[The first death from tertian malaria in the Czech Republic].

The authors describe a fatal case of tertian malaria (Plasmodium vivax) imported to the Czech Republic from India. Severe clinical symptoms leading to shock and multi-organ failure are more frequent in tropical malaria (P. falciparum).

[Successful prevention of Pneumocystis carinii infection with 1,920 mg of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole daily in patients with malignant hematopoietic diseases].

During 1991-94 we treated 51 patients with acute myeloid leukaemias and 3 patients with a myelodysplastic syndrome of refractory anaemia with excess of blasts in transformation. The patients received trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) 1,920 mg daily as a prophylaxis of Pneumocystis carinii infections and selective decontamination of gastrointestinal tract. The majority of patients received TMP-SMX in their first course of chemotherapy with daunorubicin and cytosine arabinoside.

Malariometric survey in Keoudom District, Laos: sensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum to anti-malarials and automedication with chloroquine.

A malariometric survey was conducted in the Keoudom District, in the northern part of Vientiane Province, Laos, where an artificial dam-lake on the Nam River is located. The parasite rate of the whole cohort representing 1,105 subjects was 2.44% with the predominance of Plasmodium vivax (70%), while P.

[Larval stages of the filaria Mansonella (Dipetalonema) perstans in a student from Africa].

Microfilariae were found in blood samples of a 32 year-old-student from Guinea-Bissau (Africa). Based on parasite morphology as well as some other features the microfilariae were identified as Mansonella perstans. The course of infection was asymptomatic (except for slight urticarial skin lesions).