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F Devars

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[Primary carcinoid of the larynx].

Primary carcinoid of the larynx is an extremely rare neoplasm. Only seven cases could be traced in the literature so far. The authors report another case in a 71 year-old male patient. Gross examination revealed a large ulcerated tumor of the right part of the supraglottic larynx. Microscopically, the tumor was composed of nests and sheets of relatively uniform cells with round nuclei. A Grimelius stain showed positively stained granules in the cytoplasm of the cells. One cervical lymph node presented little metastatic foci of the tumor cells. A review of the medical literature showed that all laryngeal carcinoid were pathologically malignant and the treatment of choice is the surgical excision.

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[Bacteriological study of acute otitis media in children. Therapeutic consequences].

One hundred children presenting with acute otitis media underwent a bacteriological study of otitis exudate over a 18 month period. The bacteria found were as follows: Streptococcus pneumoniae (24), Haemophilus influenzae (19), Staphylococcus aureus (12), Streptococcus pyogenes (7), Branhamella catarrhalis (3), and 18 Gram negative bacilli (including 7 Pseudomonas aeruginosa and 11 enterobacteriaceae). One pathogenic bacterium was isolated in 56 cases, 2 or more in 12 cases and none in 32 cases. In the age categories 0-1 year (47 cases) and 1-3 years (31 cases), S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae were the main organisms found, followed by S. pyogenes in children older than 3 years (22 cases). With respect to the antibiotics used for treating otitis, 5/22 S. pneumoniae and 4/17 H. influenzae were erythromycin resistant (9/17 had an intermediate susceptibility) and 7/19 H. influenzae and 1/17 S. pneumoniae were cotrimoxazole resistant. None of the S. pneumoniae and 2/19 H. influenzae were ampicillin resistant. These 2 H. influenzae and 2/3 B. catarrhalis were beta-lactamase producers. They were sensitive to the combination of amoxicillin with clavulanic acid.

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