[Visceral leishmaniasis in an immunocompetent subject, acquired in the Pyrenees region].

Introduction: Visceral leishmaniasis can develop in immunocompetent subjects exposed to a risk of infestation during physical activities outdoors.

Case: A 35-year-old woman was hospitalized for impaired health status with fever, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, and pancytopenia, which worsened during her stay. Leishmaniasis was finally diagnosed, based on serologic testing and the finding of Leishmania infantum in the sternal aspiration.

Postvaccinal inflammatory neuropathy: peripheral nerve biopsy in 3 cases.

Autoimmune inflammatory polyneuropathy (PN) can be triggered by vaccination. We report 3 such cases. A 36-year-old female nurse presented 15 days after a hepatitis B vaccination (HBV) with acute sensory disturbances in the lower limbs.