[HIV co-infection in patients followed up for tuberculosis in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Ibn Rochd University Hospital in Casablanca].

This study aims to determine the prevalence of HIV infection among patients hospitalized for tuberculosis in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Ibn Rochd University Hospital in Casablanca and factors associated with TB-HIV co-infection. We conducted a cross-sectional retrospective study in November 2016. The database of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Microbiology and Immunology at the Ibn Rochd University Hospital was examined.

[Comparison of two techniques for serological diagnosis of chlamydial infections: MIF and immunoblotting].

Sera from a population of 58 patients were used for comparison of two techniques for serodiagnosis of Chlamydia species: the MIF (micro-immunofluorescence) and immunoblotting. The MIF uses elementary bodies (EC) of Chlamydia while immunoblotting using recombinant proteins specific synthetic species of chlamydia. The objective of this study was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of serological techniques evaluated on a population control but also ill, by a comparative study between MIF which is the reference technique and immunoblotting (Chlamycheck).

[Part of Chlamydia pneumoniae in atherosclerosis and exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma].

Chlamydia pneumoniae infection has been often associated with several chronic diseases including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD). The spectrum of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection has been expanded to the association with coronary heart disease (CHD). In Morocco, the implication of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in these pathologies is unknown.

Direct genotyping and nucleotide sequence analysis of VS1 and VS2 of the Omp1 gene of Chlamydia trachomatis from Moroccan trachomatous specimens.

To determine the range of ocular strains of Chlamydia trachomatis circulating in southern Morocco, where trachoma is endemic, and to compare the value of the molecular methods for genotyping C. trachomatis, ocular specimens were subjected to a direct Omp1 PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)-based analysis and direct sequencing. PCR-RFLP analysis shows that the Ba genotype represents the most frequent one (63%), followed by genotype A (45%), whereas no B or C genotypes were identified among the 53 out of 108 specimens that were strongly positive in the Omp1 CT1-CT5 PCR.

The prevalence of sexually transmitted pathogens in patients presenting to a Casablanca STD clinic.

The objective of this study conducted at the sexually transmitted diseases (STD) clinic of the Pasteur Institute of Morocco (SCPIM) is to describe clinical complaints and biological findings in patients attending this facility. Two thousand two hundred sixty-four patients had visited the STD clinic from 1992 to 1996. The main reported symptom was genital discharge for men (44.