Use of frozen native feces for fecal microbiota transplantation in recurrent infection: a simple way to improve the efficiency of donor feces preparation.

Preparing fecal microbiota transplants immediately after donation is resource-intensive, and a proportion are destroyed following abnormal screening results. We retrospectively compared two processes, frozen fecal preparation (FFP) and fresh native frozen preparation (FNFP), for clinical efficacy in the treatment of recurrent infection (rCDI). FFP and FNFP were similarly effective with clinical success rates of 76.

Dermatoscopic signs in cutaneous leishmaniasis.

Dermoscopy is a non-invasive technique widely used to aid in the characterization and diagnosis of pigmented skin lesions. Recently, it has also been employed for the evaluation of non-pigmented skin tumours, and inflammatory and infectious cutaneous diseases. Although the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis is confirmed by the demonstration of amastigotes in infected skin or by the growth of promastigotes in culture medium, dermoscopy could be useful as a further diagnostic test.

Has imiquimod 5% cream a role in the management of recurrent basal cell carcinoma?

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a cutaneous malignancy with a tendency to spread locally and with several clinical and histological subsets. We studied 34 patients with a clinical diagnosis of recurrent BCC on different anatomical locations, to whom imiquimod 5% cream was administered on a low-frequency regime (3 times a week for 6 weeks), with a minimum of 3 years follow-up after completion of treatment. Clinical clearance rate at 1, 2 and 3 years were 94, 76 and 70%, respectively.

Linear lichen planus and hepatitis C.

A 23-year-old man with hepatitis C was observed with brownish dome-shaped papules in a linear pattern on the chest. The papules were determined clinically and pathologically to be linear lichen planus. These lesions appeared during an interferon-alpha therapy for his hepatitis and resolved after topical treatment with tacrolimus ointment.

[May Medically Assisted Procreation (MAP) be relevant for homosexual women? Study among 147 gynaeco-logists involved in MAP techniques].

The second part of the twentieth century has seen societal modifications as well as evolution of medical techniques allowing now thinking human procreation in terms of choices or even rights. Certain voices require sometimes Medically Assisted Procreation (MAP) for lesbians. Even though society did not allow such a possibility in France, it seemed interesting to question about it professionals actively involved in the use of MAP techniques.