[Bladder bilharzioma and carcinoma in a bilharzial bladder].

Over 7 years, 592 patients infected by Schistosoma haematobium were detected. Among these, 102 had a cystoscopy which found carcinoma in 3 patients, polypi in 1 and vesical "bilharzioma" (so-called pseudo-polyps) in 14. From the results of the biopsies and data from the medical literature the relationship between schistosomiasis and carcinoma in the schistosomial bladder is discussed, as well as the meaning of various lesions, such as malpighian metaplasia, papillomatous hyperplasia and glandular cystitis, seen in biopsy specimens from "bilharziomas".

[Gram-negative septicemia and bacteremia in an internal medicine department].

Among 31 patients with positive blood cultures for gram-negative bacilli seen in a department of internal medicine, 13 had at least 3 positive blood cultures from samples taken over more than 12 hours and were diagnosed as having septicemia (group I) ; 18 patients had less than three positive blood cultures over the same period or had several positive blood cultures over a shorter period and were diagnosed as having bacteremia (group II). There were no significant differences between these two groups concerning age, sex, fever, other clinical features, or biological findings. E.

[Therapeutic and economic aspects of dracunculosis in a Parisian hospital].

We studied 18 cases of dracunculosis treated in our department of Internal Medicine in Paris. The mean duration of the hospital stay is 38 days (15 to 90). The cost of this stay, calculated on the basis of the daily charge, accounts for 93.