Tinea capitis in Brussels: epidemiology and new management strategy.

Background: We found pre-established directives inadequate to cope with the current increase in anthropophilic tinea capitis in Brussels.

Objectives: To study new epidemiological profiles and to define new strategies for management and prevention.

Patients And Methods: A total of 122 children affected by tinea capitis were followed in our department from October 1, 2001, until September 30, 2002.

Thalidomide in refractory vulvar ulcerations associated with Crohn's disease.

We report a case of recurrent vulvar ulcerations developed on vegetations associated with Crohn's disease. Lesions responded to low-dose thalidomide treatment. A biopsy revealed a neutrophilic infiltrate with rare giant cells.

Cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae infection extending distally in a hemodialysed patient.

We report a case of a cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae infection on the dorsum of the forearm of a patient undergoing chronic hemodialysis. The infection showed a linear and distal extension. This unusual distal dissemination was apparently secondary to a venous reflux, a circulatory repercussion of the patient's arteriovenous fistula.