[Mycoses in otorhinolaryngology. Apropos of 167 cases].

The authors observed 167 cases of E.N.T.

Microfilarial polyarthritis in a massive Loa loa infestation. A case report.

A Cameroonian affected with massive Loa loa infection developed febrile arthritis with involvement of both knees and the left ankle. Although the patient was first seen by us after one month of treatment with Indomethacin, at this time the joints were still inflamed and microfilariae of Loa loa were found in the synovial fluid. No other etiological mechanism was identified.

[Thermotolerance of the Candida. Relationships with ecology, pathology and taxonomy (author's transl)].

An investigation on the maximum temperature of growth is reported on 477 strains of Candida, 23 species and 1 variety, including species actually not identied as Candida, but well known under that generic name in medical and veterinary mycology. C. pseudotropicalis is the most thermotolerante species (49 degrees), C.

[Acute trichinosis. Several recent cases imported from Egypt (author's transl)].

Five cases of acute trichinosis imported from Egypt (four of them have been anatomically and serologically proved) have been recently observed at the Ambroise-Paré Hospital. The patients had been contaminated at Cairo. All of them but one presented atypical clinical picture.