Coinfection with Leprosy and Tuberculosis: A Case Series in Malagasy Patients.

Background: Leprosy and tuberculosis are two of the oldest and most common mycobacterial infections, caused by and for leprosy and for tuberculosis. Dual infections have been known since ancient times; however, cases remain rarely reported in the literature, even in countries where both diseases are endemic, such as Madagascar.

Purpose: We report a case series of simultaneous occurrence of leprosy and tuberculosis.

Cutaneous disseminated sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent farmer.

Sporotrichosis is an implantation mycosis due to the genus . Cutaneous disseminated sporotrichosis is an unusual clinical form that often affects immunocompromised patients. We report a case of cutaneous disseminated sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent famer from a rural region of Madagascar, treated successfully with Itraconazole 200mg twice a day.

Bullous Hemorrhagic Dermatosis Induced by Enoxaparin: About a Case in Madagascar.

Bullous hemorrhagic dermatosis is an adverse reaction occurring within 5 to 21 days after anticoagulation; the diagnosis is to be evoked in the presence of hemorrhagic bullous lesions at a distance from the injection site in the days following the introduction of anticoagulant; this is a diagnosis of exclusion. It is a rare pathology that mainly affects the elderly. A 54-year-old man presented with bullous hemorrhagic lesions on the left upper limb starting at the 4th day after enoxaparin injection, diagnosed as a bullous hemorrhagic dermatosis induced by enoxaparin.