MICROBIOLOGICAL SCREENING OF OTORRHOEA FROM PEOPLE COMING TO HOSPITAL IN MAHAJANGA

In whole, 56 patients were included. Amidst identified microorganisms were fungus (4,7%) and bacteria (95,3%) to which Gram negative bacilli represented 72,1% (n=44), Gram positive cocci 6,4% (n=10), Gram positive bacilli 8,2% (n=5) and Gram negative cocci 3,3% (n=2). Among these bacterias, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Proteus sp were predominant, with respectively 41% (n=25), 23% (n=14). However, three cases of S. aureus reported, six with negative coagulase Staphylococcus, one with Escherichia coli, one with Klebsiella sp, one with Haemophilus sp, two cases with Neisseria sp and four cases with Corynebacterium sp. Two types of cultures were noticed, one of them monomorphic (91,1%, n=51) and the other polymorphic (8,9%, n=5) to which 3 associations of P. aeruginosa-Proteus sp, 1 association of P. aeruginosa- coagulase negative Staphylococcus and 1 association of P. aeruginosa- E. coli. No resistance to ciprofloxacin was observed with Pseudomonas, Neisseria sp, Haemophilus, and enterobacteria except for E. coli. No resistance to rifampicin was observed with S. aureus. However, the sensitivity of S. aureus to ciprofloxacin decreased (one bacterium out of three). The use of rifampicin or fluoroquinolones should be based on the type of ear infections

Paralysie faciale périphérique de l´enfant: une manifestation inhabituelle d´un corps étranger de l´oreille

Les corps étrangers de l´oreille, fréquents chez l´enfant, se compliquent rarement. Nous rapportons un cas rare de paralysie faciale de l´enfant compliquant un corps étranger toxique de graine d´Abrus precatorius. Il s´agissait d´une enfant de 4 ans qui avait introduit ce type de corps étranger dans l´oreille, ayant entrainé, 15 jours plus tard une paralysie faciale homolatérale. Des signes de nécroses locaux associés à une otite externe étaient retrouvés sans atteinte systémique. L´extraction du corps étranger était effectuée au micro crochet. Des traitements locaux et généraux ainsi qu´une corticothérapie et une kinésithérapie faciale avaient permis une bonne évolution de la paralysie faciale au bout de trois semaines. Le séjour prolongé du corps étranger dans l´oreille et l´infection locale qui en résulte favorisent la survenue des complications fonctionnelles. L´extraction précoce et les soins locaux constituent les bases de leur traitement

Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infection in Mahajanga, Madagascar: First Case Report

International audienceAbstract Diphtheria is an infection that has been unreported for more than two decades in Mahajanga. A child, aged 4, presented with a pseudomembranous pharyngitis was associated with a dysphagia. He was from a rural municipality of Ambato Boeny at Mahajanga province and was admitted to the Pediatric Unit of the University Hospital Center. The child was not immunized against diphtheria. A throat swab was performed and cultured, from which Corynebacterium diphtheriae was identified. The strain, of biovar Mitis, was confirmed as diphtheria toxin (DT)-gene positive and produced DT (Elek test). Unfortunately, the child developed cardiac and neurological complications and died of respiratory and heart failure