Publications by authors named "Joel Dascalu"
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- Methacrylate allergy, linked to allergic contact dermatitis, has become more prevalent, leading to the addition of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate to the European Baseline Series of allergens.
- A study analyzing 3,828 patients showed that 396 were tested for various methacrylate allergens, with 38.6% testing positive for at least one, primarily 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate.
- The research indicated that including additional methacrylates, like hydroxypropyl methacrylate and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, improved detection rates significantly, suggesting that broader testing could identify more cases of allergy.
Pediatric tinea capitis displays a wide range of prevalence, with significant variability among populations. We retrospectively extracted the medical records of 456 pediatric patients diagnosed with tinea capitis during the years 2010-2021, from the dermatology outpatient clinics in two tertiary medical centers. Three species were isolated in 90% of patients: , , and While presented a six-fold increase in incidence during the years 2019-2021, maintained stable incidence rates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Emerging evidence indicates that several hematological markers can be used to evaluate treatment response, prediction, and early relapse detection in different inflammatory conditions. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-neutrophil ratio, mean platelet volume, and disease activity in patients with pemphigus vulgaris.
Methods: Fifty-six patients (20 men, 36 women; mean age 54 ± 14 years) diagnosed with pemphigus vulgaris were included in this retrospective study.