[Superficial mycoses in a wooded region of Gabon: results of fungus isolation]. / Les mycoses superficielles en zone forestière gabonaise: bilan des champignons isolés.

The authors draw up an inventory of the dermatophytes in Gabon (13 species isolated from 593 people in the wet and hot forest). They show the clear prevalence of Microsporum langeroni, Trichophyton soudanense, Trichophyton rubrum, and Epidermophyton floccosum, Trichophyton violaceum also is fairly often isolated. More infrequently, they find T. mentagrophytes, T. mentagrophytes var. interdigitale, T. gourvili, M. canis, M. audouini, T. yaoundei, M. gypseum.

[Presence of sexual forms (cleistothecia and Hülle cells) in a case of human maxillary sinus aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus nidulans in association with Aspergillus fumigatus]. / Présence de formes sexuées (cleistotheces et Hulle-cells), dans un cas humain d'aspergillose du sinus maxillaire chez Aspergillus nidulans associé a Aspergillus fumigatus.

The authors observed, in a biopsic sample from a human maxillary sinus, the coexistence, in parasitic stages, of two different Aspergillus species: A. fumigatus and A. nidulans. After having described the morphologies of each species, in sections on slides, and particularly those of cleistothecia and Hülle-cells for the second, they draw attention to the three interests of such an observation: -- rarety of observing Aspergillus nidulans in a parasitic stage, in spite of its particular thermotolerant character. -- association of two different Aspergillus species in a same sample, in parasitic stages, observed in man for the first time, at least according their informations. -- presence of reproductive sexual forms, observed in vivo for the first time, in an Aspergillus species.

[Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia after kidney transplantation. Early diagnosis by distal bronchial brushing]. / Pneumopathies à Pneumocystis carinii après transplantation rénale Diagnostic précoce par le brossage bronchique distal

Distal bronchial brushing is one of the methods used in the in vivo indentification of Pneumocystis carinii, a parasite associated with severe pneumonia, the development of which is induced by immuno-depression, particularly after renal transplantation. In three patients the pathogenic agent was demonstrated in alveolar material obtained in this way. The technique is simple and risk-free. It may be used early and repeatedly.