Publications by authors named "O Tidjani"
Aims: we measured the burden of TB/HIV co-infection in a rural setting of Benin, and assessed the outcome of tuberculosis treatment at the end of the intensive phase of TB treatment.
Methods: This is a retrospective, cross-sectional, descriptive study, covering January 2006 to December 2011.
Results: A total of 256 patients were included, 67 (26.
Aims: We measured the burden of HIV/tuberculosis (HIV/TB) co-infection in people infected by TB in rural settings of Benin, and assessed the outcome of TB treatment at the end of the intensive phase.
Methods: This is a retrospective, cross-sectional, descriptive study, covering January 2006 to December 2011.
Results: A total of 256 patients were gathered, 67 (26.
Background: Infection with Penicillium marneffei is a common opportunistic infection in Southeast Asia where it is endemic. We report a case of Penicillium marneffei infection with fatal outcome in a Togolese woman infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
Case Presentation: A 45-years-old patient, infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus had consulted for ongoing febrile pneumonia since two weeks.
Objective: Determine the prevalence of latent TB infection in HIV-infected people.
Method: Using a cross-sectional study on HIV-infected persons monitored in the Department of Lung and Infectious Diseases of CHU Sylvanus Olympio of Lomé from August 10, 2010 to November 10, 2010. All patients are receiving anti-retroviral therapy and have no clinical or radiological symptoms of TB, and had never received tuberculin skin test (TST) in the last 3months.