Publications by authors named "Estephania De la Cruz-Valadez"
Article Synopsis
- Mycetoma is a chronic infection affecting subcutaneous tissue, often linked to environmental factors like rainfall and temperature, with gaps in knowledge concerning its geographic distribution and ecological niches.
- A study of 31 actinomycetoma patients in Northeast Mexico identified two main clusters based on soil type, temperature, and precipitation, revealing specific bacterial agents responsible for infections in each region.
- The project highlights the connection between past injuries from thorny plants and the occurrence of mycetoma, emphasizing the need for targeted disease management strategies in endemic areas.
Background: Mycetoma is a neglected tropical disease characterized by nodules, scars, abscesses, and fistulae that drain serous or purulent material containing the etiological agent. Mycetoma may be caused by true fungi (eumycetoma) or filamentous aerobic bacteria (actinomycetoma). Mycetoma is more frequent in the so-called mycetoma belt (latitude 15° south and 30° north around the Tropic of Cancer), especially in Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia, India, Mexico, and Venezuela.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinical spectrum of Lyme disease.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
February 2019
Lyme disease (borreliosis) is one of the most common vector-borne diseases worldwide. Its incidence and geographic expansion has been steadily increasing in the last decades. Lyme disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, a heterogeneous group of which three genospecies have been systematically associated to Lyme disease: B.
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