Adrenal insufficiency and diabetes mellitus secondary to the use of topical corticosteroids for cosmetic purpose.

We report a case of symptomatic topical corticosteroid-induced adrenal insufficiency and diabetes in a 46-yr old HIV 1 positive woman of African descent. Topical Betamethasone dipropionate 0.05%-containing creams were used for the purpose of bleaching over a 2 month period prior to the acute episode.

[Prophylactic antiretroviral therapy after sexual exposure to HIV: 93 cases].

Patients And Methods: We studied prospectively the feasibility of post exposure prophylaxis against HIV in 93 subjects consulting after sexual exposure at STD Center of Hopital Saint-Louis. Among the 93 subjects, 76 were men (45 homosexual) and 17 women.

Results: Delay to consultation was 38 h.

[Asymptomatic carriage of Chlamydia trachomatis in men consulting for condylomata acuminata].

A search for Chlamydia trachomatis by cell culture was carried out in the urethra of 82 male patients consulting for condyloma acuminata at the Clinical and Biological Centre for Sexually Transmissible Diseases of the Saint-Louis hospital, Paris. Three patients had discreet urethral signs, but none had urethral discharge. Cell culture was positive for C.

[Prevalence of HIV-1, HIV-2 and HTLV-1 infections. Experience in a Parisian center for sexually transmitted diseases].

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is, to a great extent, a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Its diffusion among the heterosexual population is still limited. STD treatment centres are particularly well organized to watch this diffusion.