Publications by authors named "Rodolfo Celio Murillo"
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of chronic urticaria in patients diagnosed with an allergic pathology; to know the most affected sex and age group.
Methods: A descriptive, observational, and retrospective cross-sectional study. Clinical records of patients diagnosed with chronic urticaria in Unidad de Medicina Integral (Integrated Care Unit) of Tehuacan, Puebla were reviewed.
Background: House dust is considered an important source of aeroallergens, and the mites living there, are the main cause of allergy to it. In México, there have been few about house dust fauna, and mostly limited to México City.
Objective: To describe the house dust fauna from mattresses of allergic patients from different cities in México.
Background: Skin tests for specific diagnosis of allergies require high quality extracts, which can be measured by the determination of allergenic potency, utilizing different concentrations of extracts from a manufacturer.
Objetive: To compare allergenic mite extracts manufactured by laboratories in Spain, Argentina, and Cuba by skin prick test response.
Methods: A cutaneous puncture was performed on 56 patients aged 2 to 15 years with asthma and allergic rhinitis with extracts of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Dp), Dermatophagoides farinae (Df), Dermatophagoides siboney (Ds) and Blomia tropicalis (Bt) produced by DIATER (Argentina), ALK- AbellÛ (Spain) and BIOCEN (Cuba).
Background: House dust mites are important airborne allergens worldwide, particularly in the tropical environment.
Objective: To assess sensitization of allergic patients to different mite species in the Cuban city of Camaguey; as well as to compare standardized allergen extracts from different sources by skin prick tests.
Patients And Method: Skin prick tests were performed in 60 patients with asthma and/or allergic rhinitis and in 60 non-allergic volunteers, ranging from 2 to 76 years old.