Vitamin D Status and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Tertiary-Level Hospital in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Background: Diabetes mellitus is already a major cardiovascular risk factor (CRF). Hypovitaminosis D is common in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). It also increases the cardiovascular risk of these subjects.

Prevalence and factors associated with carotid atherosclerosis in a Malagasy population with Type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional retrospective study.

Aim: Our study aims to determine the prevalence and factors associated with carotid atherosclerosis in Malagasy Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods: This was a cross-sectional retrospective study, carried out over a period of 30 months. The diagnosis of carotid atherosclerosis is established by the presence of a carotid plaque increased carotid intima-media thickness ≥1.

Urinary tract infection in diabetics hospitalized in Befelatanana Hospital, Antananarivo: Epidemiological, clinical, biological profiles and risk factors for multidrug-resistant bacterial infection.

Key Clinical Message: The main type of urinary tract infection in hospitalized diabetics in Antananarivo is acute pyelonephritis; is the most isolated uropathogen; imipenem, amikacin, fosfomycin and ceftriaxone are the major antibiotics for which retain good sensitivity; Type 2 diabetes is predictive factor for infection by multidrug resistant bacteria.

Abstract: This study aimed to describe the epidemiological-clinical profiles of diabetics hospitalized for bacterial urinary tract infections in the Endocrinology Department of Befelatanana Hospital, to identify the main bacteria responsible, their antibiotic sensitivity profile and the factors associated with multidrug-resistant bacterial infection. A cross-sectional study was conducted between March 2017 and March 2020 involving all diabetics hospitalized for documented community-acquired bacterial urinary tract infection during this period.

Epidemiological-clinical and paraclinical particularities of acute coronary syndrome without persistent ST-segment elevation in type 2 diabetes mellitus: Retrospective comparative study in a Malagasy population.

Introduction: This study aimed at determining the epidemiological-clinical and paraclinical particularities of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) in Malagasy with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods: This was a retrospective, descriptive and comparative study between patients with and without T2DM, carried out over a period of 38 months. The diagnosis of NSTE-ACS was retained in front of the association of chest discomfort, electrical abnormalities and elevations beyond fivefold the upper reference limit of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin.

[Epidemiologic-clinical, biological and radiological features of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with diabetes in Antananarivo, Madagascar].

Pulmonary tuberculosis is frequently associated with diabetes mellitus and, sometimes, it may present with atypical signs. The purpose of this study is to identify the epidemiological, clinical, biological and radiological features of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with diabetes versus patients without diabetes in order to improve treatment. We conducted a retrospective, cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study in the Department of Endocrinology and Pneumology at the Joseph Raseta Befelatanana University Hospital Center and in the Department of Respiratory Diseases at the Soavinandriana Hospital Center in Antananarivo, Madagascar.