High-Resolution Melting Assay to Detect the Mutations That Cause the Y132F and G458S Substitutions at the ERG11 Gene Involved in Azole Resistance in Candida parapsilosis.

Background: Candida parapsilosis is a pathogenic yeast that has reduced susceptibility to echinocandins and ranks as the second or third leading cause of candidaemia, depending on the geographical region. This yeast often causes nosocomial infections, which are frequently detected as outbreaks. In recent years, resistance to azoles in C.

Muscular Strength and Quality of Life in Older Adults: The Role of Polymorphism.

As longevity is increasing, the 65-year-old and older population is projected to increase in the next decades, as are the consequences of age-related muscle deterioration on the quality of life. The purpose of this study was to examine the associations of the polymorphism with quality of life and muscular strength in an older Spanish population. In total, 281 older adults participated in this study.

Glucose modulates proliferation in root apical meristems via TOR in maize during germination.

The Glucose-Target of Rapamycin (Glc-TOR) pathway has been studied in different biological systems, but scarcely during early seed germination. This work examines its importance for cell proliferation, expression of cell cycle key genes, their protein levels, besides morphology and cellularization of the root apical meristem of maize (Zea mays) embryo axes during germination under the influence of two simple sugars, glucose and sucrose, and a specific inhibitor of TOR activity, AZD 8055. The two sugars promote germination similarly and to an extent, independently of TOR activity.

[Basis to modify the immunotherapy regimen at the Allergy Service, General Hospital of Mexico].

Background: In Mexico, the way allergen immunotherapy is performed has remained without changes for many years. Here we present the modifications that have been performed in the General Hospital of Mexico to make immunotherapy more effective.

Objective: To show the changes implemented to make immunotherapy faster and more effective by changing the volume of allergy vaccines from 5 or 10 mL to 3 mL, and the theoretical and practical support for the change.

[Risk factors related to allergic diseases at Mexico City].

Background: Several studies suggest that the prevalence of allergic diseases has been increasing worldwide in recent years; then it is very important to identify some risk factors that could be related.

Objective: To know some hereditary and environmental risk factors that could be related to the development of allergic diseases in open population from Mexico City.

Patients And Method: It was an open-population, cross-sectional trial, in two phases with a random sample size of 4272 individuals in 214 public health centers.

[Sensitization to pollens of Oleaceae family in a group of patients from Mexico City].

Background: In Mexico City, where the Olive trees are scarce, the Oleaceae family has been recognized as one of the most important causes of pollen allergy, possibly related to cross-reactivity with other pollens of the Oleaceae family, as Fraxinus excelsior, Ligustrum vulgaris and Osmanthus americanus.

Objective: To know the prevalence of sensitization to the Oleaceae family in Mexico City, cross-reactivity, as well as concurrent sensitizations, and vegetables and fruits associated to oral allergy syndrome (OAS).

Patients And Method: A prospective, longitudinal study was carried out during two months, among patients who attended the outpatient allergy clinic of the General Hospital of Mexico with symptoms suggestive of respiratory allergy.

[Prevalence of allergic diseases in Mexico City].

Background: There is a considerable variation in the prevalence of allergic disorders in developing countries. These differences may be attributable to different methodological problems and to the lack of operational definitions. Several studies suggest that the prevalence of allergic diseases has been increasing worldwide in recent years.

[Transanesthetic anaphylactic shock induced by propofol and fentanyl: case report].

We report an anaphylactic shock case secondary to propofol and fentanyl exposition, demonstrated by skin tests. A male patient, 19 years old, was admitted in the operating room for resection of residual juvenile nasal angyofibroma. The anesthetic induction was done with atropin 800 microg, midazolam 2 mg, fentanyl 200 microg, propofol 150 mg, and neuromuscular block with rocuronium 30 mg.

[Sutureless thyroidectomy with local anesthesia plus conscious sedation. Two clinical cases].

Objective: We proposed a modification of thyroid surgery and have reported two operations carried out with sutureless surgery and local anesthesia. Our study setting was Unit 305 of the General Hospital of Mexico in Mexico City. With regard to study design, two patients are presented with sutureless thyroid surgery in what we believe is the first publication of its kind in Mexico and probably the first publication in the world that reports the combination of both sutureless technique and local anesthesia.