Neuromeningeal Cryptococcosis and Tuberculosis Coinfection in Bamako: A One-Year Case Series.

Cryptococcosis and tuberculosis are life-threatening opportunistic infections that occur in apparently immunocompetent or severely immunocompromised individuals worldwide. As both infections are strongly linked to HIV infection, they may share certain clinical manifestations, and the interaction of their treatments should be considered. However, despite their similarity, concurrent tuberculosis and cryptococcal infections have rarely been reported in West Africa.

Visceral Leishmaniasis in West Africa: Clinical Characteristics, Vectors, and Reservoirs.

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is the most serious form of human leishmaniasis. VL is understudied in West Africa. The increasing number of patients at-risk, including persons living with HIV and other chronic immunosuppressive diseases, and likely underreporting of VL related to diagnostic challenges advocate for review of existing data to understand VL regional epidemiology.

[Prevalence of Malaria, Intestinal and Urinary parasite infections in Kalifabougou, Mali].

Unlabelled: Soil transmitted helminthiasis and schistosomiasis are neglected tropical diseases (NTD), affecting the health status of endemic Malian populations. Mali has a national NTD elimination program using the mass drug administration (MDA) strategy combining Albendazole, Ivermectinand Praziquantel. Malaria still remains a public health problem in Mali.

Epidemiology of the outbreak, vectors and reservoirs of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Mali: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To compile available data and to estimate the burden, characteristics and risks factors of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Mali.

Methods: Articles in English and French were searched in Hinari, Google scholar and PubMed. Unpublished studies were identified by searching in Google.

Dermatophytosis among Schoolchildren in Three Eco-climatic Zones of Mali.

Background: Dermatophytosis, and particularly the subtype tinea capitis, is common among African children; however, the risk factors associated with this condition are poorly understood. To describe the epidemiology of dermatophytosis in distinct eco-climatic zones, three cross-sectional surveys were conducted in public primary schools located in the Sahelian, Sudanian and Sudano-Guinean eco-climatic zones in Mali.

Principal Findings: Among 590 children (average age 9.

Preliminary study of the fungal ecology at the haematology and medical-oncology ward in Bamako, Mali.

Data on fungal epidemiology in sub-Saharan African countries are scarce. This exploratory study aimed to characterize the fungal flora at the Onco-Haematology ward of the National Teaching Hospital of Point G in Bamako, Mali. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the dry and in the rainy seasons.

Clearance of drug-resistant parasites as a model for protective immunity in Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

Residents of malaria-endemic areas sometimes spontaneously clear Plasmodium falciparum infection without drug treatment, implying an important role for host factors such as immunity in this clearance. Host factors may also contribute to clearance of parasites resistant to a treatment drug. Chloroquine resistance is caused by point mutations in P.