Publications by authors named "J P Sevre"
Paul Segond was a French surgeon who was in practice at the end of the 19th century. A prodigious anatomist, scientist, and surgeon in his day, he is best known for his treatise on the origin of traumatic hemarthrosis of the knee following injury. In this detailed description of the anatomy of the anterolateral aspect of the knee, he describes "a pearly, resistant, fibrous band that is placed under extreme tension when the knee is forcefully rotated internally," which has more recently been described as the anterolateral ligament or a capsular thickening contributing to the anterolateral complex of the knee.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSetting: Djibouti, 1994 and 2001.
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) and average annual risk of TB infection (ARTI) and trends, and to test a new method for calculations.
Methods: Tuberculin surveys among schoolchildren and sputum smear-positive TB patients.
Article Synopsis
- The study analyzed data from Djibouti's tuberculosis prevention program (1990-1996) to examine the link between HIV and tuberculosis, involving 22,000 patients, 14,000 of whom had documented HIV infection.
- While HIV infection likely exacerbated the tuberculosis situation, factors such as demographic growth, heightening poverty, and the effectiveness of the prevention program also played significant roles.
- Smear-negative tuberculosis rates were not higher in HIV patients; however, extrapulmonary cases were more prevalent, and the treatment was effective with no significant increase in drug side effects or risk of multidrug resistance when using directly observed therapy.