Publications by authors named "Tritar F"
Introduction-aim: The emergence of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a threat to global public health. The aim of our study was to determine risk factors for treatment failure in MDR-TB.
Methods: Retrospective study conducted between January 2000 and March 2019 including patients with MDR-TB.
Introduction-aim: Tuberculous pneumothorax (TP) is a serious complication of cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis. The aim of this study was to identify TP drainage characteristics and difficulties.
Methods: This was a retrospective multicenter study of patients hospitalized for TP between 1999 and 2021 in three hospitals from Tunis (Tunisia): Abderahmen Mami, La Rabta, and Charles Nicolle.
Oral provocation test (OPT) to beta-lactam antibiotics (BL) is a gold standard in allergology investigation. We aimed to demonstrate the contribution of OPT in BL hypersensitivity (HS) indicated as a first step in diagnosis. We conducted a retrospective study from 2007 to 2019, in a single Tunisian tertiary care academic center.
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- Anaphylaxis is a serious medical emergency often associated with drug or latex allergies, but diverse causes should be examined quickly, including rare conditions like hypersensitivity from Echinococcus granulosus.
- An 18-year-old female patient presented with right thoracic pain and developed anaphylaxis after receiving paracetamol; her condition improved with treatment while a ruptured liver hydatid cyst was discovered.
- This case underscores that in situations like pleural punctures yielding abnormal fluid, clinicians should consider complicated hydatid cysts as a potential cause of anaphylaxis.
Introduction: Bronchial carcinoid tumours (CT), divided into typical carcinoid (TC) or atypical carcinoid (AC), are rare tumours whose therapeutic management remains unspecified.
Methods: Retrospective study collecting cases of bronchial CT operated at the thoracic surgery department of Abderrahmane-Mami hospital of Ariana and recruited from the pneumology departments of Northern Tunisia, during a 12-year period.
Results: Ninety patients were collected (74 cases of TC and 16 cases of AC).
Introduction: Coronavirus pandemic has been the subject of a large number of publications, some of which have shown an increased risk of contracting Covid-19 in carriers of blood group A.
Aims: In this study we looked at the profile of blood group phenotype of a series of Tunisian patients with covid-19 admitted to Abderrahman Mami hospital in Ariana .
Methods: Our study included 51 Tunisian patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection admitted to Abderrahmane Mami hospital between late march 2020 and early May 2020.
B and T lymphocyte attenuator (BTLA) is an immune-inhibitory receptor that negatively regulates the lymphocyte activation. A few studies have been devoted to the relationship between BTLA gene variations and cancer's risk. It has been essentially demonstrated to be involved in increasing cancer risk in chronic lymphocyte leukaemia, renal cell carcinoma, breast and colorectal cancer predispositions in Asian population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Allergy to antitubercular drugs is a real hindrance to the management of TB.
Aim: To access the contribution of the reintroduction drug test in the exploration of allergy to anti-tuberculosis treatments.
Methods: Retrospective study of 34 patients treated for tuberculosis who presented a hypersensitivity reaction during a period from January 2011 to December 2017.
Introduction: Resistant tuberculosis is a topical subject given the difficulties of its management.
Objective: To evaluate the role of imaging in the diagnosis and follow-up of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
Methods: Retrospective study of MDR-TB cases followed in Hall C of Abderrahmane Mami Hospital (2010 to 2016).
Introduction: Tuberculosis of the prisoner remains unknown in Tunisia. The aim of our study was to establish the clinical, radiological, bacteriological and prognostic features of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with a history of incarceration.
Methods: Case-control study conducted between 2010 and 2016 in two pulmonology departments of Abderrahmane Mami Hospital.
Article Synopsis
- Tuberculous cold abscesses represent a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, accounting for only 1% of cases.
- A study of 24 patients revealed that these abscesses often present with chronic pain and swelling, primarily affecting the thoracic wall, and are often linked to previous pulmonary TB.
- Early detection and appropriate anti-tuberculosis treatment led to a positive outcome for most patients, highlighting the importance of considering this condition in individuals with risk factors for TB.
Introduction: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) or Von Recklinghausen disease is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder with multivisceral manifestations. We report the case of a spontaneous haemothorax in a young lady wearing this genetic pathology.
Case Report: A 31-year-old woman with kyphoscoliosis developed acute chest pain and dyspnea.
Background: Pneumothorax is a serious complication of cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis. The aim of this study was to describe clinical futures, to highlight challenges of its management.
Methods: A retrospective multicentric and descriptive study including 65 patients treated for PT (1999-2015) was conducted to figure out clinical futures and its work-up.
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) infects one third of the world population. Its economic impact is important, affecting the global economy in the World.
Objective: To determine the economic costs related to tuberculosis in Tunisia.
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) infects one third of the world population. Its economic impact is important, affecting the global economy in the World.
Objective: To determine the economic costs related to tuberculosis in Tunisia.
Objective: Early diagnosis and prompt effective therapy are crucial to fight against tuberculosis (TB), particularly in regions with a high prevalence. We aimed to evaluate TB diagnostic delays and identify the associated risk factors.
Methods: We conducted a survey in various health facilities in Tunisia between March 24th and October 30th, 2014.
Background: Malnutrition and cachexia were a frequent problem in lung cancer and increases the risks of morbidity and mortality in these patients. Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is easy, non-invasive and reproducible method that can be performed.
Aim: Evaluate nutritional status in patients with primary lung cancer by Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), BIA and anthropometric values (weight, arm and calf circumferences) and correlate the nutritional parameters to severity of cancer and histopathology.
Bacteriological diagnosis of tuberculosis has benefited in recent years from many technological advances to improve rapidity and sensitivity of the techniques. Thus, new LED fluorescence microscopes are in the process of replacing the optical microscopes and the Ziehl-Neelsen technique, making the examination more precise, faster and easier. The manual and automatic liquid culture has improved Lowenstein-Jensen culture and helped shorten antibiotic sensitivity test, allowing appropriate management of patients.
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