Epidemiological characteristics and some risk factors of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Larache, Morocco.

Introduction: this work aims to bring out the epidemiological characteristics of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in the province of Larache (Morocco) and to investigate the effect of gender and age on its localization and treatment outcome.

Methods: it consists in a retrospective study based on 2962 cases of EPTB, reported during the period 2000 to 2012.

Results: the mean age was 31.

[Epidemiology of cancers in Niger, 1992 to 2009].

The present study aims to determine the various epidemiological characteristics of cancers in Niger from 1992 to 2009. It is a retrospective and descriptive study led from the data of the National cancers Register of Niger country between 1992 and 2009. During that period, 7,031 cases of cancers were collected.

[Reliability and application of protocols and procedures to be followed in the treatment of scorpion stings in Morocco].

This works investigates the reliability of scorpion stings treatment adopted by the Moroccan Poison Control and Pharmacovigilance Center and its application at the provincial level hospital in Kelaa Des Sraghna. The study was based on a sample of 984 cases reviewed from the hospitalization records from this establishment. The results of the distribution of patients according to the level of severity of the cases showed that the Class II category represents 67.