Loa loa and Mansonella perstans microfilaremia in the department of Lékoumou, Republic of Congo.

Background: Loiasis is endemic in the northern and western part of the Republic of Congo. Between 2004 and 2010, surveys were conducted, using the RAPLOA method, in all departments of the Republic of Congo to assess the distribution of loiasis. Prior to 2004, only two parasitological surveys on loiasis had been conducted in Congo and mainly in the Department of Lékoumou, in the southwestern of the country.

Excess Mortality Associated With Loiasis: Confirmation by a New Retrospective Cohort Study Conducted in the Republic of Congo.

Background: Loiasis ( filariasis) is considered a benign disease and is currently not included in the World Health Organization's (WHO's) list of Neglected Tropical Diseases, despite mounting evidence suggesting significant disease burden in endemic areas. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to assess the mortality associated with microfilaremia in the Southwestern Republic of Congo.

Methods: The cohort included 3329 individuals from 53 villages screened for loiasis in 2004.

[Factors associated with the quality of life of patients with knee osteoarthritis].

Introduction: knee osteoarthritis, a common condition in Sub-Saharan Africa, affects the quality of life of patients.

Objective: Identify the factors associated with impaired quality of life.

Patients And Methods: Cross-sectional and analytical study, carried out in the Department of Rheumatology at the University Teaching Hospital of Brazzaville, in two steps.

User Satisfaction with Family Planning Services in Government Health Centres in the Congo.

Patient satisfaction is considered an indicator of quality of care. This study aimed to assess the degree of clients' satisfaction with family planning (FP) services in government health centers in Congo. A cross-sectional study was conducted.

[How the Congolese young people consider their elderly].

The traditional image of the African family that has long grant a place of choice to the elderly does match maybe any more the reality of today. The WHO report on violence and health 2002 and some studies carried out in other African countries suggest that elder abuse also exists in sub-Saharan Africa. To describe how the young Congolese adults consider their elderly and mistreatments that can result.

[Erectile dysfonction after stroke in Brazzaville].

Introduction: Erectile dysfunction is one of the disability post-stroke the least documented. However, it affects the quality of life, not only the patient but also the couple.

Objective: The purpose of this work was to study the characteristics of erectile dysfunction after stroke.

[Pigmentation change, muscle wasting, and tendon rupture after corticosteroid injection in the Congo].

Unlike complications of systemic corticosteroid therapy that have been extensively described, complications of locoregional corticosteroid injection are not well documented. The purpose of this report is to describe a case involving iatrogenic injury due to local corticosteroid therapy in a 17-year-old woman. Following injection of triamicinolone into the wrist, the patient developed pigmentation change, muscle wasting, and tendon rupture.

[Simian smallpox (or monkey smallpox): study of 8 cases observed at Impfondo Hospital in Republic of Congo].

Monkeypox or simian smallpox is a viral disease whose clinical manifestations are similar to the human smallpox. In this study authors describe the care management and follow up of eight patients hospitalized at the Impfondo hospital in Congo. It was a transversal study conducted from the 23rd of May till the 7th of July 2003 at the District Hospital of Impfondo (Likouala province, Republic of Congo).

Gait disorders in patients with fibromyalgia.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to compare gait in patients with fibromyalgia and in matched controls.

Methods: Measurements must be obtained in patients with fibromyalgia, as the evaluation scales for this disorder are semi-quantitative. We used a patented gait analysis system (Locometrix Centaure Metrix, France) developed by the French National Institute for Agricultural Research.

[Etiology of oligoarthritis in equatorial Africa. A retrospective study of 80 cases in Brazzaville, Congo].

Purpose: The objective was to determine causes of oligoarthritis in patients hospitalized in a Central Africa teaching hospital.

Methods: We collected case reports of patients presenting with arthritis located in two or three joints. Analysis included the disease frequency, age, gender, and etiology.

Prevalence and clinical presentations of arthritis in HIV-positive patients seen at a rheumatology department in Congo-Brazzaville.

Objective: To determine the prevalence and clinical presentations of rheumatic manifestations in HIV-infected patients seen at a rheumatology department in Congo-Brazzaville.

Methods: Over a one-year period, all patients admitted to the Brazzaville Teaching Hospital's rheumatology unit underwent serologic testing for the HIV by ELISA confirmed by Western blot. Standard criteria were used to classify the inflammatory joint diseases seen during the study period.

Rheumatoid arthritis in Congo-Brazzaville. A study of thirty-six cases.

Objectives: To define the epidemiology, clinical features and outcomes of rheumatoid arthritis in a hospital-based population in Congo-Brazzaville.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of the 36 subjects seen on an inpatient or outpatient basis at our rheumatology department who met American College of Rheumatology criteria for rheumatoid arthritis.

Results: There were 28 women and eight men (male to female ratio, 0.

[Diagnosis of arthritis in black Africa. Apropos of 473 cases in Congo].

A cross-sectional study of arthritis was conducted in the Rheumatology Department of the Brazzaville Teaching Hospital, Congo. A total of 473 patients with arthritis seen between 1989 and 1991 were subjected to the limited tests available. Gout was the leading diagnosis (n = 83).

[Epidemiological and clinical aspects of gout in equatorial Africa. Apropos of 60 cases followed in the Department of Rheumatology of the Teaching Hospital Center in Brazzaville].

Between December 15, 1988 and November 30, 1990, the application of Rome and New York criteria enabled the diagnosis of 60 cases of gout among patients with arthritis or hyperuricemia seen as out-patients or hospitalised in the Department of Rheumatology of the Brazzavile T.H.G.

[Bone density in 20 black African young adults of the Bantu race is identical to that in subjects of white race].

Bone mineral content (BMC in g) as well as bone mineral density (BMD in g/cm2) were measured by dual photon absorptiometry in 20 black africans and 20 white individuals of the same age and sex. The BMC of african males, as well as their body mass index (BMI), were significantly less than those of the whites. In contrast, neither BMD nor the ratio of BMC to BMI differed between the two groups.