Publications by authors named "Pamela Alatorre-Fernandez"
Purpose: Patients with hematologic malignancies (HM) are at high risk of invasive lung fungal infections (ILFI). To describe the main characteristics, treatment, and outcomes for five years in adult patients with HM and fungal pneumonia.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective study at Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCan), a referral tertiary care oncology hospital with 135 beds in Mexico City, Mexico.
Article Synopsis
- Hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) patients are at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19, and this study compares outcomes during the pre-Omicron and Omicron periods.
- The study analyzed 53 post-HSCT COVID-19 patients, finding that vaccination rates significantly increased from the pre-Omicron (16%) to the Omicron period (91%), leading to fewer severe cases (23% to 9%) and improved mortality rates (16% to 9%).
- The findings highlight the importance of vaccines and antivirals in reducing severe outcomes in high-risk patients, emphasizing the need for better infection control and access to healthcare resources.
Background: People living with HIV(PLWH) and cancer are among the most vulnerable patients and require constant access to medical services. We compared the characteristics of PLWH and cancer in Mexico, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: Patients admitted 1 year before (pre-pandemic) and 1 year after the start of the pandemic (pandemic) were included.
Purposes: Patients with hematologic malignancies (HM) are among the individuals with highest risk of COVID-19 complications. We report the impact of remdesivir in patients with hematologic malignancies (HM) during Omicron in Mexico City.
Methods: All patients with HM and COVID-19 during December 2021-March 2022 were included.
Background: Literature on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in cancer patients is scarce in Latin America. This population seems to have a higher risk for adverse outcomes. This study aims to correlate clinical characteristics with outcomes in patients with cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Chronic Lower Limb Lymphedema (CL-LL) secondary to Kaposi sarcoma (KS) has not been recognized as a risk factor for cellulitis. The aim was to describe the clinical spectrum and use of antimicrobial prophylaxis in patients with cellulitis and CL-LL due to KS.
Methods: HIV patients with KS, CL-LL, and at least one episode of cellulitis seen at the AIDS Cancer Clinic at INCan in Mexico from 2004 to 2019 were included.
Background: Enterococcus faecium causes bloodstream infection (BSI) in patients with hematologic malignancies (HMs). We studied the clinical features and outcomes of patients with HM with vancomycin-sensitive E faecium (VSE) and vancomycin-resistant E faecium (VRE) BSI and determined the genetic relatedness of isolates and circumstances associated with the upsurge of E faecium BSI.
Methods: Case-control study of patients with HM and E faecium-positive blood culture from January 2008-December 2012; cases were patients with VRE and controls were VSE isolates.