A case of fatal generalized Blastomycosis is reported. It was the first case of that mycosis observed in Algeria. The parasitic yeast-like cells of the fungus were seen in pus and tissue sections and Blastomyces dermatitidis cultured from pathological specimens. Yeast-like form was obtained in vitro on Kurung's agar at 37 degrees C. Male hamsters infected with this strain failed to develop an experimental disease. The occurrence and distribution of Blastomycosis in Africa are discussed.

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[Favus circinatus of so-called glabrous skin].

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[Verrucous mycotic dermatitis due to an unusual dematiaceous fungus. Clinical and histopathological discussion (author's transl)].

A case of "verrucous dermatitis" caused by a dematiaceous fungus has been observed in an 30 y. o. Algerian patient. The lesion was localized on the face. The patient presented previously a chronic dermatophytic disease due to Trichophyton verrucosum. The dematiaceous hyphomycete has been isolated several time from superficial specimens and portions of biopsies. This fungus has been injected by intra-testicular route in guinea-pigs. The aspect of the fungus in its parasitical morphology has been described and compared with that seen in the testis: In the lesions, the vesiculous or short fungal elements are not pigmented; they are sometimes cross-walled. Successful treatment has been obtained with administration of intravenous amphotericin B. It seems that the patient is genetically predisposed and has a deficient cellular mediated immunity.

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[Histopathological study on the course of a dermatophytic disease].

Histological study of cutaneous biopsies of an algerian girl with a "dermatophytic disease" (cf. supra Marill and al.). During the six first years of evolution diagnosis of mycosis had not been made for no specific fungus staining was done, but the fungus was present in the tissues. Vesicular forms and few filaments were seen in the first biopsies but polymorphism increased with the time and filaments became predominant and very abundant at the end of the disease.

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[Fatal evolution of a dermatophytic disease due to Trichophyton schönleini].

The patient, the last of three children, died at 22 of a "dermatophytic disease" (Hadida et Schousboe) of probably trichophytic origin (T. schönleini) after eight years of evolution. Anterioraly her two brothers died respectively at II (six years) and 13 (seven years of evolution). Discussion of clinical, diagnosis and physio-pathologic features and of a familial immunological defect.

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