Sweet syndrome in patients with and without malignancy: a retrospective study of 66 cases from a tertiary care centre.

Sweet syndrome is a neutrophilic dermatosis that may be associated with malignancy, particularly haematological malignancy. Considering its rarity, the clinical characteristics of Sweet syndrome are still unclear. We aimed to analyse clinicopathological characteristics, treatment, and outcomes of patients with Sweet syndrome according to concurrent malignancy.

Assessment, Prevalence, and Correlates of Frailty among Moroccan People Aged 50 and above Living with HIV.

Background: Persons living with HIV experience many challenges, such as premature aging and geriatric syndromes. Frailty has become an important determinant of a series of adverse health outcomes. This research aimed to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors for frailty in this population.

Epidemiology and prognostic factors of 114 patients with mycosis fungoides in a Moroccan cohort: a 29-year review.

Limited data regarding survival of Moroccan patients with mycosis fungoides (MF). To evaluate the clinical profile and long-term outcomes of these patients. A retrospective review of 114 MF cases diagnosed from 1993 to 2022 who were followed up for more than 6 months of diagnosis was performed.

[Cost and factors associated with the prescription of non-antiretroviral drugs among HIV-infected patients under antiretroviral therapy in a reference hospital in Morocco].

Objective: To determine the costs of non-antiretroviral drugs and to identify the factors associated with their prescription in HIV-1 patients on antiretroviral therapy in Morocco.

Methods: Retrospective study of a cohort of 264 patients living with HIV-1 who were given antiretroviral therapy in the Venerology Dermatology Department at the Mohamed V Military Training Hospital of Rabat during the period from January 1st, 2014, December 31st, 2018. The costs retained were those of the hospital pharmacy for essential drugs, otherwise they were the costs in the private pharmacies.

Mortality and prognostic factors of Bullous Pemphigoid in a Moroccan population.

Background: Bullous pemphigoid is a common autoimmune blistering skin disease that is significantly associated with a high rate of morbidity and mortality.

Objective: Our aim was to determine the 1-, 2- and 3-year mortality rate and standardized mortality ratio of BP in Moroccan patients, as well as to identify risk factors that influence survival both in the 1st and 3rd year of follow-up.

Methods: All patients with BP diagnosed between January 2008 and December 2017 in a tertiary referral centre at the Mohammed V Military Hospital in Morocco were included retrospectively.

The association between bullous pemphigoid and comorbidities: a case-control study in Moroccan patients.

Background: Comorbidities of bullous pemphigoid (BP) have not been thoroughly described in Morocco. This study investigates clinical features, comorbidities, and medications in a cohort of Moroccan patients with confirmed BP to help decrease morbidity and mortality.

Material And Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 81 cases of BP diagnosed in 2015-2018 and 162 age- and sex-matched controls with complete follow-up at the Department of Dermatology in a university hospital setting.

Multimorbidity among persons living with human immunodeficiency virus in a moroccan referral hospital.

Background: Multimorbidity is the co-existing of two or more chronic health conditions in addition to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In Morocco, the prevalence of and factors associated with multimorbidity in HIV-infected patients have not been well-documented.

Methods: This cross-sectional analysis was conducted in 2018 and included 269 HIV-infected patients.

Pemphigus Vulgaris: A Clinical Study of 31 Cases (2004-2014) in Morocco.

Background: Pemphigus vulgaris is a rare bullous autoimmune dermatosis whose evolution and prognosis are unpredictable.

Aim: The objective was to analyze long-term outcomes in patients with pemphigus vulgaris by identifying the factors that are able to influence prognosis, in particular the phenotype of pemphigus vulgaris, age at onset, multiplicity of mucosal involvement, relapse and remission rates, and survival functions.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of a cohort of 31 patients followed for pemphigus vulgaris during the period from January 2004 to January 2014.

Predictive factors for relapse in adults with dermatomyositis.

Introduction: Dermatomyositis (DM) is a severe disease that can be chronic with relapses and severe morbidity. The objective of this study was to analyze clinical features at presentation that predict non-paraneoplastic DM relapse in adult patients.

Methods: A multicenter retrospective study focused on 33 patients diagnosed with DM and treated using corticosteroids from 2000 to 2015.

Risk factors associated with unsuppressed viral load in HIV-1 infected patients at the first antiretroviral therapy in Morocco.

Background: Nonsuppression of viral load (VL) in HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) is associated with increased HIV transmission and poor survival. The objective of this work was to evaluate the factors associated with the unsuppressed VL (VL >400 copies/ml) in HIV-1-infected patients after 6 months of the first-line ART.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of 181 patients living with HIV-1 on ART in Dermatology and Venereology Department of Mohamed V Military Teaching Hospital of Rabat, during the period between January 1, 2007, and January 1, 2017.

Dermatologic manifestations among human immunodeficiency virus patients in Morocco and association with immune status.

Objective: The objective was to determine if the type and number of skin diseases can be clinical indicators of underlying immune status in HIV1 disease by estimating and correlating with the CD4 count and CDC stage.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study. All consecutive patients infected with HIV1 followed at the Dermatology Department of Rabat Military Hospital between January 2008 and January 2017 were studied for dermatological manifestations, CD4 count and CDC clinical stage.

[A non-EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia: about a case].

Pseudothrombocytopenia is a rare phenomenon in laboratory explained by in vitro agglutination of platelets. Microscopic examination of the peripheral blood smear is of key importance to confirm the diagnosis and to avoid any inappropriate or dangerous clinical and therapeutic decision. Its occurrence in a patient, under treatment with heparin, raises the problem of differential diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.

Risk factors associated with local complications of erysipelas: a retrospective study of 152 cases.

Erysipelas is a common skin infection. Hemorrhagic, bullous, abcessing and necrotic lesions are the major local complications. However, their occurrence factors are not clearly known.