[The subcutaneous mucormycosis due to Lichtheimia corymbifera: A case report in an immunocompetent child].

Mucormycosis due to Lichtheimia (ex Absidia) corymbifera is a rare fungal infection, occurring most often in an environment of immune deficiency, rarely in an immunocompetent patient. It comes in different clinical forms, frequently misleading, hence the interest of a pathological and mycological examination that allows the diagnosis of certainty. The management of this condition should be introduced early because it affects the functional prognosis of the patient.

[Human rhinomyiasis due to Oestrus ovis: case report in Morocco].

The purpose of this report is to describe a case of human nasal myiasis caused by Oestrus ovis diagnosed in our laboratory in Morocco. Oestrus ovis is an obligate parasite of nasal cavities and sinuses. It is usually found in sheep and goats in the Mediterranean basin.

[Primitive aspergillosis of the posterior cerebral fossa in immunocompetent patient].

Cerebral aspergillosis arises in the great majority of cases during an invasive aspergillosis with hematogene scattering from the lung hurts. The cerebral, not rare location is one of the worse criteria forecast during the invasive aspergillosis. We report the case of patient who was hospitalized in the neurosurgery department for syndrome of increased intracranial pressure, hemiparesis and cerebellar syndrome in febrile context.

[Epidemiology of tinea capitis in outpatients at the Children's Hospital in Rabat (Morocco)].

Objective: The aims of this report on results of a retrospective study were to identify the incidence of this pathology among outpatients at the Children's Hospital in Rabat, Morocco, the species involved, their respective prevalence, and the influence of the age and sex of the patient.

Patients And Methods: Between 1993 and 2007, a mycological examination was performed on 2962 patients in the dermatology service of Ibn Sina University Health Center in Rabat. Mean patient age was 35 (ages ranged from three months to 70 years).