Publications by authors named "Ousmane Sow"

This work evaluates a new prototype of a mobile wick solar still with a passive external condenser designed and manufactured by the company IPFH2O. The system's purpose is to distil non-potable water into potable water using solar energy. It is intended for populations in areas where access to drinking water remains difficult.

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  • Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing (ESBL-) bacteria are a major public health issue due to their widespread resistance to multiple antibiotics, particularly among broiler chickens in Dakar, Senegal.
  • A study found that 61.7% of broilers carried ESBL- in their cecum, with antibiotic tests revealing high resistance rates to various β-lactam antibiotics but full susceptibility to imipenem.
  • The research indicates significant multidrug resistance and the presence of multiple ESBL genes, highlighting the risk of human transmission through the food supply and the need for better surveillance and intervention strategies.
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  • * In this study, two bacteriophages, vAbBal23 and vAbAbd25, were isolated from wastewater in Dakar, Senegal, and extensively characterized for their effectiveness against extremely drug-resistant strains of A. baumannii.
  • * Both phages showed strong antibacterial properties across various pH levels and temperatures, with the ability to attack both active and biofilm forms of the bacteria, indicating their potential as safe therapeutic agents devoid of harmful genes.
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Aim: To evaluate the epidemiological, etiological and evolutionary profile of vesico-vaginal fistulas (VVF) in university hospitals in Senegal.

Patients And Method: This is a retrospective, descriptive, single-center study, collecting the records of patients followed for VVF between January 2014 and December 2019 at the Urology and Andrology Department of the Centre hospitalier universitaire Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal. The following parameters were studied: age, geographical origin, parity, and etiology of VVF.

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Circumcision is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures. As traditional ritual circumcisions are still practiced in the community, in Senegal the majority of circumcisions are performed in hospitals. We report the case of a 9-year-old boy who underwent a total amputation of the glans after a circumcision in a pharmacy by an unqualified agent.

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Heat pump systems can simultaneously produce cooling energy for space cooling in hotels, office and residential buildings and heat for desalination using membrane distillation (MD). The MD technique uses a heat input at a temperature compatible with the levels of heat pump condensers (<60 °C). A heat pump prototype coupled with an air-gap membrane distillation unit was constructed and tested.

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Bladder diverticulum represents a herniation of the bladder mucosa and submucosa through a point of weakness in the detrusor muscle. Bladder diverticula are rare and most often described in men. We report a symptomatic giant bladder diverticulum in a 56-year-old postmenopausal woman.

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Primary rhabdomyosarcoma of the adult prostate is rare and associated with an aggressive clinical course. Combined modality therapy has resulted in marked improvement in survival rates and reduced surgical morbidity for children with these tumors. However, in adults the prognosis remains poor.

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Illegally induced abortions remain a significant public health issue in developing countries. We report a case that was complicated by a vesicovaginal fistula with intravesical calcification of the piece of wood used to perform the illegal abortion. A -vesical approach allowed extraction of the calcified foreign body and closure of the vesicovaginal fistula.

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The purpose of this study was to assess outcomes of radical prostatectomy in patients with prostate cancer. We conducted a retrospective single-center study in the Department of Urology and Andrology at the Aristide Le Dantec Hospital in Dakar from June 1, 2010 to May 31, 2016. We collected data of 60 patients undergoing radical retropubic prostatectomy associated with dissection of the iliac and obturator nodes.

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Aim: to evaluate the results of two-level urethroplasty in the treatment of complex urethral strictures in our clinical center.

Patients And Method: Thiswas a retrospective cross sectional study from January 2012 to September 2015 in our clinical center. Patients operated according to Bengt Johanson technique were included.

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To assess the impact of tumor cytoreduction on cancer outcomes and patient survival in metastatic prostate cancer. It is a prospective study spanning a two-year period between October 1st 2015 and March 31st 2017. We enrolled 102 cases of metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

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Nontyphoidal Salmonella (NTS; i.e., Salmonella enterica organisms that do not cause typhoid or paratyphoid) are responsible for 94 million infections and 155,000 deaths worldwide annually, 86% of which are estimated to be foodborne.

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A financial comparison of a parallel sewer based (SB) system with activated sludge, and a fecal sludge management (FSM) system with onsite septic tanks, collection and transport (C&T) trucks, and drying beds was conducted. The annualized capital for the SB ($42.66 capita(-1) year(-1)) was ten times higher than the FSM ($4.

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