Children and screens: Groupe de Pédiatrie Générale (Société française de pédiatrie) guidelines for pediatricians and families.

The Groupe de Pédiatrie Générale (General Pediatrics Group), a member of the Société française de pédiatrie (French Pediatrics Society), has proposed guidelines for families and doctors regarding children's use of digital screens. A number of guidelines have already been published, in particular by the French Academy of Sciences in 2013 and the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2016. These new guidelines were preceded by an investigation into the location of digital screen use by young children in France, a survey of medical concerns on the misuse of digital devices, and a review of their documented benefits. The Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (Higher Council on Audiovisual Technology) and the Union Nationale de Associations Familiales (National Union of Family Associations) have taken part in the preparation of this document. Five simple messages are proposed: understanding without demonizing; screen use in common living areas, but not in bedrooms; preserve time with no digital devices (morning, meals, sleep, etc.); provide parental guidance for screen use; and prevent social isolation.

[New cases of chromoblastomycosis: importances of anatomo-pathologic examinations]. / Nouveaux cas de chromoblastomycose: intérêt de l'examen anatomopathologique.

Several cases of chromoblastomycosis have been observed, for 7 years, in the laboratory of Pathology, in the IMTSSA . Their various aspects are described. The diagnosis includes three stages: clinic, mycology and pathology. The most frequent clinical lesions have been observed on the legs. Often, they were like a malignant tumour (carcinoma). The fungal investigation, by direct research of fungi in the lesions, is carried out scarcely, because it is difficult. It should be completed by cultures, in order to isolate the pathogenic agent, but its identification is not possible, if it is not carried out by a laboratory of mycology. The most simple technique , adapted to tropical areas, is the pathological examination. It reveals several points of interest: by analyzing the cutaneous lesions (in order to eliminate a carcinoma)--observing the intensity of the inflammatory reaction--but, first of all, the discovery of the thick-walled dark cells. Two techniques are usual, for staining, but they could be improved by using other special techniques, in order to analyse more carefully the lesions.