Publications by authors named "Rame Yousif"
The tropical rat mite (Ornithonyssus bacoti) commonly infests wild and pet rodents, but they are not host specific. Bodily contact with wild or domesticated rodents is the most common source of infestation. Mites can live off many mammal hosts for a long period of time; therefore, living in quarters infested by mice can lead to mite exposure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: Melanoma accounts for most of the deaths due to skin cancer. In the past decade, effective US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved therapies for melanoma have emerged.
Objective: To review changes in the long-term melanoma mortality rate (MMR) trends in the US and determine whether they have any temporal association with the FDA approval of new agents.
Background/objective: Relative to adults, rates of melanoma are lower in children. Due to its rarity, it is difficult to assess the incidence, trends, and outcomes of this malignancy. Much of our understanding comes from single institution or regional cancer registries which may not be large enough to detect subtleties in the burden of pediatric melanoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Little is known on the clinical manifestations of coconut allergy. Our knowledge to date is mainly based on case reports.
Objective: To characterize the allergic reactions to coconut and suggest diagnostic cutoffs for specific immunoglobulin E (sIgE) and skin prick testing (SPT) to predict clinically reactive coconut allergy.
Background: Data regarding the treatment of periorificial dermatitis with topical calcineurin inhibitors (TCI) in the pediatric population are limited.
Objective: To assess the clinical utility of TCI in pediatric patients with periorificial dermatitis.
Methods: A retrospective medical record review of all pediatric patients with periorificial dermatitis treated with TCIs was performed.
Background: It is known that malignant melanoma (MM) survivors are at increased risk of future primary MM. However, the risk for noncutaneous second primary malignancies (SPMs) is not as well-understood.
Methods: An observational study utilizing data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database was performed, assessing data from patients diagnosed with primary cutaneous MM to measure overall, as well as specific, tumor type and risk of SPM.