Publications by authors named "Amina Bougrine"

With an increasing number of patients eligible for immune checkpoint inhibitors, the incidence of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) is on the rise. Dermatologic immune-related adverse events (D-irAEs) are the most common and earliest to manifest, often with important downstream consequences for the patient. Current guidelines lack clarity in terms of diagnostic criteria for D-irAEs.

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Background: Each year, over 100 million patients are afflicted with new scars from medical procedures worldwide. Natural compounds have shown promise in the treatment of scars and skin disorders. Rosehip oil (RO), produced from the pressed fruit of the rosehip (Rosa canina L.

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Problem: The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic presented numerous challenges to inpatient care, including overtaxed inpatient medicine services, surges in patient censuses, disrupted patient care and educational activities for trainees, underused providers in certain specialties, and personal protective equipment shortages and new requirements for physical distancing. In March 2020, as the COVID-19 surge began, an interdisciplinary group of administrators, providers, and trainees at Brigham and Women's Hospital created an inpatient virtual staffing model called the Virtual Team Rounding Program (VTRP).

Approach: The conceptual framework guiding VTRP development was rapid-cycle innovation.

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The REGAT () geodetic network is composed of 53 continuously-recording GPS stations distributed in the Algerian Atlas. It spans the whole width of the Algerian coast and reaches 300 km inland, with inter-sites distance of about 100 km. One additional site is located in Tamanrasset in the southernmost part of the country.

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Background: Deep dermatophytosis of genital skin is a rare clinical manifestation of infection by a common group of pathogens.

Objective: We emphasize the importance of clinical suspicion and the use of accurate diagnostic methods in the evaluation of deep dermatophytosis.

Methods: We report a single case of tinea pubis, kerion type, caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes in an immunocompetent host.

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