[Pre-leukemic granulocytic sarcoma of the uterus. Report of a case].

A case of pre-leukemic granulocytic sarcoma (GS) of the uterus was found in a 73-year old woman. The diagnosis was suggested by vaginal cytology and the green color of the gross lesions, then confirmed by naphthol AS-D chloro acetate esterase stain and immunohistochemistry on fixed tissue with the anti-lysozyme, anti-myeloperoxidase, CD 43 and CD15 antibodies. At the time of GS discovery, the patient presented no evident leukemia but myelogram contained 20% of blast cells.

[Prevention of neonatal conjunctivitis. A comparative clinical and bacteriologic study of 2 eyedrops: silver nitrate and oxytetracycline chlorhydrate].

This study carried out at the Saint-Germain-en-Laye Hospital maternity ward included all the neonates delivered between February and September 1989 who exhibited no abnormal manifestations during their stay in the ward, except for ocular symptoms in some subjects. Nine hundred neonates were enrolled. Each day, one of two eyedrop preparations for the prevention of neonatal ocular infections was selected at random.

[Estimation of the date of onset of pregnancy. Relative accuracy and logical use of different clinical and paraclinical factors].

The authors have noted that in daily hospital practice there is often a lack of accuracy in assessing the duration of pregnancies. This makes it more difficult to care for pregnant women and makes certain obstetrical decisions less valid. They review the clinical and paraclinical means that are available to estimate the date when pregnancy started, which is the essential reference point.

[Prospective study of rotavirus infection in a maternity unit. Demonstration of a nosocomial infection].

Eighty-eight children born at the maternity hospital in Saint-Germain-en-Laye between May 24 and June 7, 1983 were followed clinically, with a special supervision concerning stools, weight curves and the way of feeding. Stool samplings looking for Rotavirus were performed in all the children and their mothers, at the 3rd and 6th days of life. No mother was found with Rotavirus infection.