A 70-year-old male presented with an asymptomatic slowly growing brownish nodular lesion involving the left ear. The patient had noticed a rapid growth of the lesion in the previous 3 months. A biopsy followed by wide excision was performed. The biopsy consisted of a piece of skin measuring 1 cm with a firm dermal lesion. Microscopic examination showed a skin with basal cell carcinoma (Fig. 1) ...

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is an uncommon, locally aggressive cutaneous tumour of intermediate grade malignancy. A number of reports have linked local trauma of varying aetiology with the later development of DFSP. In addition, a variety of skin disorders and, in rare cases, cutaneous tumours, have been described in association with decorative tattoos. This is often associated with ...

PROBIOTICS AND INTESTINAL COLONIZATION BY VANCOMYCIN 1 RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI IN MICE AND HUMANS 2 3 Magali Vidal 1, 2 , Christiane Forestier 2 , Nicolas Charbonnel 2 , Sandrine Henard 3 , Christian 4 Rabaud 3 , Olivier Lesens 1,4 * 5 1. Service des maladies infectieuses et tropicales, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, France 6 2. Laboratoire de bactériologie, UFR Pharmacie, Université d’Auvergne-Clermont1,...

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unité Mixte Recherche 1095 Genetics, Diversity, and Ecophysiology of Cereals, F–63039 Clermont-Ferrand, cedex 02, France (D.M., V.A., J.L.G., P.M.); Blaise Pascal University, Unité Mixte Recherche 1095 Genetics, Diversity, and Ecophysiology of Cereals, F–63170 Aubiere, France (D.M., V.A., J.L.G., P.M.); and Division of Plant and Crop Sciences, Scho...