The Concealing Effect of COVID-19: Unveiling the Surge in Community-Acquired Infections and Its Association With Diabetic Ketosis During the Pandemic.

Background Some studies suggest that the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has contributed to diverting attention from other community-acquired infections (CAIs), leading to an increase in their incidence and severity. Our study aimed to describe and compare clinical features of CAI before and during the pandemic as a factor precipitating diabetes ketoacidosis (DKA). Methodology We included 250 patients who presented with DKA due to CAIs, other than SARS-CoV-2, divided into two distinct groups: 100 patients (G1) who consulted two years before the pandemic, and 150 patients (G2) who consulted during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Unmasking the escalation: a comparative analysis of diabetic ketoacidosis severity before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Tunisian pioneer study.

Background: The severity of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at diagnosis increased during the global COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to analyze the impact of the pandemic on the clinical and biological severity of DKA in patients with new-onset diabetes mellitus (DM) in Tunisia.

Research Design And Methods: The study included patients hospitalized for new-onset DKA 2 years prior and 2 years during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seroprevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Phleboviruses and Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus among Blood Donors in Central Tunisia.

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of six viruses, from two families of the order , in the general population of central Tunisia. Sera collected from 377 asymptomatic blood donors were serologically assayed for Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV), Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), and four sandfly-borne phleboviruses: Toscana virus (TOSV), sandfly fever Naples virus (SFNV), sandfly fever Sicilian virus (SFSV), and sandfly fever Cyprus virus (SFCV). Of the 377 subjects enrolled in this study, 17.

Explaining Long COVID: A Pioneer Cross-Sectional Study Supporting the Endocrine Hypothesis.

Context: In some patients, symptoms may persist after COVID-19, defined as long COVID. Its pathogenesis is still debated and many hypotheses have been raised.

Objective: Our primary objective was to evaluate the corticotroph and somatotroph functions of patients previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 and experiencing post-COVID-19 syndrome to detect any deficiencies that may explain long COVID.

Antibiotic stewardship team in a Tunisian university hospital: A four-year experience.

Background: Association between antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance has been demonstrated in several studies; hence the importance of antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) to reduce the burden of this resistance.

Aim: To describe the antibiotic stewardship team (AST) interventions in a Tunisian university hospital.

Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted in the infectious diseases department in Sousse-Tunisia between 2016 and 2020.

Neurological manifestations following cured malaria: don't forget post-malaria neurological syndrome.

Introduction: Cerebral malaria which occurs during the active infection is the most common neurological complication of malaria. Other complications including post-malaria neurological syndrome (PMNS) can rarely occur following complete recovery from the disease. We report a case of post-malaria neurological syndrome in a Tunisian patient.

infection causing rhinosinusitis and orbital involvement in an immunocompetent patient.

Invasive fungal rhinosinusitis is a rare infection that occurs primarily in immunocompromised patients. The fungal pathogen is rarely associated with rhinosinusitis. We report a case of rhinosinusitis in an immunocompetent patient.

Diagnostic value of dipstick test in adult symptomatic urinary tract infections: results of a cross-sectional Tunisian study.

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common. The diagnosis is confirmed by urine culture which is costly and takes at least 24 hours before results are known. The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of dipstick test for the diagnosis of UTI in symptomatic adult patients.

Demodicosis revealing an HIV infection.

We report an observation of facial and upper limb demodicosis, revealing a human immunodeficiency virus infection. After an initial improvement with metronidazole, worsening of skin lesions related to immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome was observed, requiring the use of steroids.

[Causes of death in patients with HIV infection in two Tunisian medical centers].

Antiretroviral tritherapy has contributed to a considerable reduction in HIV-related mortality. The causes of death are dominated by opportunistic infections in developing countries and by cardiovascular diseases and cancer in developed countries. To determine the causes and risk factors associated with death in HIV-infected patients in two Tunisian medical centers.

[Infectious sacroiliitis in tunisian centre: retrospective study of 25 cases].

Infectious sacroiliitis are rare but they can be complicated by disabling functional sequelae. To describe the clinical and bacteriological characteristics of infectious sacroiliitis among patients treated in Sousse Medical Center, Tunisia. A retrospective, descriptive study, of infectious sacroiliitis among patients hositalized in Sousse between 2000 and 2015.

Complications following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin treatment for bladder cancer: a case series of 22 patients.

Background: Intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) therapy is an effective and widely used treatment for superficial bladder carcinoma. Local complications are frequent whereas systemic complications are rare but can be serious, and their management is not well known.

Methods: We describe retrospectively the records of 22 patients treated in 3 infectious disease departments, for complications related to intravesical BCG therapy as treatment of bladder cancer.

[Prescribing practices of fluoroquinolones in Tunisia].

The aim of the study was to assess the prescribing practices of fluoroquinolones (FQ) among general practionners in the town of Sousse (central-eastern Tunisia). A transversal study was made between the first and the 23rd April, 2009, among general practionners working in Sousse. For each prescription, informations about patients, indications and modalities of treatment were collected on a questionnaire.