[Necrotizing otitis externa: report of 36 cases].

Background: Necrotizing otitis externa is a potentially lethal form of otitis externa which occurs mainly in elderly diabetic.

Aim: To study the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of necrotizing otitis externa and to describe the outcomes of this disease.

Methods: We report in this retrospective study, a series of 36 patients treated in our department for necrotizing otitis externa over a period of 9 years.

Graves' disease associated with cerebrovascular disease and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.

Thyroid disorders are commonly associated with coagulopathy. Patients with hyperthyroidism have increased risk for developing thromboembolic accidents, which are favoured by a simultaneous presence of antiphospholipid antibodies syndrome. in this paper, we describe the case of a patient with Graves' disease, who developed strokes with antiphospholipid antibodies syndrome.

Acute generalised exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) after cefotaxime use.

A case of acute generalised exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) after cefotaxime use confirmed by a positive patch test is reported. A 30-year-old woman received cefotaxime, fosfomycin and ciprofloxacin for sinusitis. At 12 days after drug initiation, she developed an extending pustular erythaema associated with fever.