Browsing by Author "Fich, Felix"

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    Actinomycotic mycetoma due to Actinomadura madurae
    (SOC CHILENA INFECTOLOGIA, 2012) Jerez, Richard; Schafer, Fabiola; Fich, Felix; Garcia, Patricia; Leon, Pilar; Gonzalez, Sergio
    Mycetoma is a chronic, granulomatous, subcutaneous, inflammatory lesion caused by true fungi (eumycetoma) or filamentous bacteria (actinomycetoma). Mycetoma commonly affects young people between 20 and 40 years old. The most common affected site is the foot. The characteristic clinical triad is tumefaction, draining sinuses and discharging grains. We report a healthy 31-year-old male, with a 6-year history of a progressive inflammatory tumor associated with sinus tracts and granules on his left sole. Actinomycetoma was suspected. The clinical diagnosis was confirmed by microbiological and histopathological study. Polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencing identified Actinomadura madurae. To our knowledge, this is the second case of mycetoma reported in Chile. Our report emphasizes the need to consider this diagnosis in patients with chronic granulomatous disease associated with sinus tracts, fistulas and grains.
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    International registry of dermatological manifestations secondary to COVID-19 infection in 347 Hispanic patients from 25 countries
    (2021) Ocampo-Candiani, Jorge; Jair Ramos-Cavazos, Cesar; Ivonne Arellano-Mendoza, Maria; Arenas-Guzman, Roberto; Beirana-Palencia, Angelica; Salmon-Demongin, Alfredo; Welsh-Hernandez, Esperanza; Cabo, Horacio A.; Gomez-Flores, Minerva; Dominguez-Cherit, Judith; Ricardo Criado, Paulo; Castro-Lopez, Helena; Benjamin Alfaro-Sanchez, Abraham; Garcia-Vargas, Alejandro; Cohen-Sabban, Emilia N.; Del Solar, Manuel; Fich, Felix; Galimberti, Gaston; Fernando Gatti, Carlos; Luis Lopez-Estebaranz, Jose; Lupi, Omar; Olmos-Perez, Miguel; Perez-Alfonzo, Ricardo
    Background The infection by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been associated with multiple cutaneous manifestations, although characterization of them in Hispanic patients with darker skin phototypes is lacking. The objective of this study is to characterize the clinical dermatological manifestations associated with COVID-19 infection in cases with few or without general symptoms in patients from Latin America.
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    The first case of tinea faciei caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei isolated in Chile
    (WILEY, 2012) Concha, Marcela; Nicklas, Claudia; Balcells, Elvira; Maria Guzman, Ana; Poggi, Helena; Leon, Eugenia; Fich, Felix
    Background Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei is a zoophilic dermatophyte transmitted by hedgehogs which human infections manifest as highly inflammatory and pruritic eruptions.