Prevalence of leukocyturia in a cohort of French asymptomatic aircrews.

Objectives: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can cause leukocyturia. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of leukocyturia in asymptomatic aircrews and the proportion of STIs in those presenting leukocyturia.

Methods: The LEUCO survey was a prospective cohort study conducted among aircrews between 14th October 2019 and 13th March 2020 at the Toulon aeromedical centre in France.

[Dermatitis and arthropods (Anobium punctatum and Cimex lectularius) in summer: three case reports].

We report three cases of pruritic dermatitis with erythematous maculopapules, having a similar clinical presentation, in summer, and caused by two different arthropods. In wandering diagnosis since sometimes several months, patients have made entomologic investigations in their home. Two of three samples, have shown an infestation by Anobium punctatum, the common furniture beetle, a xylophagous beetle (usually harmless for human).

Acinetobacter parvus bacteraemia community-acquired.

Clinicians are generally familiar with Acinetobacter baumannii as an aetiological agent of serious nosocomial infections in intensive care units. Other Acinetobacter species can also be responsible for life-threatening sepsis. Here, we report about a bacteraemia caused by Acinetobacter parvus, community-acquired, identified with a 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and the MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry system.