Impact of onychomycosis on the quality of life of patients.

Background And Purpose: Onychomycosis is a very common cosmopolitan onychopathy. It affects the fingers and toes, which are important organs of function and socialization. They can cause physical and psychological discomfort.

Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Mucormycosis: A Challenging Case.

Mucormycosis is a rare opportunistic fungal infection caused by and associated with high mortality rates. Rhino-orbito-cerebral localization usually occurs in individuals with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. We report the case of a 41-year-old male, with previously undiagnosed diabetes, who presented with unilateral facial extensive black eschar and signs of diabetic ketoacidosis.

Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women of the Marrakech-Safi region, Morocco.

Background: Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic infection caused by an intracellular protozoan named Its prevalence had been investigated in several studies throughout the world showing that it varied from one country to another. In contrast, few studies had been carried out on this infection across the kingdom of Morocco, hence the objective of this work, which is the determination of seroprevalence in the region of Marrakech-Safi.

Methods: The serological results of a cohort of 5692 patients were reviewed retrospectively.

Intrastromal injection of voriconazole as a therapeutic of fungal hypopyon: a case report.

We describe the case of a 7-year-old child, victim of ocular trauma causing a corneal wound that was sutured urgently. The child has been regularly monitored in our department. Few months later, he consults for a painful red eye evolving within two weeks.

[Severe imported malaria in adults: a retrospective study of thirteen cases admitted to the Intensive Care Unit in Marrakech].

Imported malaria is being seen with increasing frequency in non-endemic areas. Severe forms represent 10% of cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria. In Morocco, more than 50 cases of malaria occur each year, 83% of which with Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

[Tinea capitis in the military hospital Avicenna (Morocco): Review of 8 years (2006-2013)].

Introduction And Objective: Tinea capitis are due to fungal infection by dermatophytes. They are common in developing countries including Morocco. The objective of this study intended to describe the epidemiology, clinical and mycological profile of tinea capitis in Avicenna military hospital of Marrakech.

Study on chemical analysis, antioxidant and in vitro antifungal activities of essential oil from wild Vitex agnus-castus L. seeds growing in area of Argan Tree of Morocco against clinical strains of Candida responsible for nosocomial infections.

Objective: To study the composition, the antioxidant activity and the in vitro antifungal action anti-Candida species of essential oils extracted from seeds of Vite xagnus-castus L.

Materials And Method: The essential oils were extracted using Clevenger-type apparatus and analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The antioxidant activity was analyzed using the DPPH free radical-scavenging method.

[Cutaneous cryptococcosis mimicking basal cell carcinoma and revealing systemic involvement in acquired immunodeficiency].

Background: Cryptococcosis is a rare and a serious opportunistic infection that occurs primarily on the field of immunodeficiency. We report a case of disseminated cryptococcosis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome revealed by unusual skin lesions.

Observation: A 52-year-old patient consulted for two crusty ulcerative lesions situated on the left supraorbital and on the nasal tip that appeared 6 months ago.

[Infantile visceral Leishmaniasis: epidemiological, clinical and biological characteristics. About 93 case reports in the children hospital of Rabat].

Introduction: Infantile visceral leishmaniasis (LVI) is a problem of public health in Morocco. This parasitosis rages to the state of endemic and touches the infants.

Objectives: The goal of this survey is to draw up epidemiological, clinical and biologic profile of LVI in children hospitalized in the Children's Hospital of Rabat, and to prove the contribution of serology in diagnosis of this illness.

[Congenital cutaneous candidiasis: a case report and review].

The aim of this article is to report a case of congenital cutaneous candidiasis (CCC). We describe the clinical features and emphasize the role of laboratory testings to assess diagnosis in the newborn and to prevent this condition by screening vaginal candidiasis in pregnant women. A full-term, 3500-g male was born by spontaneous vaginal delivery to a 30-year-old healthy woman.