Publications by authors named "Alain G H Assounga"
Article Synopsis
- - The case involves an 18-year-old patient with end-stage kidney failure who experienced a rare skin issue called perforating folliculitis after a kidney transplant, showing unusual symptoms initially mistaken for chicken pox during dialysis treatment.
- - After receiving a deceased donor kidney transplant, the patient developed skin eruptions on the chest, face, and forearms, leading to a biopsy that confirmed the diagnosis of perforating folliculitis.
- - Treatment with prednisone and tacrolimus was effective, resulting in the progressive resolution of the skin lesions, while the patient's kidney function indicators (urea, creatinine, and electrolytes) showed continual improvement over four months.
Background: Recent evidence that hyperuricemia is associated with incident chronic kidney disease (CKD) provides a potential therapeutic target for CKD that has not been explored in Africans. With hyperuricemia and gout increasing globally, we sought to determine their prevalence in South Africans with varying kidney function levels.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of ambulatory adult patients presenting at a General Internal Medicine Outpatients Clinic between September 2012 and March 2014.
Background: Diabetes mellitus is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) globally. Diabetes and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), both prevalent in South Africa, have not been reported as significant causes of ESRD.
Methods: We evaluated chronic kidney disease (CKD) and cardiovascular disease risk factors in a cross-sectional study of 302 patients (165 females/ 137 males) at a CKD clinic in rural northern KwaZulu-Natal.