Las infecciones fúngicas o micosis pueden causar diversos tipos de lesiones tanto leves como severas, logrando ser en ocasiones mortales. La micosis se puede dividir en superficiales, subcutáneas, sistémicas y oportunistas. ...

BACKGROUND: It is traditionally believed that presence of fungal infection in the nail or skin of patients is a risk factor for subsequent infection. The literature is devoid of any evidence to confirm or refute this ...

Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is an aggressive type of leukemia/lymphoma associated with the human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-I). We describe an adult male patient clinically and pathologically diagnosed as ...

The license of three new oral antimicotic drugs: itraconazole, fluconazole and terbinafine, has allowed to shorten antimicotic treatments to increase the compliance, and in some cases to increase the percentage of healing. ...

Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, the epidemiological status of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is far from under control in most of the developing world. Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia and ...

Determinar si la diabetes mellitus, el sobrepeso, el tipo de actividad, la frecuencia de cambio de calcetines, el rango jerárquico y el tipo de calzado son factores de riesgo para micosis superficial de pies en personal ...

Fungal infections are more common and diverse in the tropics but are also increasingly seen in returning travelers and migrants as international travel becomes easier. They are conventionally classified into superficial, ...