Publications by authors named "Aidli Sihem El"

Introduction: Myocarditis is an adverse reaction discovered after the marketing of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines. Nevertheless, this effect is not mentioned as an adverse reaction in the summary of product characteristics of other types of vaccines against this disease.

Objective: In this work, we aim to present the cases of myocarditis after vaccination against COVID-19 reported to the national Tunisian centre of pharmacovigilance.

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Antiepileptic drugs (AED) are widely used in therapy. They are mainly indicated in the treatment of epilepsy and some psychiatric pathologies as well as for their analgesic action. Their cutaneous adverse effects (CAE) are common, often mild but sometimes serious.

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Aim: Pfizer/BioNTech (BNT162b2) is a COVID-19 vaccine with a reassuring safety profile. The main adverse reactions are mild local reactions. Cutaneous reactions are generally minor.

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Background: Statins are widely used in the treatment of hyperlipidemia and in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. However, they may induce muscular adverse effects that range from asymptomatic elevation of creatine kinase to life threatening rhabdomyolysis.

Objective: The aim of the study was to describe epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with muscular adverse effects.

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Introduction: Chemotherapy drugs can be responsible of several side effects such as hand-foot syndrome (HFS). This syndrome is also called "palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia" and "acral erythema." Without proper management, it can deteriorate the quality of life of a patient, leading to temporary or definitive stop of chemotherapy.

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Background: Iodinated contrast media (ICM) are responsible for multiple side effects, especially hypersensitivity reactions. These reactions can either be authentic allergies or non-allergic hypersensitivity reactions. Skin tests (prick and intradermal tests) are simple to perform and can be of great help, especially if the ICM needs to be re-used.

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Local Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) immunotherapy is an effective and widely used treatment for superficial bladder carcinoma. Local side effects are frequent, whereas systemic side effects are rare, but more serious. We report four cases of systemic BCG reaction.

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