Antibiotic sensitivity profile of isolated from HIV/AIDS patients presenting with pyoderma, at the Yaounde Central Hospital, Cameroon.

Introduction: the purpose of this study was to evaluate the in vitro activity of several antibiotics against strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from pyoderma in people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), consulting at the day clinic of the Yaoundé Central Hospital.

Methods: this was a prospective, cross-sectional study which was carried out in five months (November 2013-March 2014). Fifty-three (53) pus specimens were collected; from which the isolation of Staphylococcus aureus was made using Chapman agar.

Incidence of recreational sports-related sudden cardiac arrest in participants over age 12 in a general African population.

Background: The incidence of sports-related sudden cardiac arrest (SrSCA) in sub-Saharan Africa is unknown.

Objective: To determine the incidence of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in non-competitive athletes in an urban population of Cameroon, a country in sub-Saharan Africa.

Methods: Two study populations in Cameroon were used.

An ultrasound-based referential of body height-adjusted normal liver organometry in school children from Bokito in rural Cameroon.

The grading system for ultrasonographic assessment of Schistosoma mansoni morbidity is crucial for evaluation of control programs. This requires prior definition of normal liver organometric ranges in the population from the endemic area. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a S.

Negative Association of Interleukin-33 Plasma Levels and Schistosomiasis Infection in a Site of Polyparasitism in Rural Cameroon.

This study aimed to investigate the association of plasma levels of IL-33, a mucosal alarmin known to elicit type-2 immunity, with infection and liver fibrosis profiles of school children from an endemic area for , malaria and hepatitis (B & C) in rural Cameroon. A cross-sectional study enrolling schoolchildren from 5 public schools was conducted. Single schistosomiasis, malaria and hepatitis infections or co-infections were assessed by kato katz, microscopy, and rapid diagnostic tests, respectively.

Atherogenic index of plasma and risk of cardiovascular disease among Cameroonian postmenopausal women.

Background: The paucity of data regarding the relationship between atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) and risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in postmenopausal women living in sub-Saharan Africa prompted us to conduct this study which aimed at assessing the interplay between AIP and risk of CVD among Cameroonian postmenopausal women.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted among 108 postmenopausal women in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Risk of CVD was calculated using the Framingham risk score, (FRS), and the AIP was derived as log (triglycerides/high-density lipoproteins cholesterol).

Assessment of the 10-year risk of cardiovascular events among a group of Sub-Saharan African post-menopausal women.

Background: Post-menopausal women may be at particular risk of developing cardiovascu-lar disease due to metabolic changes occurring at menopause. The present study aimed to assess the 10-year cardiovascular risk (CVR) among a group of post-menopausal women and to deter-mine associated factors.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted among post-menopausal women in Yaoundé, Cameroon.