A case of pulmonary infection in a neutropenic HIV-infected patient.

Introduction: is an emerging opportunistic fungus that is responsible for an uncommon mycosis known as geotrichosis, mainly reported in patients with haematological malignancies. It is a life-threatening condition associated with a high mortality rate of over 52 %. may affect any organ, with a predilection for the lungs.

[Ocular syphilis associated to HIV: A report of 2 patients treated in Marrakech, Morocco].

Introduction: Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease. All organs might be affected, but ocular syphilis occurs only in 0.6 percent of patients.

The first description of liver abscesses due to Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica in an African HIV-infected young woman: case report and review of the literature.

Salmonella is Gram-negative bacilli that cause a foodborne infections. When the disease occurs in patients living with HIV (PLWHA), salmonellosis is an AIDS defining illness. Here we describe the case of a 26-year-old HIV-infected female patient who was hospitalized for pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen, and whose explorations revealed a liver abscess due to salmonella enterica enterica that progressed well after needle aspiration and antibiotic treatment.

Missed opportunities for HIV testing in patients newly diagnosed with HIV in Morocco.

Background: In Morocco, of the estimated 29,000 people living with HIV in 2011, only 20% were aware of their HIV status. More than half of diagnoses were at the AIDS stage. We assumed that people who were unaware of their infection had contacts with the healthcare system for HIV indicators that might prompt the healthcare provider to offer a test.

Unusual association of COVID-19, pulmonary tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus, having progressed favorably under treatment with chloroquine and rifampin.

Infection with the new coronavirus has been declared an international health emergency. Its curative treatment is unknown and is the subject of several clinical trials. In addition, the concomitant association of COVID-19 with tuberculosis and the human immunodeficiency virus, hitherto never described, is potentially fatal.

Cephalic tetanus: about two cases.

Tetanus is still a common problem in developing countries. Localized tetanus remains a rare clinical presentation dominated by cephalic localization. Head, neck or ear infection strongly guide the diagnosis.

[Evaluation of general practitioners' knowledge about diagnostic and therapeuthic management of erysipelas in the city of Marrakech].

Introduction: Erysipelas is the most common non necrotizing bacterial dermohypodermitis (NNBDH). This study aimed to evaluate the adequacy of general practitioners' knowledge about literature data on the diagnostic and therapeuthic management of erysipelas.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional descriptive and analytical survey of 167 general practitioners in the public and private sectors in Marrakech over the period from 19 May to 20 October 2014.