Leptospirosis in a French traveler returning from Mauritius.

We report the first case of leptospirosis in a patient with a travel history to Mauritius, where the disease has very occasionally been reported in local populations. Following an initial dengue-like presentation, the patient suffered pancreatic involvement and trigeminal neuralgia, which are two unusual delayed features of leptospirosis.

A 78-year-old woman with an acute eosinophilic gastroenteritis.

Eosinophil accumulation in the gastrointestinal tract is a common feature of numerous disorders including mainly parasitic infection, drug-induced allergic reactions, inflammatory bowel disease, and various connective tissue disorders. Digestive tissue eosinophilia requires thorough searching for secondary causes that may be specifically treated with antibiotics, dietary and drug elimination or immunosuppressive therapy. Frequency, prognosis and therapeutic implications must guide the diagnostic course.

Acute pancreatitis: a rare complication of acute hepatitis E.

Hepatitis E is an emerging imported disease in Europa but autochthonous cases are described for some years. Extra-hepatic associated manifestations are published. We report a case of acute necrotizing pancreatitis associated with imported acute viral E hepatitis (genotype 1a) in a 26 years old French man travelling and originated from Pakistan.

[Curative short term treatment of chronic viral C hepatitis].

Introduction: Chronic viral C hepatitis can be cured by shorter treatment than recommended. It is illustrated by our two case reports.

Cases: We report two cases of chronic viral C hepatitis cured by short therapy with interferon standard alone in one case and the combination of pegylated-interferon and ribavirin in the second case.

[Autochthonous hepatitis E virus in Southeastern France. 2 cases].

Introduction: Hepatitis E virus is endemic in developing countries where it is especially lethal among pregnant women. As the circulation of goods and people grows between these countries and the industrialized nations, this virus is emerging as a cause of imported acute hepatitis in the latter, where authentic autochthonous cases also exist.

Observations: We report two cases observed in Marseille, in men aged 27 and 81 years; no mode of contamination was detected, and both outcomes were positive.