Triple burden of hepatitis B, hepatitis Delta viruses, and to pregnant women.

Objectives: Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major health problem worldwide. This infection is more severe when combined with hepatitis Delta virus (HDV). Moreover, () malaria infection during pregnancy can have severe consequences for the mother and the newborn.

Drastic sex-dependent etiological distribution in severe liver diseases from Gabon.

Chronic liver diseases still represent a worrying public health issue in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this region, emphasis is generally made on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) albeit liver cirrhosis (LC) is also responsible for an important death toll. Very few studies have compared the presentation and etiologies of cancer and cirrhosis of the liver in Middle Africa.

The baseline glomerular filtration rate, predictive of six-year survival in sub-Saharan African patients on antiretroviral therapy for HIV: Cohort study.

Background: Recently, serious morbidity events associated with initial glomerular filtration rate (GFR) have been described during HIV infection, but this is insufficiently investigated in sub-Saharan Africa very affected by HIV.

Objective: To assess the impact of baseline GFR prevailing during the first semester of the HIV infection management on six-year survival in peoples taking antiretroviral therapy.

Patients And Methods: Closed retrospective cohort study.

Intravenous infusion of glucose 5% despite sodium mixed, is main contributor of acquired hyponatremia in adult polyvalent medicine service: Case control study.

Background: Acquired hyponatremia is a life threatening event. Intravenous infusion of a mixture of 5% glucose and sodium solute is mainly used, but its contribution in the occurrence of acquired hyponatremia in adult, is under-investigated outside intensive care unit.

Objective: To evaluate the place of intravenous infusion of a mixture of 5% glucose and sodium in predicting acquired hyponatremia in adult polyvalent medicine service.