[Couple life and management of HIV infection in the pneumology department of the Teaching hospital center of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire].

Introduction: The life of a couple is a place of emotional support. It can allow the management of patients infected with HIV on antiretroviral therapy to be optimized.The objective of our study was to analyze the impact of married life on the therapeutic follow-up of patients living with HIV.

[Use of the Xpert MTB/RIF test in routine screening of new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis in an endemic area].

Background: Developed initially for the diagnosis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, the Xpert MTB/RIF test has shown to be useful for the diagnosis of tuberculosis, especially among HIV-infected subjects. The objective of the study was to determine the contribution of the Xpert MTB/RIF test for routine pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis in an endemic area.

Methodology: We undertook a prospective study among patients presenting with cough and sputum.

Pharmaceutical interventions in the management of tuberculosis in a pneumophtisiology department, Ivory Coast.

Objectives: This study aims to analyze the profile and relevance of pharmaceutical interventions (PIs) in the management of tuberculosis (TB) at inpatient settings.

Patients And Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study conducted from March to December 2014 within the inpatient unit of pneumophtisiology department, Ivory Coast. Information collected was based on the classification of drug-related problems (DRPs) and PIs outlined by the French Society of Clinical Pharmacy.

[Multidrug resistant tuberculosis among health personnel in Côte d'Ivoire].

Unlabelled: Multidrug resistance tuberculosis (MDR-TB) of health workers raises the question of hospital-borne transmission of infection.

Observations: We report 4 cases of MDR-TB confirmed at the health workers over a period of 8 years (January, 2005 to December 2012), in the 2 services of pulmonology from Abidjan to Côte d'Ivoire). It was about young grown-up patients (aged between 28 and 39 years), all HIV negatives, in a no-win situation of antituberculosis treatment (3 patients/4).

[Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis in Ivory Coast].

Introduction: The emergence of tuberculosis with ultraresistant bacilli (TB-UR or XDR-TB) came to increase the threat concerning the progress realized in tuberculosis control. This observation establishes the only case of XDR-TB documented and published since the beginning of pharmacoresistant tuberculosis management in Ivory Coast from 2000 till 2010. This case was diagnosed in 2005 at a HIV-negative 32-year-old woman, initially declared MDR-TB.