Intestinal amebiasis-about 52 cases

The authors report the results of an epidemiological, clinical and therapeutical retrospective study of 52 cases of intestinalis amibiasis disease hospitalized in the infectious disease section of the hospital of sfax. This disease happens all ages and especially to the young adult of rural origin duning the summer and autumn seasons. The clinical polymorphism is notable with mainly coecoappendicular manifestations leading sometimes to diagnosis difficulties and the dysenteric syndrome is not frequent. The diagnosis is always based on the parasitologic exam of stool which requires good technical conditions and a clever technician

Intestinal amebiasis

The authors report the results of an epidemiological, clinical and therapeutical retrospective study of 52 cases of intestinal amibiasis disease hospitalized in the infectious disease section of the hospital of Sfax. This disease happens all ages and especially to the young adult of rural origin during the summer and autumn seasons. The clinical polymorphism is notable with mainly coecoappendicular manifestations leading sometimes to diagnosis difficulties and the dysentiric syndrome is not frequent. The diagnosis is always based on the parasitologic exam of stool which requires good conditions and a clever technicien

Hepatite virale B [etude retrospective de 158 cas]

It is a retrospective study, which gathered 158 documents of patients survived in the gastro-enterologic services and/or infectuous diseases for hepatic "B". We tried to analyse the clinical board, the epidemiology and the evolution of this illness in our region

Etude analytique de la fievre thyphoide dans le Sud Tunisien de 1982 a 1985 a propos de 119 cas

Typhoid fever which is endemic in this area, has its highest incidence in young subjects. The clinical picture is mostly characterized by neuro-psychic signs in the early period [98%] and by gastro-intestinal symptoms later on [50,3%]. These signs are always accompanied by fever. The etiologic agent, Salmonella typhi is resistant to chloramphenicol in 5% of cases. Complications occur frequently [35%]. Lethality is 4,2%