Epigastric cutaneous discharge: think amoebiasis

Ruling out nosocomial transmission of Cryptosporidium in a renal transplantation unit: case report

Background Cryptosporidium spp. is a ubiquitous parasite affecting humans as well as domestic and wild vertebrates, causing diarrhea in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts worldwide. Its transmission occurs primarily by the fecal-oral route. In humans, C. parvum and C. hominis are the most prevalent species, whereas immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals can also be infected by other zoonotic species. Renal transplant patients are prone to develop cryptosporidiosis, which can induce severe and life-threatening diarrhea. Case presentation We report here a series of nearly concomitant cases of acute symptomatic cryptosporidiosis in three renal transplant patients atten…

Oestrus ovis external ophtalmomyiasis : a case report in Burgundy France

Background External ophtalmomyiasis (EOM) is a zoonosis related to the presence of Oestrus ovis larvae at the ocular level in small ruminants (i.e. ovine, caprine). In humans, EOM is a rare cosmopolitan disorder, mostly described in warm and dry rural areas in patients living close to livestock areas. In metropolitan France (excluding Corsica), EOM is an exceptional disease with less than 25 cases recorded since 1917. Case presentation We report a case of EOM in a 19-years old man in the last week of September 2016 in Burgundy. Conclusion The diagnosis of an EOM in Burgundy, a French region described as cold and humid, is surprising and could be due to a more marked climatic warming during …

Infection pulmonaire invasive à Trichoderma longibrachiatum, à propos d’un cas

Introduction : Trichoderma longibrachiatum est un champignon filamenteux appartenant à la famille des hyalohyphomycètes, rarement isolé lors d’infections fongiques invasives chez l’Homme mais quelques cas ont déjà été décrits chez des sujets immunodéprimés. Observation : Un homme de 69 ans a développé un syndrome fébrile une semaine après la fin d’une chimiothérapie pour le traitement d’une leucémie aiguë myéloïde alors qu’il était en aplasie profonde (GB Aspergillus Galactomannan test), un scanner thoracique est réalisé. L’aspect scannographique (signe du halo) était évocateur d’une aspergillose pulmonaire invasive (API), motivant la réalisation d’un lavage broncho-alvéolaire (LBA). Le LBA…