Skin manifestations associated with toxocariasis: a case-control study.

Background: Human toxocariasis is one of the most common zoonotic helminthiases. The recent development of sensitive and specific diagnostic laboratory tests has led to identify a large spectrum of diseases, including cutaneous diseases, induced by Toxocara infection.

Objective: The purpose of our study was to assess the risk of having a positive Toxocara ELISA test in patients with different cutaneous symptoms.

[Toxocara sp in the playgrounds and sand pits in Besançon. Impact in urban hygiene. Prophylactic measurements for a clean city].

The authors presents the results of parasitology study to determine the prevalence of Toxocara species eggs in 29 playgrounds and sandpits of Besançon. Eggs of Toxocara were found in 25 of sandpits. This results were compared with these found in the world literature.

[Oropharyngeal candidiasis resistant to fluconazole in patients infected by HIV].

Purpose: To study the susceptibility to fluconazole of Candida albicans strains in oral candidiasis of HIV positive patients.

Patients And Methods: Eleven HIV positive patients with confirmed oral candidiasis were included in a 4 to 10 months prospective study. In addition, 23 HIV positive patients were evaluated in a restrospective study (14 with oral candidiasis and 9 control subjects).

Interference by hydroxyethyl starch used for vascular filling in latex agglutination test for cryptococcal antigen.

The glucuronoxylomannan component of the Cryptococcus neoformans capsular polysaccharide confers serotype specificity, and its detection in cerebrospinal fluid or serum by the latex agglutination test is used for diagnosis. Low-molecular-weight hydroxyethyl starches can be used as an alternative to albumin for vascular filling. This study reports the occurrence of a false-positive result with the Pastorex Cryptococcus test (Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur, Marnes la Coquette, France) for a patient receiving hydroxyethyl starch characterized by a substitution ratio of 0.

[Cutaneous and lymphatic cryptococcosis after transient lymphopenia in an immunocompetent patient].

Introduction: Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic infection, that rarely occurs in immunocompetent patients.

Case Report: We report a case of a 82 year-old woman who suffered from a bacterial pneumonia associated with lymphopenia. During the hospitalisation, she developed a cutaneous and ganglionnary cryptococcosis.