Prof. Roberto Arenas

Chief of the Mycology Section at “Dr. Manuel Gea González” General Hospital, México City, México

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

MD., Faculty of Medicine, Guanajuato University, México

Publications (Selected)

1. Pérez, J. G., Vite-Garín, T., Hernández-Castro, R., et al. (2026). Tinea capitis in the Americas: Epidemiological Trends and Etiological Distribution from a Systematic Review. Biology, 15(16), 1413.
2. Valdez-Martinez, A., Arenas, R., Moreno-Salinas, A., et al. (2026). Resistance and Recalcitrance in Dermatophytosis: Mechanistic and Clinical Considerations for Keratinized Tissues. Antibiotics, 15(7), 634.
3. Cruz-López, S., Albavera-Ramírez, E. A., Arenas, R., et al. (2026). Relationship Between Onychomycosis and HIV: A Systematic Review. Journal of Fungi, 12(5), 360.
4. Romero-Navarrete, M., Hernández-Hernández, F., Arenas, R., et al. (2026). Chromatic Variants of Pityriasis Versicolor and Molecular Species Identification Using Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). Journal of Fungi, 12(3), 202.
5. Valdez-Martinez, A., Santoyo-Alejandre, M. I., Arenas, R., et al. (2025). Tinea capitis in Older Adults: A Neglected and Misdiagnosed Scalp Infection-A Systematic Review of Reported Cases. Antibiotics, 14(12), 1211.
6. Hernandez-Castro, R., Arenas, R., Esquivel-Pinto, I., et al. (2025). Molecular identification of Fonsecaea pedrosoi in chromoblastomycosis: Insights from paraffin-embedded human skin biopsies and clinicopathology. Medical Mycology, 63(7), myaf055.
7. Medina-Vicent, N. A., Porras-Lopez, C., Frías-De-Leon, M. G., et al. (2025). Epidemiological analysis of dermatophytomas over 15 years in Mexico: is the concept correct for all fungi? European Journal of Dermatology, 35(4), 285-293.
8. Plangsiri, S., Arenas, R., Rattananukrom, T. (2025). Zoonotic and Anthropophilic Trichophyton mentagrophytes Complex Infection in Human: An Update and Narrative Review. Mycoses, 68(6), e70082.
9. Conde-Cuevas, E., Hernández-Castro, R., Fuentes-Venado, C. E., et al. (2025). Trichophyton rubrum Phenotypic Virulence Factors in Mexican Strains. Biology, 14(6), 661.
10. Valdez-Martinez, A., Santoyo-Alejandre, M. I., Arenas, R., et al. (2025). Neonatal Mucormycosis: A Rare but Highly Lethal Fungal Infection in Term and Preterm Newborns-A 20-Year Systematic Review. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 10(4), 86.
11. Rattananukrom, T., Uh-Sanchez, I., Atoche-Dieguez, C., et al. (2025). Erythema Nodosum Associated with Kerion: A Case Series and Narrative Review of the Literature. Journal of Fungi, 11(2), 103.
12. Rattananukrom, T., Arenas, R., Aquino, C. J., et al. (2024). Tropicoporus tropicalis: A Newly Recognised Pathogen in Eumycetoma and Refractory Mycoses in Humans. Mycoses, 67(10), e13805.
13. Cortés-López, P. N., Guzmán-Montijo, E., Fuentes-Venado, C. E., et al. (2024). Cutaneous fusarium disease and leukaemias: A systematic review. Mycoses, 67(7), e13759.
14. Rodríguez-Cerdeira, C., Martínez-Herrera, E., Cortés-López, P. N., et al. (2024). Fungal Melanonychia: A Systematic Review. Microorganisms, 12(6), 1096.
15. Sierra-Maeda, K. Y., Martínez-Hernández, F., Arenas, R., et al. (2024). Tinea corporis intrafamilial infection in pets due to Microsporum canis. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, 66, e30.
16. Rodríguez-Cerdeira, C., Hernández-Castro, R., Arenas, R., et al. (2023). From Child to Old Man: A Slowly Evolving Case of Chromoblastomycosis Caused by Cladosporium cladosporioides. Antibiotics, 12(12), 1713.
17. González-Escalante, A. P., Ruiz-Arriaga, L. F., Arenas, R., et al. (2023). Answer to: Acquired causes of eyebrow and eyelash loss: A review and approach to diagnosis and treatment. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 64(4), e403-e405.
18. Barrera-Ochoa, C. A., Alonso-León, M. T., Arenas, R., et al. (2023). Secondary alopecia induced by aesthetic procedures: An unrecognized potential complication. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 64(3), 322-329.
19. Martínez-Herrera, E., Moreno-Coutiño, G., Fuentes-Venado, C. E., et al. (2023). Main Phenotypic Virulence Factors Identified in Trichophyton rubrum. Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents, 37(5), 2345-2356.
20. Pérez-Rodríguez, A., Duarte-Escalante, E., Frías-De-León, M. G., et al. (2023). Phenotypic and Genotypic Identification of Dermatophytes from Mexico and Central American Countries. Journal of Fungi, 9(4), 462.
21. Pinto-Almazán, R., Sandoval-Navarro, K. A., Damián-Magaña, E. J., et al. (2023). Relationship of Sporotrichosis and Infected Patients with HIV-AIDS: An Actual Systematic Review. Journal of Fungi, 9(4), 396.
22. Romero-Navarrete, M., Arenas, R., Han, X. Y., et al. (2022). Leprosy Caused by Mycobacterium lepromatosis Literature Review and Report of a Family in Acapulco, Mexico. American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 158(6), 678-686.
23. Pinto-Almazán, R., Frías-De-León, M. G., Fuentes-Venado, C. E., et al. (2022). Frequency of Candida spp. in the Oral Cavity of Asymptomatic Preschool Mexican Children and Its Association with Nutritional Status. Children, 9(10), 1510.
24. Hernández-Castro, R., Pinto-Almazán, R., Arenas, R., et al. (2022). Epidemiology of Clinical Sporotrichosis in the Americas in the Last Ten Years. Journal of Fungi, 8(6), 588.
25. Paredes-Rojas, A., Palma-Ramos, A., Castrillón-Rivera, L. E., et al. (2022). Keratinocyte Response to Infection with Sporothrix schenckii. Journal of Fungi, 8(5), 437.

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