Pulmonary mucormycosis following autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for rapidly progressive diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis: A case report.

Rationale: The use of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) for autoimmune diseases has become the first indication for transplant in nonmalignant disease. Mucormycosis is a rare invasive infection with increasing incidence in patients treated with AHSCT. We report the first case of pulmonary mucormycosis following AHSCT for systemic sclerosis (SSc).

Improving communication between the general practitioner and the oncologist: a key role in coordinating care for patients suffering from cancer.

Background: Patients suffering from cancers are increasingly numerous in general practice consultations. The General Practitioner (GP) should be at the heart of the management of patients. Several studies have examined the perceptions of GPs confronted with the patient suffering from cancer and the relationships of GPs with oncologists, but few studies have focused on the patients' perspective.

[Giant cell arteritis: Ischemic complications].

GCA ischemic complications occur generally in patients with a yet undiagnosed or uncontrolled disease. When disease control is fair, ischemic complications may be due mostly to atheromatosis. Ophtalmic complications are most frequent and are dominated by anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.

High rate of indeterminate results of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-tube test, third generation, in patients with systemic vasculitis.

Objectives: To describe the frequency of QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-tube test® (QFT-GIT) indeterminate results due to no response to phytohaemagglutinin A stimulation in the control tube in vasculitis patients prior to immunosuppressant therapy; and to compare it with other groups of patients.

Methods: This was a single-centre, retrospective study. Patients and controls were included between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2015.

Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid: A Cohort Study and Literature Review.

Purpose: Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP) is a rare systemic autoimmune disease and a potentially blinding subepithelial blistering disorder. The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical spectrum of the disease and to assess the efficacy and safety of immunosuppressive agents in a cohort of patients with OCP.

Methods: We conducted a monocentric retrospective cross-sectional cohort study of all unselected consecutive patients diagnosed with progressive OCP.