Management of osteoporosis in fracture liaison service associated with long-term adherence to treatment.

Summary: Adherence to osteoporosis treatment is not satisfactory. Our study evaluated persistence and compliance with these treatments prescribed specifically in the context of a fracture liaison service (FLS), an internal health care network, and showed that this type of organization in our institution was associated with high level of adherence.

Introduction: Medical management of patients with a fragility fracture has been improved by health care internal network or FLS organized in large hospitals.

[Osteoarticular Mycobacterium xenopi infection].

Background: Mycobacterium xenopi is a potential pathogen for man and can cause bone and joint infections, particularly spondylodiscitis. Most cases of infection occur in fragilized patients and are found more and more often in AIDS patients.

Case Report: A 41-year-old HIV+ woman developed cervical spondylodiscitis due to Mycobacterium xenopi infection.

[Perception of noise and work load].

An ergonomic research performed in 16 plants of various activities shows that 47.2% of the workers are complaining on noise. We prove that the annoyance is not only related to the exposure level in db(A), but also to task performance and essentially mental load.