[Apropos of 2 cases of Scedosporium apiospermum nasosinusal infection].

We report two cases of nasosinusal infection caused by Scedosporium apiospermum and involving the nasal fossa in one case and the maxillary sinus in the other. The course of the disease varied according to the patient's immune status. The otherwise healthy patient (case n.

In vitro study of platelets and circulating mononuclear cells of subjects presenting an intolerance to aspirin.

Aspirine-sensitive asthma (ASA) is a disease defined only by clinical criteria. It is an intrinsic asthma related to a hypersensitivity to aspirin. The illness is linked to abnormalities in platelet and macrophage arachidonic acid metabolism.

Association between left-handedness and allergy: a reappraisal.

There are conflicting reports in the literature about the possible association between left-handedness and immune disorders, including autoimmune diseases as well as allergies. In this study we compared the distribution of right- and left-handers, assessed with the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory, in a group of patients consulting an allergy clinic and a control population with a similar sex and age distribution. There was no overall association between left-handedness and allergies, although we found a tendency towards left-handedness in patients whose allergic symptoms started before puberty, suggesting that left-handers may have an increased predisposition to allergic disease that manifests itself during early life.

[Double-blind study of Biostim in the prevention of superinfection in patients with chronic bronchopathy].

In a multicenter trial conducted with patients suffering from chronic bronchopathy, Biostim, an immunomodulating compound of biological origin has been studied using the double-blind placebo-controlled method for prevention of respiratory tract infections. One hundred and ten patients from 10 french pneumology health centers entered the study. The treatment was administered at random in three sequences of 8 days a month for 3 months (2 mg/day the first month, 1 mg/day the second and third months).