Publications by authors named "Irene Fuertes De Vega"
Determining disease activity from clinical signs in patients with connective tissue panniculitis (CTP) is often challenging but is essential for therapeutic decision making, which largely relies on immunosuppressant treatment. High-frequency ultrasound (HFUS) may be useful in supporting such decisions by accurately determining CTP activity. This study aimed to investigate the accuracy of HFUS in identifying signs of CTP activity or inactivity and assess its usefulness in therapeutic decision making.
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- Data on skin lesions related to SARS-CoV-2 is limited, prompting a study of patients at a Barcelona hospital during April-May 2020 to analyze clinical and histopathological characteristics.
- Out of 2761 patients, only 58 (2.1%) presented with skin lesions categorized into six patterns, including generalized maculo-papular and chilblain-like lesions, with a majority undergoing skin biopsies for analysis.
- Chilblain-like lesions were notably associated with younger patients and a less severe COVID-19 presentation, as they generally had fewer systemic symptoms and lower rates of hospitalization compared to other lesion types.
Oropharyngeal lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is an uncommon presentation and mainly consists of either asymptomatic infections or enlarged cervical lymphadenopathy. According to cross-sectional studies, the prevalence of pharyngeal LGV among men who have sex with men (MSM) seems to be very low. Tissue tropism could explain the difference between rectal and oral mucosa infection frequencies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Objective: Sexually transmitted infections of the rectum and anus (STI-RA) mainly affect men who have sex with men (MSM). The incidence of STI-RA among them has increased in recent years.
Material And Methods: Retrospective study in patients with diagnoses of STI-RA in an STI unit during the years 2014 and 2015.
Risk factors for antimicrobial-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae and characteristics of patients infected with gonorrhea.
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)
March 2018
Background: There are very few data available regarding risk factors associated with antibiotic resistant-Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Methods: A study was conducted on 110 samples from 101 patients with gonococcal infection, in order to describe their characteristics and compare them with the antimicrobial susceptibility profile of their samples.
Results: An association was observed between resistant infections and heterosexual men, older age, concurrent sexually transmitted infection, and unsafe sexual behaviors.