[Clinical case of mycetoma caused by Scedosporium apiospermum].

The authors report a case of mycetoma from Scedosporium apiospermum in a 19 years old patient affected by adult's CGD. They emphasize the importance of mycetes' identification from clinical specimens' isolates, to consent a correct interpretation of the bacteriological result from physician.

[Isolation of anaerobes during a 30-month observation at a hospital microbiology laboratory].

The authors evaluate retrospectively the results obtained from the research of anaerobial bacteria on 1313 samples received at the Microbiology Laboratory of the "Ospedale Civile di Ivrea" over a period of 31 months (6/1/86-12/31/88). From this evaluation, high percentages of detection of anaerobic bacteria are emerging in the following infections: appendiculare abscesses (60%), intestinal operations (71%), wounds (57%), tubovarian abscesses (100%), as well as thoracic empyema (50%). Also relevant are the isolations from skin and subcutaneous tissues: breast infections (50%) preputial infections (60%), perineal and perirectal abscesses (60%).