Publications by authors named "Andriamihaja Rabezanahary"
Epidemiological characteristics of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis associated with Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii from HIV-infected patients in Madagascar: A cross-sectional study.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
January 2020
Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis (CM) remains the most prevalent invasive fungal infection worldwide. The main objective of this study was to describe the prevalence of CM and cryptococcal infection in HIV-infected patients in Madagascar. The secondary objectives were to assess the adjusted prevalence of CM according to clinical presentation and patient characteristics, to determine crude 90-day survival according to cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) status and CM, and to identify the genotypes of Cryptococcus clinical isolates.
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- Childhood community-acquired pneumonia is a major health issue in low-income countries, with common pathogens including Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae; the latter is linked to asthma patients particularly in Madagascar where asthma prevalence is high.
- A study involving 351 children aged 2 to 16 years was conducted to assess the prevalence of M. pneumoniae infection, categorizing them into control, asthma, and pneumonia groups, and analyzing their IgG and IgM antibody levels.
- The findings showed an overall M. pneumoniae infection prevalence of 18.2%, and surprisingly, the infection was more common in the control group than in the asthma
The American Thoracic Society (ATS) and European Respiratory Society (ERS) recommend that spirometry prediction equations be derived from samples of similar race/ethnicity. Malagasy prediction equations do not exist. The objectives of this study were to establish prediction equations for healthy Malagasy adults, and then compare Malagasy measurements with published prediction equations.
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