Background: Tuberculous peritonitis often presents with nonspecific symptoms that can lead to diagnostic challenges, particularly when manifesting as peritoneal pseudocysts. This study highlights the clinical complexity and diagnostic approach of tuberculous peritonitis presented as a pseudocyst in an immunocompetent adult, an atypical scenario that is rarely documented.
Case Presentation: We report a detailed case of a 41-year-old man presenting with abdominal distension, pain, and significant weight loss over four months.
Health Sci Rep
January 2024
Background And Aim: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was a priority public health problem because of its high mortality rate. This study mainly aimed to determine factors associated with a poor outcome in COVID-19 hospitalized patients in South-Kivu, an eastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Methods: This observational study retrospectively evaluated medical records of patients consecutively admitted for probable or confirmed COVID-19 between May 01 and July 31, 2020 at the Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu (HPGRB), a tertiary hospital located in South-Kivu.
Childs Nerv Syst
September 2023
The agenesis of any segment of the lower spinal column referred to as "caudal regression syndrome" (CRS) is a rare congenital defect of the spine. This malformation is characterized by the absence of some or the entire lumbosacral vertebral segment. Etiological factors remain unknown.
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March 2022
Introduction: Firearm-related injuries are deadly but avoidable. The case of Kivu, a region in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is alarming. Decades of unresolved regional conflicts birthed armed groups that have massacred inhabitants and injured several children.
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October 2021
Introduction: The Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been the battleground for multiple armed conflicts, resulting in many fatal and nonfatal firearm injuries (F&NFFIs). Chronic insecurity has stressed the health system's resources and created barriers to seeking, reaching, and receiving timely care further increasing the F&NFFI burden. Our institution is the largest trauma center in the region and receives the bulk of F&NFFI cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKonzo is a toxico-nutritional upper motor neuron disease causing a spastic paraparesis in schoolchildren and childbearing women in some African countries. Almost a century since the first description of konzo, its underlying etiopathogenic mechanisms and causative agent remain unknown. This paper aims at refreshing the current knowledge of konzo determinants and pathogenesis in order to enlighten potential new research and management perspectives.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Predictions have been made that Africa would be the most vulnerable continent to the novel Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Interestingly, the spread of the disease in Africa seems to have been delayed and initially slower than in many parts of the world. Here we report on two cases of respiratory distress in our region before the official declaration of the disease in December 2019, cases which in the present times would be suspect of COVID-19.
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October 2020
Introduction: Sub-Saharan Africa has low Caesarean (CS) levels, despite a global increase in CS use. In conflict settings, the pattern of CS use is unclear because of scanty data. We aimed to examine the opportunity of using routine facility data to describe the CS use in conflict settings.
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