First case of disseminated infection with Nocardia cerradoensis in a human.

Here we report in a human, a renal transplant patient, the first disseminated infection with Nocardia cerradoensis, isolated after a brain biopsy. Species identification was based on 16S rRNA, gyrB, and hsp65 gene analyses. Antibiotic treatment was successful by combining carbapenems and aminoglycosides and then switching to oral trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.

Combined modified rectus fascial sling and augmentation ileocystoplasty for neurogenic incontinence in women.

Purpose: We assessed results of a combined modified rectus fascial sling procedure and augmentation ileocystoplasty in women with neurogenic urinary incontinence.

Materials And Methods: We prospectively evaluated 21 patients (mean followup 28.6 months).

Reappraisal of endoscopic sphincterotomy for post-traumatic neurogenic bladder: a prospective study.

Purpose: We assessed the results of endoscopic sphincterotomy in patients with detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia secondary to spinal cord injury.

Materials And Methods: A prospective study was done of 92 patients with a mean followup of 20.6 months.

[Non-surgical treatment of tuberous angiomas of the lip. Apropos of 26 cases].

Among the various methods that can be used for the treatment of hemangiomas of the face, the use of Yttrium 90 radium needles seems to give the most satisfactory esthetic results. One application is usually sufficient to obtain disappearance of the tumor. Spontaneous regression is now a generally accepted fact, however, and the essential problem remains whether hamangiomas should be treated all when no complications are present.

[Adaptation of an A.G.S. endo-uterine catheter for hysterographic examination during radium therapy (author's transl)].

The authors propose an endo-uterine catheter which will permit a hysterographic examination to be made during utero-vaginal radium therapy, thus making it possible to check: --that the catheter has advancec correctly after insertion; --that the uterine cavity intact: --that the catheter is in the correct place; --its retention during treatment. By using radio-opaque rings and small balloons in the hysterographic examination, it is possible to locate: --the external orifice of the cervix; --the urethral meatus; --the anterior wall of the rectum and the posterior wall of the bladder. In this way, the target volume is loated with precision, and the length, position and activity of the various radio-active sources can be adapted accordingly.