[Cutaneous Alternaria infection occurring in the course of a treated pemphigus].

Alternaria is a very common fungus. Its pathogenic role in human pathology is mainly expressed by asthma. Cutaneous infection is rare and only about 70 cases have been described.

Collaborative evaluation in seven laboratories of a standardized micromethod for yeast susceptibility testing.

The new micromethod for yeast susceptibility testing, MYCOTOTAL, was evaluated with 10 reference strains in seven laboratories. Ready-to-use microtitration plates and the same synthetic medium were used with two dilutions of imidazoles, flucytosine, and amphotericin B, permitting the categorization of each strain as susceptible, intermediate, or resistant. The results were compared with the MIC for each reference strain, and the repeatability and reproducibility were evaluated.

[Influence of the injection of polyethyleneglycol 400 on the evolution of experimental candidosis of the mouse (author's transl)].

The authors mention their work showing the influence of polyethyleneglycol 400 on the evolution of experimental candidosis in mice. The animals are infested by one single intra peritoneal injection of a determined number of cells of Candida albicans and then receive daily an injection of polyethyleneglycol 400 1/2 0,2 ml (Harmless dose for non infested animals). These animals die more quickly from Candida albicans septicaemia than others infested in same conditions but not treated by daily injections of polyethyleneglycol 400 1/2.