Publications by authors named "Erika Cordova-Martinez"
Article Synopsis
- Infectious endocarditis caused by fungi, though rare, has a high mortality rate, with Candida and Aspergillus being the most common culprits.
- A clinical case presented a woman with unresolved fever, where blood cultures and molecular biology revealed Histoplasma capsulatum as the responsible agent, showing fungal organisms in her heart.
- This case underscores the need for improved diagnostic methods, including serology and molecular techniques, in addition to standard blood cultures, to detect invasive fungal infections effectively.
Introduction: Pneumocystis jirovecii is an atypical fungus particularly detected in HIV-positive or transplant patients.
Objective: To detect and genotype Pneumocystis jirovecii in patient samples from two hospitals in Mexico City.
Method: Eighty-nine respiratory tract samples, corresponding to 53 patients (30 HIV-positive and 23 HIV-negative) with respiratory symptoms and to 11 healthy individuals included as negative control, were processed.
First case of chromoblastomycosis due to Phoma insulana.
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)
February 2018
Article Synopsis
- Chromoblastomycosis is a long-lasting skin infection caused by pigmented fungi, leading to rough nodules or plaques, commonly caused by Fonsecaea pedrosoi and Cladophialophora carrionii.
- A patient with a foot laceration developed these lesions over 27 years, which were diagnosed as chromoblastomycosis through physical and microscopic examination.
- Uniquely, the fungus identified in this case was Phoma insulana, a rare agent previously unreported for this condition, confirmed through culture and PCR-sequencing.
The onychomycosis incidence was determined in 250 type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients who were registered at the Internal Medicine Service from a Mexico city General Hospital throughout a year (January-December 2006). Out of the total of studied T2DM patients, 93 (37.2%) showed ungual dystrophy and from these, in 75.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 39 years old man with a long-standing disseminated dermatophytosis even with several antifungal treatments is presented. From lesions, Trichophyton rubrum var. typical downy, T.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To isolate and identify the fungi in specimens collected from immunocompromised patients seen in Mexico City hospital, and to assess their association with mycosis.
Material And Methods: A total of 268 specimens from 108 patients were processed for mycological study, including direct examination, smears, cultures, and microcultures in specific media, in addition to biochemical tests. Most of the patients had been diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).