Evaluation of non-conformities in the drafting of bulletins for urine cytobacteriological examinations at Sikasso Hospital (Mali).

Background: Non-compliance in the drafting of examination bulletins makes it difficult to perform them and interpret the results. With the aim of continuously improving laboratory services and guaranteeing the quality of urine cytobacteriological examination (ECBU) results, we initiated this study to evaluate non-compliance in the drafting of ECBU reports.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study which focused on non-compliance in the drafting of ECBU reports analysed in the laboratory from January to December 2022.

[A Case Of Behçet's Disease In A Black Subject In Sikasso, Mali].

Behçet's disease is an autoinflammatory systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. The literature on this pathology in the black subject is rare. We report the case of a 53-year-old subject with mucocutaneous and ocular manifestation.

[Causes Of Death In The Medicine Department Of The Regional Hospital Of Sikasso].

Unlabelled: The causes of death are of great importance in assessing the health status of the population and care'squality. Their study could guide health policies aimed at increasing life expectancy.

Objectives: It was to determine the causes of death; to study the socio-demographic characteristics of deceased.

[A Case Of Behçet's Disease In A Black Subject In Sikasso, Mali].

Behçet's disease is an autoinflammatory systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. The literature on this pathology in the black subject is rare. We report the case of a 53-year-old subject with mucocutaneous and ocular manifestation.

[Vulva bilharzia in a 10-year-old girl living in Kirane-Mali: a case report].

Genital schistosomiasis is mainly located in the neck of the uterus and the vagina, less frequently on the vulva, the fallopian tubes and ovaries and rarely in the body of the uterus. We here report the case of a 10-year-old girl admitted with a swelling on the vulva in whom histological examination showed cutaneous schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma haematobium. Outcome was favorable with a single 40 mg/kg mg dose of praziquantel, with tumor regression.

Performance Comparison of Xpert HIV-1 Viral Load Assay and Roche Taqman and Abbott M2000 RT in Bamako, Mali.

Background: Routine monitoring of HIV-1 Viral Load (VL) is important in patients on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) management. Access to HIV VL remains a challenge in resource-limited settings, especially in rural areas. Universal access to VL requires more simplified and less restrictive alternatives to current conventional VL methods.

Staphylococcus lugdunensis: a neglected pathogen of infections involving fracture-fixation devices.

Purpose: Cases of fracture-fixation device infection involving Staphylococcus lugdunensis are not frequent. The clinical characteristics and the choice of treatment strategies of these infections are not obviously known to date.

Methods: We performed a review of fracture-fixation device infection involving S.