A recent trichinosis epidemy involved around hundred patients in southern Paris suburbs; most frequent and marked clinical features were: facial and palpebral oedema, fever, bowel troubles (mostly constipation; diarrhea was seldom) and muscular tenderness. Most of the time eosinophiles cells and
Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) represents a serious threat to patients on maintenance dialysis. The clinical setting, mortality rate, and prognostic factors in these patients have not been well established.
During the summer of 1980, 3 sporadic cases of Legionnaires disease (ML) were recognized in the northern suburbs of Paris. The clinical picture was characterized by an extensive pneumonia, high fever with repeated rigors (3 cases), a confusional state (2 cases), and transitory watery diarrhea (3
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Cases of imported cholera are frequently observed, but cholera almost never occurs in subjects who have never travelled to an endemic area. In the last 30 years, 4 cases have been reported. We report an indigenous case diagnosed in Paris in September 1996.
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The patient was
Jatropha curcas L. is an inedible plant belonging to the Euphorbiaceae family that is growing in subtropical zones of all continents. We report a series of 24 cases of poisoning with J. curcas seeds or fruits reported to poison centers in Paris and Marseille between December 2000 and June 2014.
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Community-based processes addressing environment, housing, and health issues may decrease health inequities by addressing social, economic, and political health determinants more effectively. Yet little analysis of their effectiveness has been undertaken and their potential transfer to
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In a pediatric hospital of Paris, from 1993 to 1998, respiratory secretions were positive for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in 26.3% of 4,738 children (0-5 years) examined or hospitalized for lower respiratory tract infections. Rotavirus detection was positive in stools of 23.7% of the
Clinical features of COVID-19 have been mostly described in hospitalized patients with and without ICU admission. Yet, up to 80% of patients are managed in an outpatient setting. This population is poorly documented. In France, health authorities recommend outpatient management of patients
Group A human rotavirus G genotypes were determined by means of reverse transcription-PCR in 170 stool specimens from children with acute diarrhea admitted to a Paris children's hospital during a 1-year survey (1997 to 1998). The isolates all belonged to types G1 to G4, with type G4 predominating
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Between October 1, 1988 and March 31, 2001, a longitudinal survey was conducted at the French pediatric hospital Armand-Trousseau in Paris. Following data were simultaneously collected: consultations and hospitalizations for acute diarrhea at the emergency room, and identifications of
Between December 2006-May 2007, 371 children aged <3 years attending 15 day care centers (DCCs) in Paris, France were actively followed for acute gastroenteritis [GE; diarrhea (≥3 loose stools/24 hours with or without vomiting) for <14 days] and outbreaks of acute GE (≥3 cases in a DCC with onset
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Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) workers are a group of travellers highly exposed to infectious diseases due to the conditions and duration of their stay. Yet little is known about their knowledge concerning travel related health risks and their prevention.
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From July to
Cryptosporidium and microsporidia are increasingly recognized as important agents of chronic diarrhea in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients. These protozoa present clinical and biological similarities but coinfection with these two parasites seems uncommon in a population of
We report 15 cases of symptomatic HIV infection seen in Paris between June 1983 and June 1985 in Congolese patients. The first signs were diarrhea, weight loss, fever, pruritus. Disseminated lymphadenopathy was frequent. Twelve patients had AIDS, and the opportunistic infections were: isosporosis,