[Neuromeningeal hypodermyiasis complicated by hydrocephaly. Value of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging].

A 9-year old country boy developed blepharitis with inflammation of the face and, 1 month later, eosinophilic meningitis with paralysis of 3 limbs and of an abducent nerve. Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging of the central nervous system disclosed a lesional signal beneath the floor of the 4th ventricle, which was compatible with the presence of a larva of fly. Treatment with thiabendazole was tried, and the clinical signs regressed.

[Value of the immunosorbent agglutination assay (ISAGA) in the early diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis].

An IgM immunosorbent agglutination assay (ISAGA) test was evaluated for detection of IgM antibodies in diagnosis of congenital toxoplasma infection, and compared with IgM IFI test. Of 36 sera from infants with congenital infection, the IgM ISAGA test was positive in 19 cases (52%), whereas the IgM IFI test was positive in only 4 cases (11%). Of those sera obtained during the first 90 days of life from the infected infants, 70% were positive in the IgM ISAGA test whereas only 23% in the IgM IFI test.

[Praziquantel in the treatment of opisthorchiasis in Southeast Asian refugees. Evaluation of 153 cases].

153 patients coming to France from Southeast Asia were treated with Praziquantel for Opisthorchiasis. All these patients, 52 children and 101 adults were examined 30 to 90 day after arrival in France. They came from Laos (118 cases), Vietnam (10 cases) and Cambodia (25 cases), generally via Thailand.

Therapeutic results in opisthorchiasis with praziquantel in a reinfection-free environment in France.

108 patients coming to France from Southeast Asia were treated with praziquantel (2-cyclohexylcarbonyl-1,2,3,6,7,11b-hexahydro-4H-pyrazino[2,1-a] isoquinolin-4-one, EMBAY 8440, Biltricide) for opisthorchiasis. All patients, 31 children and 77 adults, were examined at the Department of Parasitic Diseases 30 to 90 days after arrival in France. They came from Laos (79 cases), Viet Nam (4 cases) and Cambodia (25 cases), generally via Thailand.