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La triade bronchectasies, sinusites et situs inversus caractérisent le syndrome de Kartagener. Sa transmission est autosomique récessive. Le cas de cette jeune fille de 19 ans que nous rapportons permet de déterminer la place de l'imagerie dans la démarche diagnostique de cette pathologie. La patiente présentait un syndrome clinique respiratoire récidivant depuis sa naissance. Le diagnostic a été posé par l'examen scannographique. L'évolution de la maladie dépend de la précocité du diagnostic.
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Humans , Situs Inversus , Kartagener Syndrome , Dyspnea , Early DiagnosisABSTRACT
Maternal mortality remains a leading cause of death among women of reproductive age. While Nigeria has only two percent of the global population; it contributes 10 to the global maternal mortality burden. Antenatal care (ANC) reduces the incidence of maternal mortality. However; financial capability affects access to antenatal care. Thus; the rural poor are at a higher risk of maternal mortality. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study involving 135 women (pregnant women and those who are 6 weeks postpartum). Structured interviewer-administered questionnaires were used for data collection. Data analysis was carried out using statistical package for social sciences software (version 17). Results: The average amount spent on booking and initial laboratory investigations were N77 (half a dollar) and N316 ($2); respectively. Per ANC visit; average amount spent on drugs and transportation were N229 ($1.5) and N139 ($0.9) respectively. For delivery; the average amount spent was N1500 ($9.6). On an average; ANC plus delivery cost about N3;365.00 ($22). There was a statistically significant association between husband's income and ANC attendance (X 2 = 2.451; df = 2; P = 0.048). Conclusion: Cost of Antenatal care and delivery services were not catastrophic but were a barrier to accessing antenatal care and facility-based delivery services in the study area. ANC attendance was associated with the income of household heads. Pro-poor policies and actions are needed to address this problem; as it will go a long way in reducing maternal mortality in this part of the country
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Cost Savings , Delivery of Health Care , Family Characteristics , Maternal Mortality , Poverty , Prenatal Care , Risk Adjustment , Rural Population , WomenABSTRACT
Nous rapportons un cas de lipoblastome chez une fillette de 3 ans qui avait consulte pour une tumefaction sus-pubienne gauche evoluant depuis neuf mois et une pollakiurie d'apparition recente. L'echographie suspectait une tumeur musculaire du muscle grand droit gauche. Une exerese chirurgicale complete etait pratiquee et l'examen anatomo-pathologique concluait en un lipoblastome a localisation inhabituelle; pre vesicale. Les suites operatoires etaient simples et l'evolution favorable apres un recul d'un an. Ce premier cas decrit a Madagascar est probablement le deuxieme cas africain. Les particularites diagnostiques et therapeutiques sont discutees a l'aide d'une revue de la litterature
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Adipocytes , Lipoma , NeoplasmsABSTRACT
Background: Rotaviruses are associated with 611;000 deaths worldwide and with 33;000 deaths in Nigeria in children 5 years of age annually. However; limited data exit on rotavirus (RV) infection in North-western Nigeria. This study surveyed RV infection in four states in Northwestern Nigeria. Methods: During July 2002 to July 2004; 1063 (869 diarrhoeic and 194 control) stool samples were collected from children 0.05). The highest RV burden was detected in children aged below six months. The infection occurred throughout the study period. The most common clinical features associated with RV were fever (71);vomiting (64.1) and a combination of fever and vomiting (48.2). Vomiting was strongly associated with RV (p 0.01). There was a statistically significant association between food type and rotavirus infection (p 0.05); with the highest prevalence occurring amongst children exclusively breast-fed. The majority of the RV positive samples revealed long electropherotypes and VP6 subgroup I + II specificity. Conclusion: Rotavirus was shown to be an important cause of diarrhoea in children 0-5 years of age in Northwestern Nigeria. An effective vaccine would therefore need to be administered at birth for children in the study area since there is no effective way to completely eliminate rotavirus infection other than vaccination. There is also a need for additional studies in Nigeria to provide data required to hasten vaccine introduction
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Diarrhea , Infant, Newborn , Nigeria , Risk Factors , Rotavirus Infections/epidemiology , Rotavirus Infections/microbiologyABSTRACT
