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Introduction: SpA is a group of chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases that mainly affect the axial skeleton, but may also associate peripheral manifestations such as arthritis, enthesitis and dactylitis.

Aim: Describe the peripheral manifestations of SpA.

Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study of SpA patients received at the rheumatology department of CHU Ignace Deen in Conakry over a one-year period from June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022.

Assessment of the Effectiveness of Corticosteroid Infiltrations in the Ignace Deen University Hospital Center in Conakry.

Introduction Corticosteroid infiltration is a medical procedure which consists of the injection of a corticosteroid locally, into a painful site. Thus the objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of corticosteroid infiltrations in the rheumatology department of the Ignace Deen University Hospital in Conakry (Guinea). Patients and method This was a prospective descriptive and analytical survey that lasted one year from July 2021 to July 2022 carried out in the rheumatology department of the Ignace Deen University Hospital in Conakry.

Improvement in health perception but not quality of life with an antiseizure medication intervention in people with epilepsy in Guinea: A cohort study.

Background: This study assesses perceptions of quality of life (QOL) and overall health in people with epilepsy (PWE) in Guinea after a clinical intervention providing modified and new antiseizure medicine (ASM) regimens.

Methods: Participants 12 years and older diagnosed with active epilepsy were prospectively and consecutively enrolled at two health centers in the Republic of Guinea (one urban, one rural) in 2022. 95% of participants were prescribed new/increased ASM doses, and interviewed for QOL and overall health perceptions at enrollment and three- and six-month follow ups.

Factors determining membership in community-based health insurance in West Africa: a scoping review.

Background: In many low-income countries, households bear most of the health care costs. Community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes have multiplied since the 1990s in West Africa. They have significantly improved their members' access to health care.

Predictors of stroke favorable functional outcome in Guinea, results from the Conakry stroke registry.

Low- to middle-income countries (LMICs) now bear most of the stroke burden. In LMICs, stroke epidemiology and health care systems are different from HICs. Therefore, a high-income country (HIC)-based predictive model may not correspond to the LMIC stroke context.

Synovitis, Acne, Pustulosis, Hyperostosis, Osteitis (SAPHO) Syndrome: Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects.

Synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome is a rare entity. It is frequently under-detected. We report the case of SAPHO syndrome in a 38-year-old woman, seen in consultation for pain and swelling of the anterior chest wall affecting the sternoclavicular and sternocostal joints predominantly on the right, and low back pain with an inflammatory appearance with peripheral damage, especially in the legs.

Lupus Pernio in Chronic Sarcoidosis.

Lupus pernio (LP) is characterized by the association between insidious purpuric or purplish blue lesions localized in the nose, cheeks, lips, and ears and swelling of the fingers and toes. We report a case of chronic sarcoidosis with lupus pernio in a 34-year-old male. The diagnosis of sarcoidosis was made on the basis of clinical data and imaging results and confirmed by skin biopsy, which showed numerous epithelioid granulomas surrounded by a non-caseous inflammatory crown.

Acceptability of COVID-19 vaccination among health care workers: a cross-sectional survey in Morocco.

Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccination among health care workers prior to the start of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Morocco.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Cheikh Khalifa University Hospital of Casablanca-Morocco. Utilizing a web-based platform surveys were distributed over a 3-week period via professional mailing list and social media.

Sjögren's syndrome in children: about 15 cases in Guinea Conakry.

Objectives: Sjögren's syndrome is rare in children and most often secondary. It frequently affects girls and is characterized by dry eye syndrome, mouth and sometimes systemic involvement. Its diagnosis is difficult to establish in children.

COVID-19 infection during autoimmune disease: study of 2 cases in Republic of Guinea.

Introduction: Coronavirus is a virus that can target the respiratory, musculoskeletal systems with a cascade of inflammatory processes. The objective of this work is to establish the link between autoimmune diseases and a COVID-19 infection in Guinea.

Methods: Retrospective patient data were obtained from medical records.

Cerebrovascular accidents indicative of COVID-19 infection: about 4 observations in Guinea.

Introduction: Coronavirus is a virus with potential to target the nervous and respiratory systems. The aim of this work is to establish the prevalence of strokes in COVID19 positive patients in Guinea.

Methods: All patients with stroke confirmed by brain imaging and COVID-positive PCR were included in this study.

Presentation of a case of Bruton type primary agammaglobulinemia in Guinea.

X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) is a rare genetic disease caused by a mutation in the Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) gene. It is characterized by a profound deficiency of B cells and a decrease in all classes of immunoglobulins (Ig). We report one case in a 3-year-old boy seen for recurrent acute otitis media, perineal abscess, oligoarthritis.

Interest of the thoracic scanner in the diagnosis of COVID-19: study of 35 cases in the Republic of Guinea.

Introduction: the aim of this work is to evaluate the contribution of thoracic computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of COVID-19 in Guinea.

Methods: this was a retrospective study with data recorded over a 2 Month period. Records of patients who tested positive on chest CT without contrast injection on admission were included in this study.