[Glanzmann's thrombasthenia: first case descriptions in sub-Saharan Africa].

Background: Constitutive hemorrhagic diseases that affect primary haemostasis are reportedly rare in sub-Saharan Africa.

Aim: This study arrived to report within a Congolese family five cases of Glanzmann's thromboasthenia.

Patient: 5 cases of the congenital form of Glanzmann's thromboasthenia were depicted in a Congolese family.

[Evaluation of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected adults in the Department of Haematology, University Hospital of Brazzavllle, Congo].

A retrospective study was conducted during 32 months; from 1 May 2003 to 30 December 2005 in haematology department. The objective of the study was to assess the effectiveness of the anti retroviral therapy 157 patients receiving antiretroviral treatment for at least a twelve month-period and presenting AIDS symptoms based on revised CDC criteria were included. The average number of initial T4 lymphocytes is 133/mm3 (extremes 1 and 385) and the initial plasmatic average viral load, quantified in 96 patients is 214,000 copies (extreme 30,000 et 999,000) The initial antiretroviral combinations were as follows: ZDV or D4T + LMV + NVP (59.