Risk assessment of herbicide mixtures in a large European lake.

Lake Geneva is one of the largest European lakes with a surface area of 580 km2. Its catchment area covers 7400 km2, of which approximately 20% is arable land. Monitoring campaigns have been carried out in 2004 and 2005 to determine the contamination of the lake by pesticides.

[Neurologic manifestations of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections].

Background: Some neurological manifestations associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection have been reported, such as meningoencephalitis, cerebellitis, aseptic meningitis, polyradiculopathy, transverse myelitis, cranial nerve palsies and myositis.

Case Report: Case 1. A 10 year-old boy had an acute pneumonia that was subsequently proven to be due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.

[Materno-fetal infections caused by unusual germs. Apropos of 9 cases].

A retrospective study carried out from January 1981 through August 1988 identified nine cases of materno-fetal infections (Staphylococcus aureus, 1 case; Klebsiella pneumoniae, 3 cases; enterococcus, 3 cases; Hemophilus influenzae, 1 case; and Pneumococcus, 1 case) in six girls and three boys; four premature infants developed respiratory distress requiring mechanical ventilation. In four cases, maternal history found risk factors for infection. All patients developed circulatory failure and one had purulent meningitis.

[Tolosa-Hunt painful ophthalmoplegia. Apropos of a case in a 10-year-old girl].

The authors report a case of Tolosa-Hunt syndrome in a 10 1/2 year-old girl. Associating lasting orbital pain and impairment of the ocular motor innervation, this syndrome evolves over several years with spontaneously regressive bouts and may induce ocular sequellae. The dramatic efficacy of corticosteroid treatment is considered by several authors as a diagnostic test.