[Microsporidia and cryptosporidia coinfection in an HIV-infected newborn].

Microsporidiosis and cryptosporidiosis are emerging opportunistic infections responsible for intestinal manifestations that are often severe in immunocompromised patients. A case of microsporidiosis-cryptosporidiosis coinfection is reported in an HIV-infected newborn. The patient was a 17-day-old female, exclusively breastfed and with no contact with animals.

[Contribution of PCR for detection and identification of intestinal microsporidia in HIV-infected patients].

Aim: Intestinal microsporidiosis are among the most frequent opportunistic diseases in immunocompromised subjects. This study aimed to evaluate the contribution of PCR for a better detection and species identification of microsporidia in stool specimens of HIV-infected patients.

Patients And Methods: Stool samples obtained from 119 HIV-infected Tunisian subjects were screened for intestinal microsporidiosis by light microscopy using Weber's modified Trichrome stain and by a PCR method using universal primers V1/PMP2 which amplified a common fragment of the small subunit rRNA gene of microsporidia.

[Demographic, clinical and therapeutic features of adult visceral leishmaniasis at the Rabta hospital in Tunis (tunisia) from 1983 to 2002].

The purpose of this study was to evaluate in a retrospective analysis, cases of Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis (VL) diagnosed in adults during a 20-year period in a department of infectious diseases. Demographic data, clinical and laboratory features and therapeutic findings were considered. During the study period, 22 cases of VL were diagnosed, and 6 (27%) were associated with HIV infection.

Seroepidemiology of HCV-HIV coinfection in Tunisia.

Aim: To determine the prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis C virus (HCV) in a cohort of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) and to compare risk factors.

Methods: Multicenter retrospective study from infectious diseases department in Tunisia. We examined sera from HIV patients followed in these centers.