Background: It is estimated that about 600?000 children die annually as a result of severe dehydrating diarrhea caused by rotaviruses. The virus is a double stranded RNA (dsRNA) virus with 11 segments. Group A rotaviruses show a characteristic 4-2-3-2 pattern following electrophoresis. The VP6 subgroups; I and II exist. This work was carried out to study the prevalence of rotavirus infection among children 0-5 years with diarrhea in Kano; and to determine the circulating subgroups and electropherotypes and of the rotavirus isolates. Methods: Two hundred and eighteen stool specimens from children 0-60 months (198 diarrheic and 20 non-diarrheic) were collected from different hospitals and health care centers in Kano and subjected to group A rotavirus enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to determine presence of group A rotavirus; subgroup ELISA to determine the VP6 subgroups and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) to determine the electropherotypes present. Results: The long electropherotypes (47.05) of four variations dominated over the short electropherotype (17.64). About 11.76of the isolates were of mixed infection. Dominance of subgroup II (45) over subgroup I (25); and the presence of both subgroups I and II (10) and neither subgroup I nor II (15) was observed in this study. Conclusion: Information on the genomic diversity of the RNA electropherotypes in this region; Kano; is reported in this study
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Child , Diarrhea , Electrophoresis , Rotavirus InfectionsABSTRACT
Nous rapportons un syndrome de Wilkie; observe chez une jeune fille de vingt ans; au decours d'une hemorragie digestive declenchee apres des vomissements iteratifs. Cette affection est rare; parfois grave entrainant des complications hydro-electrolytiques et mecaniques. Elle resulte de la compression extrinseque du troisieme duodenum dans l'angle constitue par l'artere mesenterique superieure en avant et l'ensemble aorte-rachis lombaire en arriere. Beaucoup de facteurs predisposant en sont incrimines. Cette affection realise une occlusion intestinale haute. Le diagnostic est etabli a partir d'un transit oesophago-gastro-duodenal. L'intervention chirurgicale n'est envisagee qu'apres echec du traitement medical
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Duodenal Obstruction , Gastrointestinal Transit , Mallory-Weiss Syndrome , Superior Mesenteric Artery SyndromeABSTRACT
L'ascaridiose biliopancreatique represente la localisation extra-intestinale la plus frequente des ascaridioses digestives. Elle est generalement de diagnostic echographique et la prise en charge actuelle est endoscopique. Nous rapportons un cas d'ascaridiose biliaire chez l'enfant; traite par des antihelminthiques et ayant amene a une discussion d'ordre therapeutique. Notre but est de montrer l'importance des traitements medicaux en cas d'ascaridiose biliaire dans un pays sous equipe tout en faisant une revue de la litterature
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Ascariasis , Child , ColicABSTRACT
Objectives: To evaluate the role of transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) in studying the anatomical bases of genuine stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and understanding the causes of success and failure of operations aiming at the treatment of incontinence. Patients and Methods: This study included 15 continent females (Group I, healthy control) and 46 patients complaining of SUI (Group II). All cases were subjected to full history, physical examination, urodynamic evaluation and TVUS examination. In 42 patients of Group II, TVUS was repeated one year after treatment of incontinence, while four patients were lost to follow-up. In 36 of these 42 cases (85.7%), treatment was successful (Group IIIa), while treatment had failed and SUI had persisted or recurred within one year in six cases (Group IIIb, 14.3%). We used TVUS to measure the bladder-symphysis distance (BS), the rotational angle(RA), the bladder neck motility (BNM) and the vertical bladder neck descent. Results: While the mean BS was insignificantly shorter in Group II compared to Group I (2.24 ± 0.7cm versus 2.4 ± 0.5 cm, p = 0.08), the mean RA, BNM and vertical bladder neck descent were significantly larter in Group II (115 ± 17o 29 ± 16o 1.4 ± 0.4 cm for Group II versus 94 ± 15o 20 ± 5o 0.34 ± 0.4 cm for Group I). The comparison between Groups I and II showed that the TVUS-measured parameters correlated well with the clinical condition. A comparison between Group IIIa (BS = 2.2 ± 1 cm, RA = 100 ± 19o BNM = 22 ± 4o and vertical bladder neck descent = 0.38 ± 0.5 cm) and Group IIIb (BS = 2.2 ± 0.5 cm, RA = 117 ± 16o, BNM = 30 ± 9o and vertical bladder neck descent = 1.4 ± 0.3 cm) showed that the TVUS-measured parameters correlated well with the surgical outcome. Conclusions: TVUS is a valuable tool for the diagnosis and postoperative evaluation of SUI and may help in understanding the causes of success and failure of surgical treatment of SUI