[Common variable immunodeficiency: a 7 cases reported].

Background: Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is an immune defect characterized by primary hypogammaglobulinemia. The most clinical manifestations are recurrent infection of respiratory tract.

Aim: We reported seven cases of DICV which showed

Methods: We reported seven cases of CVID between 1994 and 2004, included six women and one man.

[Latex allergy in a hospital environment: results of a study in Sousse (Tunisia)].

Immediate allergy to natural latex has been on the icrease for the last decade in exposed persons and particularly the health personnel. Its prevalence is variable from one study to another. To evaluate the prevalence of later allergy in our nursing staff, we carried out an inguiry in two hospitals in Sousse.