, pneumocystosis, and cryptococcosis were the most frequent. We raise the importance of fungal infections in the current framework of Venezuelan migration, since this could be a new risk factor and imply changes in incidence rates, which implies new challenges for Peruvian Public Health.
DOI: 10.29245/2689-9981/2018/2.1132 View / Download Pdf Commentary on, "Generation of Three-dimensional Human Neuronal Cultures: Application to Modeling CNS Viral Infections"
DOI: 10.29245/2689-9981/2019/2.1137 View / Download PdfLeonardo D’Aiuto1*, Nicholas Radio2, Vishwajit L. Nimgaonkar1
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA, US
2Thermo Fisher Scientific, Cellular Imaging and Analysis, 100 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA, US
Commentary on "The role of Chlamydia pneumoniae in the Etiology of Acne Rosacea: Response to the Use of Oral Azithromycin"
DOI: 10.29245/2689-9981/2019/2.1135 View / Download PdfAdolfo C. Fernandez-Obregon
Hudson Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Commentary: "The Development of an Ideal Antibiotic Compound: A Fairy Tale or a Possible Reality?"
DOI: 10.29245/2689-9981/2019/2.1139 View / Download PdfMárió Gajdács
Department of Pharmacodynamics and Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary