Symptoms and serum precipitins in workers exposed to dry sausage mould: consequences of exposure to sausage mould.

Objective: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to dry sausage mould has been reported in workers who brush off the excess mould which coats dry sausage. Prevalence of symptoms and sensitization to mould among these pork-butchery workers is unknown. The aim of the study was to assess the clinical, radiographic, functional, and immunological features in exposed and non-exposed workers in semi-industrial pork butcheries.

Rupture of the airways after blunt chest trauma in two children.

Rupture of the airways after blunt chest trauma is exceptional in children. Two recent cases are reported, in a 3-year-old boy and in a 12-year-old girl. Both had longitudinal tears, of the trachea for Patient 1, and of the main left bronchus for Patient 2 with many associated lesions for this patient.

[Treatment of community-acquired pneumonia by pristinamycin (Pyostacine 500). Results of a non comparative open study].

Unlabelled: Activity of natural streptogramin (NSG) appears well adapted to pathogens responsible for CAP. The goal of this multicenter pilot study was to bring first data about efficacy of NSG in treatment of CAP. PATIENTS METHOD: Ten days of a NSG (1 gr b.

[Bronchogenic cyst disclosed by pericarditis. Value of transesophageal echocardiography apropos of a case].

Pericarditis is one of the possible complications of mediastinal teratoma. Bronchogenic cysts are the commonest mediastinal cysts and may be observed at any age. We report our diagnosis of a bronchogenic cyst by transoesophageal echocardiography.