[Sporotrichosis among rural communities in the Northern Sierra in Puebla. Report of 55 cases September 1995 - December 2005].

Fifty five cases of cutaneous sporotrichosis collected from 35 communities located in the southeast region of the Northern Sierra of Puebla are described. The disease was more prevalent in males (60:40), but this difference was restricted to younger subjects (aged 0-15 years) where 14 cases were male and only 3 were female. No statistical difference regarding gender was observed in elder patients.

[The treatment of scabies with oral ivermectin].

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of a single 200 mcg/Kg dose of ivermectine as compared with placebo in the treatment of scabies was settled. Fifty five patients with the diagnosis of scabies were randomized to a single oral dose of ivermectine or placebo. The study informed that 26 (79.

[Sarcoidosis (intra- and extrathoracic): apropos a Mexican case].

In this paper, we report a case of sarcoidosis, in a 15-years-old boy. Clinical picture has cutaneous findings as only manifestation. Clinical approach was oriented by reticulosis.

[The importance of the protein antigens of Mycobacterium leprae. Their potential use for the development of a vaccine against leprosy].

The purpose of this review is to describe M. leprae antigenic structures that are considered relevant for the development of a vaccine. Other biological elements presently utilized in vaccination and immune therapy against leprosy are also reviewed, and the possibility of having in the future an effective vaccine obtained at low cost through molecular biology recombinant techniques.

[Cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis as a marker of systemic diseases].

Fifty-eight patients with cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis were evaluated. The most frequent cutaneous manifestation was purpura, followed by palpable purpura. Vascular inflammation was confirmed by skin biopsy: two distinct patterns of cellular infiltrate were found, a neutrophilic-predominant and a mononuclear-predominant type, as a manifestation of the dynamic evolution of the process.