[Pneumocystis carinii pneumopathy in patients with AIDS. The first 3 cases reported in Algeria and review of the literature]. / Pneumopathie à pneumocystis carinii chez les malades atteints de sida. Les 03 premiers cas algériens et revue de la littérature.

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is a severe and dangerous infection which afflicts patients with immune deficiency, particularly those with AIDS. This pathology isn't well known in Algeria. The aim of the present study is a contribution to make this disease more known in the algerian AIDS patients. It has focused on the research and the identification of P. carinii in the expectorations and in the bronchalveolar lavage (BAL) fluids of 14 patients with respiratory troubles: 13 were AIDS cases and one with an iatrogenic immune deficiency. 3 of these patients were women and the rest were men. Their average age was 35.

[First Algerian case of human otomyiasis from Chrysomya bezziana]. / Premier cas algérien d'otomyiase humaine à Chrysomya bezziana.

In Algeria, Human myiasis, essentially ophtalmomyiasis, are known for a long time. Most of cases are due to Oestrus ovis. In this papers the authors report, in a shepherd, the first case of otomyiasis due to Chrysomya bezziana larvae, a species still unknown in North Africa. This observation which indicates the presence of the species in a Northern part of Algeria is also the first report of the insect outside of its endemic traditional area.