[Evolution in the prevalence of intestinal parasitosis in the Fort de France University Hospital (Martinique)].

Objective: Determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitosis between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1999 in the microbiology laboratory of the Fort de France University Hospital.

Method: Retrospective study of the results of 4684 parasitological examinations of stools performed in 2704 patients between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1999 in this laboratory.

Results: This survey showed the high prevalence of anguillulosis, found in 51.

Diffuse cutaneous infection caused by a presumed monoxenous trypanosomatid in a patient infected with HIV.

A patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus developed a diffuse cutaneous nodular syndrome. The parasite isolated from a skin nodule was studied by isoenzymatic characterization and transmission electron microscopy of both culture forms and those in the patient's skin biopsy. The parasite's ultrastructure was that of a typical member of the family Trypanosomatidae, but it differed isoenzymatically from all 'new and 'old World' species of Leishmania, Trypanosoma and Sauroleishmania.