[Visceral leishmaniasis in an immunocompetent subject, acquired in the Pyrenees region].

Introduction: Visceral leishmaniasis can develop in immunocompetent subjects exposed to a risk of infestation during physical activities outdoors.

Case: A 35-year-old woman was hospitalized for impaired health status with fever, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, and pancytopenia, which worsened during her stay. Leishmaniasis was finally diagnosed, based on serologic testing and the finding of Leishmania infantum in the sternal aspiration.

[Retrospective analysis of 107 imported adult cases of malaria. Experience report of uncomplicated falciparum malaria treatment in adults with oral atovaquone-proguanil].

Objectives: The principal aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of the combination of oral atovaquone and proguanil (AP) in routine treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in recent visitors to the tropics. We also analyzed the epidemiologic, clinical and hematologic characteristics of these patients with imported malaria.

Methods: This retrospective study reviewed the records of 107 cases of imported malaria, treated in the Tropical Disease Unit of Bordeaux University Hospital (France).