Fungal lung infections due to Geotrichum are opportunistic, usually occurring on an immunosuppressed person, particularly severe neutropenia, or an imbalance of the normal microbial flora. Geotrichum capitatum is the most widely reported species in human pathology.We report case of pulmonary geotrichosis due to Geotrichum capitatum in a patient with a chronic pulmonary disease type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

The urinary tract infection is one of the most common infections acquired in community and hospital. The emergence of the acquired resistance of bacteria to antibiotics remains an important issue relevant to antimicrobial strategies. The Purpose of this paper is to review the frequency of isolation and the evolution of the resistance to antibiotics of the tree strains of Escherichia coli causing community urinary tract infections. It is a retrospective study made in the laboratory of microbiology of the university hospital center HASSAN II of Fez, concerning germs isolated from 5287 positive Bacteriological examination of urine (BEU) collected between 2010 and 2016 and diagnosed in consulting externs. Enterobacteriaceae were responsible for 84 % of the community urinary tract infections. The women were more touched (sex ratio F/H = 1, 66). Escherichia coli dominated the epidemiological profile (62 %). The antibiotic resistance of the tree strains of E. coli isolated highlighted rates of resistance to amoxicillin (64 %), to ciprofloxacine (59 %), to association amoxicillin-acid clavulonic (46 %), to sulfamethoxazole-triméthropime (42 %), to gentamicine (25 %), and to amikacine (14 %). The number of tree strains of E.coli resistant to third generation cephalosporins by production of B-lactamases with widened spectre"ESBL -producing" was 258, that is an average frequency of 5.8 % of all the enterobacteriaceae isolated. No resistance to imipeneme was registered for the tree strains of E. coli isolated whitch means that the sensibility to imipeneme is of 100 %. All these results showed an increase of the multiresistance of Escherichia coli in community environment which could be due to the excessive use of antibiotics in the medical domain. A regular surveillance of the resistance to antibiotics is essential to define effective and appropriate therapeutic strategies, limiting the emergence and the scattering of the multiresistant tree strains.

Dengue fever is one of the most serious mosquito- borne Arboviral infections affecting tropical and subtropical countries in the world. Due to lack of immune prophylaxis and specific anti-viral therapy, outbreaks occur almost every year. There is a need for rapid diagnosis to prevent morbidity and mortality. The study was conducted to know the seroprevalance of dengue virus in a tertiary care hospital, Nellore. Blood samples received in microbiology laboratory from suspected dengue cases during June 2015 to October 2015 were serologically analyzed. NS1 Antigen, IgG and IgM antibodies were detected employing Dengue Day 1 Test kit (J.Mitra & Co. Pvt Ltd) by solid phase immunochromatographic method. Among the samples collected, 88.69% were positive for NS1 antigen, 3.41% for IgM and 2.77% for IgG. Thrombocytopenia was observed in 71.42% cases, highest being in those positive for NS1 antigen only (301 cases). Combination of antigen and antibody assays on single serum sample, ease and time taken by Immunochromatography test makes it preferable test of choice for making a reliable diagnosis.