Coinfection with Leprosy and Tuberculosis: A Case Series in Malagasy Patients.

Background: Leprosy and tuberculosis are two of the oldest and most common mycobacterial infections, caused by and for leprosy and for tuberculosis. Dual infections have been known since ancient times; however, cases remain rarely reported in the literature, even in countries where both diseases are endemic, such as Madagascar.

Purpose: We report a case series of simultaneous occurrence of leprosy and tuberculosis.

Cutaneous disseminated sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent farmer.

Sporotrichosis is an implantation mycosis due to the genus . Cutaneous disseminated sporotrichosis is an unusual clinical form that often affects immunocompromised patients. We report a case of cutaneous disseminated sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent famer from a rural region of Madagascar, treated successfully with Itraconazole 200mg twice a day.

Bullous Hemorrhagic Dermatosis Induced by Enoxaparin: About a Case in Madagascar.

Bullous hemorrhagic dermatosis is an adverse reaction occurring within 5 to 21 days after anticoagulation; the diagnosis is to be evoked in the presence of hemorrhagic bullous lesions at a distance from the injection site in the days following the introduction of anticoagulant; this is a diagnosis of exclusion. It is a rare pathology that mainly affects the elderly. A 54-year-old man presented with bullous hemorrhagic lesions on the left upper limb starting at the 4th day after enoxaparin injection, diagnosed as a bullous hemorrhagic dermatosis induced by enoxaparin.

Mucocutaneous Manifestations Among HIV-Infected Patients in Madagascar: Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: More than 90% of HIV-infected patients present with at least one mucocutaneous manifestation during the course of their disease. Insufficient data are available regarding dermatologic findings among HIV-infected patients in Madagascar.

Objective: This study aimed at evaluating the spectrum of mucocutaneous manifestations and their relationship with CD4 cell counts in HIV-infected patients in Madagascar.

Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis as an Unusual Cause of Erythema Nodosum in a Malagasy Woman.

Introduction: Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a rare chronic inflammatory disease. Neoplastic and infectious etiologies must be ruled out. IGM is a diagnostic challenge for countries with high tuberculosis endemicity like Madagascar since it may clinically and radiologically mimic breast tuberculosis.

Treatment responses in patients with chromoblastomycosis to itraconazole in Madagascar.

Introduction: Chromoblastomycosis (CBM) is a chronic fungal infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by several pigmented fungi. It is frequently found in tropical and subtropical areas like Madagascar. This study primarily discusses the effects of antifungal therapy while also describing the epidemiological, clinical, and pathological features of CBM in our patients.

[Clinical aspects of Neurofibromatosis type 1 seen in the Department of Dermatology at University Hospital Antananarivo, Madagascar].

Introduction: Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) is an inherited disease, in an autosomal dominant manner, with complex multi-system involvements. Prevalence varies from one country to another. However, little is known about neurofibromatosis in African countries, particularly in Madagascar.

A Large Parotid Hemangioma Managed Successfully with Propranolol.

The treatment of parotid hemangiomas has posed a challenge. A male infant presented with large hemangioma of the right parotid gland diagnosed at the age of 3 months. Starting at the age of 4 months, he was treated with oral propranolol for 10 months, which led to a marked reduction in tumor size and strawberry hemangioma.

Quality of life in lupus erythematosus female patients with cutaneous lesions in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Lupus erythematosus (LE) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects more women than men. The quality of life (QoL) of patients with lupus erythematosus and skin manifestations is impaired, but little is known about Malagasy patients. This study aimed to assess the impact of cutaneous lesions on the QoL of patients who present with LE.

Adverse Effects of Long-Term Oral Corticosteroids in the Department of Dermatology, Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Background: Long-term oral corticosteroids have an important role in dermatological care in Madagascar. However, significant adverse effects have been associated with continuous exposure to oral corticosteroids.

Objective: We aim to assess the adverse effects of long-term corticosteroid therapy in patients seen in the Department of Dermatology at the University Hospital Joseph Raseta Befelatanana Antananarivo (UH/JRB), Madagascar, and to identify the risk factors associated with these adverse effects.

Clinicoepidemiology of Skin Diseases in Children Seen at the University Hospital Center Morafeno, Toamasina, Madagascar.

Introduction: The child's skin diseases are common and very diverse. Many studies concerning pediatric dermatoses have been carried out in Africa and the rest of the world. Few epidemioclinical data reflect these skin diseases in children, especially in the east coast of Madagascar.

Atopic dermatitis in adults: A cross-sectional study in the department of dermatology, Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Background: Although atopic dermatitis (AD) is becoming a pressing public health concern in the world, Madagascar is underrepresented in the AD literature.

Objective: We aimed to study the demographic and clinical pattern of AD in adult dermatology outpatients.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Osteoarticular sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent patient.

Sporotrichosis is a frequent subcutaneous mycosis in Madagascar. Extracutaenous forms are exceptional and are usually seen in immunosuppressed hosts. We report a case of an aggressive clinical evolution of lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis with osteoarticular involvement in an immunocompetent patient.

Quality of Life in Patients with Psoriasis Seen in the Department of Dermatology, Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Background: Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory, and multifactorial dermatosis that impairs quality of life (QoL). Health-related QoL has become an important element in medical decision-making along with the effectiveness and the harmlessness of the treatments.

Objective: To assess the impact of psoriasis in the QoL of patients with psoriasis by using the DLQI scales.

Clinical aspects of previously treated chromoblastomycosis: A case series from Madagascar.

Objective: To describe the clinical aspects of chromoblastomycosis (CBM) presented by patients who had received incomplete antifungal treatment before consultation.

Methods: A prospective study of patients with clinically suspected CBM was performed between 2013 and 2018 in the Department of Dermatology at the University Hospital Antananarivo, and during consultation campaigns.

Results: Patients develop CBM over a period of more than 10 years, and many will have already received antifungals prescribed by general practitioners before consulting with a dermatologist.

Birth Month and Prevalence of Atopic Dermatitis in Children Under 3 Years in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Background: Several studies have been done to evaluate the relationship between month of birth and atopic diseases but the results are contradictory.

Objective: We aim to evaluate the correlation between the month of birth and the prevalence of AD in Malagasy children less than 3 years.

Methods: A case-control study was conducted based on patients' data of the department of Dermatology in the University Hospital Joseph Raseta Befelatanana (UH/JRB) Antananarivo.

Endemic Chromoblastomycosis Caused Predominantly by Fonsecaea nubica, Madagascar.

Chromoblastomycosis is an implantation fungal infection. Twenty years ago, Madagascar was recognized as the leading focus of this disease. We recruited patients in Madagascar who had chronic subcutaneous lesions suggestive of dermatomycosis during March 2013-June 2017.

Sporotrichosis in the Highlands of Madagascar, 2013-2017.

Sporotrichosis is a saprozoonotic fungal infection found mostly in tropical and subtropical areas. Few case reports in Madagascar have been published. To document sporotrichosis epidemiology in Madagascar, we conducted a cross-sectional study.

Treatment responses in patients with vitiligo to very potent topical corticosteroids combined with vitaminotherapy in Madagascar.

Introduction: Vitiligo is a refractory disease in which treatment modalities are not yet established. We aim to assess results obtained 10 years after the initiation of a therapeutic protocol which combines very potent topical corticosteroids (TCS), vitaminotherapy (B12 and C), and suppression of microtraumas in the management of nonsegmental vitiligo in Madagascar.

Methods: It was a prospective and descriptive study over a period of 6 years (2011-2016) in the Department of Dermatology, Joseph Raseta Befelatanana, Antananarivo, Madagascar.