[Management of Acute Malnutrition in Children in a Sahelian Secondary Hospital].

Unlabelled: Malnutrition among children under five is a major public health problem in low-income countries, and contributes significantly to mortality in this age group. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the epidemiological and clinical profile of malnourished children at the Nara hospital in north of Mali.

Method: It was a retrospective and descriptive study, from 01/01/2016 to 31/12/2016.

[Accidental household poisoning of the child at the Gabriel Toure university hospital center in Bamako].

Introduction: Household accidental child poisonings are frequent pediatric medical emergencies in developing countries.

Objective: To study the epidemiological, etiological, clinical and therapeutic aspects of acute accidental domestic poisoning in children aged 0 to 15 years admitted to the pediatric emergency department of Gabriel Toure.

Method: This was a prospective, descriptive study that ran from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014.

[Frequency of skin consultations in the activities of internal medicine service at national hospital of Point G in bamako].

Aim: To investigate epidemiologic clinical, paraclinical and therapeutic appearances of skin diseases identified in the Internal Medicine Department.

Patients And Methods: This was a retrospective descriptive study on records collected from January 1, 1997 to September 30, 2000. Have been selected records of patients who consulted and / or hospitalized for a dermatological reason.

[Cutaneous drug eruption at hospital in Bamako].

Introduction: The incidences of cutaneous drug eruption constitute a real public health problem.

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the cutaneous drug eruption in Gabriel Touré Hospital in Bamako.

Material And Method: This is a prospective longitudinal study from 1 July 2005 to August 31, 2006.

Integration of basic dermatological care into primary health care services in Mali.

Objective: To evaluate, in a developing country, the effect of a short training programme for general health care workers on the management of common skin diseases--a neglected component of primary health care in such regions.

Methods: We provided a one-day training programme on the management of the skin diseases to 400 health care workers who worked in primary health care centres in the Bamako area. We evaluated their knowledge and practice before and after training.

[Multiple abscesses induced by self injection of zolpidem].

Background: Zolpidem, a hypnotic drug, is occasionally taken in high doses by some drug addicts for its hallucinogenic properties.

Case Report: We report the original observation of a young female addict who developed aseptic cutaneous abscesses on the forearms and feet induced by self injection of powdered zolpidem. Histopathological analysis revealed birefringent vegetal structures.

Definition of an algorithm for the management of common skin diseases at primary health care level in sub-Saharan Africa.

In order to help primary health care (PHC) workers in developing countries in the care of common skin diseases, an algorithm for the management of pyoderma, scabies, superficial mycoses, contact dermatitis and referral of early leprosy cases (based on the identification of diseases through the presence of objective key signs, and on treatments by generic drugs) was elaborated. One thousand patients were seen by trained dermatologists, who established diagnoses and treatments; in addition, there was systematic recording of each key sign, according to the successive algorithm steps. We compared the diagnostics and treatments obtained for several combinations of diagnostic signs, with those of the dermatologists.

[Noma in HIV-infected adults].

Introduction: Noma is a necrotic stomatitis, frequent in undernourished children in tropical countries. Its occurrence in adults is extremely rare and has recently been described during AIDS. We report two new cases.

[Evaluation of the clinical classification of new cases of leprosy. Study conducted at the Marchoux Institute in Bamako, Mali].

Introduction: The difficulties related to the bacilloscopic diagnosis of leprosy, providing a more reliable classification of cases, in 1995 led the WHO to recommend the use of a new classification, in endemic countries, based on clinical criteria alone, in order to simplify the poly-chemotherapeutic regimens. According to our experience in the Marchoux Institute, this classification may lead to errors in diagnosis through overzealous or mis-interpretation of the two forms of leprosy. The aim of our study was to evaluate the concordance between this clinical classification and that based on a bacilloscopic examination.

[New cases of leprosy at the Marchoux Institute: a comparative study 1988-1997].

Background: The prevalence of leprosy had declined greatly over the last decade. The purpose of this work was to determine whether changes in the epidemiology, clinical and bacteriological patterns occurred among patients with leprosy treated at the Marchoux Institute in 1988 and in 1997.

Patients And Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study, reviewing retrospectively all files of patients with leprosy seen in 1988 in comparison with a prospective series of leprosy patients seen in 1997.