Eye-Rubbing Detection Tool Using Artificial Intelligence on a Smartwatch in the Management of Keratoconus.

Purpose: Eye rubbing is considered to play a significant role in the progression of keratoconus and of corneal ectasia following refractive surgery. To our knowledge, no tool performs an objective quantitative evaluation of eye rubbing using a device that is familiar to typical patients. We introduce here an innovative solution for objectively quantifying and preventing eye rubbing.

Comparison of Widefield OCT Angiography Features Between Severe Non-Proliferative and Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy.

Introduction: There is a high and ever-increasing global prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and invasive imaging techniques are often required to confirm the presence of proliferative disease. The aim of this study was to explore the images of a rapid and non-invasive technique, widefield optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A), to study differences between patients with severe non-proliferative and proliferative DR (PDR).

Methods: We conducted an observational longitudinal study from November 2022 to March 2023.

Retinal Microvasculature Image Analysis Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Patients with Post-COVID-19 Syndrome.

Several optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) studies have demonstrated retinal microvascular changes in patients post-SARS-CoV-2 infection, reflecting retinal-systemic microvasculature homology. Post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) entails persistent symptoms following SARS-CoV-2 infection. In this study, we investigated the retinal microvasculature in PCS patients using OCT-angiography and analysed the macular retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) and ganglion cell layer (GCL) thickness via spectral domain-OCT (SD-OCT).

Tinea manuum due to Trichophyton erinacei from Tunisia.

Trichophyton erinacei is a zoonotic fungus affecting hedgehogs. Although several human infections with this organism have been documented in the literature, it has rarely been isolated as a human pathogen. This paper reports on an erythematous lesion spotted on the hand of a 10-year-old girl.

Highly discriminatory variable-number tandem-repeat markers for genotyping of Trichophyton interdigitale strains.

Trichophyton interdigitale is the second most frequent cause of superficial fungal infections of various parts of the human body. Studying the population structure and genotype differentiation of T. interdigitale strains may lead to significant improvements in clinical practice.

Polymorphisms in the ITS rDNA regions for differentiating strains of the Trichophyton mentagrophytes complex in Sfax-Tunisia.

The Trichophyton mentagrophytes complex is the main cause of superficial mycoses in humans and animals. Molecular research has provided useful insights into the taxonomy of this complex to overcome the challenges with conventional diagnostics. The aim of this study was to identify, type and differentiate anthropophilic and zoophilic species of the T.

Synovial sarcoma of the chest wall: a case report and literature review.

Synovial sarcoma is a malignant soft-tissue tumor that most commonly occurs in the extremities of young adults. Synovial sarcoma arising from the chest wall is rare and only some cases had been reported in the literature. We present a 57-year-old woman who presented with chest pain.

Microsatellite typing of Aspergillus flavus in patients with various clinical presentations of aspergillosis.

Aspergillus flavus is the second most important Aspergillus species associated with aspergillosis and the incidence of infections caused by it are increasing in the immunocompromised population. This species is of major epidemiological importance in regions with a dry and hot climate. Despite the growing clinical significance of A.

Microsatellite typing of Aspergillus flavus from clinical and environmental avian isolates.

Aspergillosis is one of the most common causes of death in captive birds. Aspergillus fumigatus accounts for approximately 95 % of aspergillosis cases and Aspergillus flavus is the second most frequent organism associated with avian infections. In the present study, the fungi were grown from avian clinical samples (post-mortem lung material) and environmental samples (eggs, food and litter).

Association of obesity with asthma severity, control and quality of life.

Background: The association between asthma and obesity is becoming increasingly established but the mechanism that might explain the observed differences in asthma severity, control and quality of life between obese and non-obese adult asthmatics is not clear. THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS: 1) to determine asthma severity, control and quality of life in obese asthmatics and 2) to explore, according to the body mass index (BMI), the systemic inflammatory state of asthmatic people.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between 2009 and 2010.

Multispecific anti neutrophil cytoplasm antibodies: a case report.

Aim: To report the presence af ANCA with an unusual polyreactivity.

Case Report: 50 year-old woman with pulmonary fibrosis whose immunological investigations showed the presence of ANCA with an unusual polyreactivity against several neutrophil proteins (PR3,MPO, BPI, lysozyme, elastase and cathepsine G) which could be related to a polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia occurring in this patient.

Conclusion: The international consensus on the testing of ANCA recommends seeking major specificities like MPO and PR3 which are good markers of ANCA-associated vasculitides.

[Etiology and evolution of bronchiectasis in women].

Introduction: Although considered as an orphan disease in the developed countries, bronchiectasis are frequent in our country as in all emerging ones. They are most common in women and they represent a frequent cause for consultation and hospitalization in pulmonology departments.

Patients And Methods: To determine the etiology and prognosis of the bronchectasies in women, a retrospective study was performed including 200 patients.

[Predictive factors of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in obesity].

Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome is frequent, and misdiagnosed.

The Aim: Of this study is to assess the prevalence of OSA syndrome in a Tunisian population of obese (body mass index > or = 30 Kg/m2) and to determine its predictive factors.

Methods: It's a transversal study.

[Idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis].

Mediastinal fibrosis or fibrosing mediastinitis is a rare condition characterized by chronic fibrosis occurring in mediastinal structures, in proliferating fibrous scar tissue. The disease may be secondary or idiopathic. The authors report the case of a 46-year-old woman, without a particular past history, who, in December 2006, presented dyspnoea on exertion and a superior vena cava syndrome.

[Pulmonary tuberculosis and diabetes. A retrospective study of 60 patients in Tunisia].

Background: Tuberculosis is a frequent infectious disease in Tunisia. The estimated case rate is 22.3 per 100,000 inhabitants.

[Necrotizing fasciitis complicating transthoracic biopsy].

Introduction: Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly progressive and often fatal infection of the soft-tissue fascia deep to the skin but superficial to the muscles. We report a case of necrotizing fasciitis of the anterior chest wall complicating a percutaneous needle biopsy.

Case: A 49-year-old diabetic patient, presented persistent excavated right pulmonary opacities.

[Last discovery of a congenital broncho-oeso-phageal fistula].

Background: Broncho-oesophageal fistula is rare and occurs mostly in acquired condition.

Aim: Report of a new case.

Case: We report a case of a 58-years-old woman which has, since 38 years ago, a chronic cough, recurrent bronchopulmonary suppurations and hemoptysis.