Case report: intraocular localization of Mansonella perstans in a patient from south Chad.

A case of Mansonella perstans infection with visual impairment and a retinal lesion is described. After a course of diethylcarbamazine and a further course of mebendazole the symptoms improved and the microfilariae blood concentration decreased. The symptoms and response to antifilarial treatment strongly suggested the intraocular localization of an M.

[Histoplasmosis: not only a tropical disease].

Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection resulting from inhalation of spores from the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum; it is known to be endemic in various parts of the world, especially in North and Latin America, and can produce a spectrum of illness, from subclinical infection to progressive disseminated disease. The majority of infected persons have an asymptomatic, self-limiting illness. Clinical pneumonia occurs in those with exposure to a large number of infecting spores.

[Imported malaria in Emergency Department].

It occasionally happens that patients don't suspect to have malaria and diagnosis becomes difficult for the Emergency Department physicians. Since September 1995 to February 1999, 8 cases of malaria have been diagnosed in our first aid station; 5 occurred in european and 3 in extraeuropean immigrants. Incidence of imported malaria was greater after holiday period for european, and equally distributed along the year for immigrants.