Allergy to Red Meat: A Diagnosis Made by the Patient and Confirmed by an Assay for IgE Antibodies Specific for Alpha-1,3-Galactose.

We report the first case of allergy to red meat observed in Ivory Coast. A 49-year-old male presented with pruritus. The diagnosis of allergy to red meat was confirmed by an assay for IgE antibodies specific for alpha-1,3 galactose.

[Squamous cell carcinoma secondary to Buruli ulcer in West Africa].

Background: Buruli ulcer is an infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans occurring in tropical areas. In West Africa, it is an emerging threat mainly affecting children aged under 15years. This chronic disease is complicated by dystrophic scars in which squamous cell carcinoma can occur in the long term.

[Clinical-epidemiological profile of severe cutaneous drug reactions in children in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire)].

Severe cutaneous drug reactions such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are life threatening in adults. They seem to be less common in children. The purpose of this study was to describe the epidemiological, clinical and etiological profile of these drug reactions in African child.

[Necrotizing fasciitis of the breast and HIV infection. A case report].

Necrotizing fasciitis is a severe soft tissue infection caused by flesh-eating bacteria. It usually occurs on the lower limbs. The purpose of this report is to describe a case involving Streptococcus pyogenes on the breast of a 22-year-old African woman with HIV.

[Therapeutic features of cheloid scars at the Dermatology Unit of Treichville Teaching Hospital, Abidjan-Côte d'Ivoire].

Context: Cheloid scars are common in black African. Treatment is not adequately codified and chronicity of these cheloid scars is responsible for frequent recurrences.

Objective: To assess treatment of cheloid scars for their codification.

[An uncommon localization of pyoderma gangrenosum on the penis of an HIV infected patient in the Ivory Coast].

Pyoderma gangrenosum is an uncommon chronic ulcerative dermatosis with unknown aetiology and with a pathology which is still obscure. In 15-45% of cases, it is related to intestinal chronic inflammatory disease (MICI), to a systemic disease that it can sometimes reveals or to an immunodeficiency This disease starts whether with a pustule, a bubble or a nodule which leads during its evolvement to a superficial ulceration with clear edges. Its diagnosis is easy and is mainly clinical.