Risk of obstructive sleep apnea and quality of sleep among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a sub-Saharan Africa city.

Introduction: diabetes mellitus (DM) and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) are two major and interconnected non-communicable diseases. Both negatively impact on sleep quality. This study aimed to determine among persons with type 2 DM, the proportions at high risk of OSA and of self-reported poor sleep quality along with their associated-factors in Parakou city, Benin.

Risk of obstructive sleep apnea among taxi-motorbike drivers in Parakou city in West Africa and associated factors with road traffic accidents.

Objectives: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an underdiagnosed chronic respiratory disease, causing excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and road traffic accidents (RTA). This study aimed to determine the risk of OSA among taxi-motorbike drivers (TMD) and factors associated with RTA in Parakou, Benin.

Methods: A cross-sectional comparative study was carried out between July and September 2020, including 225 TMD and 450 motorbike drivers other than TMD (non-TMD).

Prevalence, acceptability, and cost of routine screening for pulmonary tuberculosis among pregnant women in Cotonou, Benin.

Objectives: We sought to evaluate the yield, cost, feasibility, and acceptability of routine tuberculosis (TB) screening of pregnant women in Cotonou, Benin.

Design: Mixed-methods, cross-sectional study with a cost assessment.

Setting: Eight participating health facilities in Cotonou, Benin.

Sleep-related disorders and sleep quality among adults living in Parakou, a sub-Saharan African city.

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of sleep-related disorders, poor sleeping, and factors associated with poor sleep quality among inhabitants of Parakou, Benin.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted from April-August 2018 on 930 randomly selected adults (age ≥ 18 years). Using the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index, the Insomnia Severity Index, and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, subjects were questioned on their sleep, on parasomnias, and on movement-related sleep disorders.

First Insight into a Nationwide Genotypic Diversity of among Previously Treated Pulmonary Tuberculosis Cases in Benin, West Africa.

Background: Molecular studies on tuberculosis (TB) are rare in low-resource countries like Benin, where data on molecular study on previously treated TB cases is unavailable.

Materials And Methods: From January to December 2014, all smear- and culture-positive previously treated pulmonary TB patients from all TB clinics were systematically recruited. Drug susceptibility testing and spoligotyping were performed on all isolates.

Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of Retreatment Tuberculosis Patients in Benin.

Objective. To determine among retreatment tuberculosis patients in Benin baseline characteristics, culture, and drug sensitivity testing (DST) results and treatment outcomes. Materials and Methods.

Follow-up and tracing of tuberculosis patients who fail to attend their scheduled appointments in Cotonou, Benin: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: In the "Centre National Hospitalier de Pneumo-Phtisiologie" of Cotonou, Benin, little is known about the characteristics of patients who have not attended their scheduled appointment, the results of tracing and the possible benefits on improving treatment outcomes. This study aimed to determine the contribution of tracing activities for those who missed scheduled appointments towards a successful treatment outcome.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was carried out among all smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients treated between January and September 2013.

Low prevalence of diabetes mellitus in patients with tuberculosis in Cotonou, Benin.

Setting: The three Basic Management Units (BMUs) of the National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP) in Cotonou, Benin.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) among tuberculosis (TB) patients in Cotonou.

Design: A cross-sectional study of consecutively registered TB patients treated for a minimum of 2 weeks between June and July 2014 in the three BMUs, with measurement of their fasting blood glucose (FBG).

MDR-TB treatment needs in patients previously treated for TB in Cotonou, Benin.

Setting: Centre National Hospitalier de Pneumo-Phtisi-ologie, Cotonou, Benin.

Objective: To determine the proportion of individuals needing treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among patients previously treated for TB.

Design: A retrospective cross-sectional study of all patients previously treated for TB in Cotonou from 2003 to 2011.

[The Lady Windermere syndrome: clinical and bacteriological data and progress in seven cases].

Described by Reich and Johnson in 1992 [2], the Lady Windermere syndrome occurs exclusively in non-smoking women over the age of 60 years, without significant pre-existing pulmonary disease. It comprises bronchial dilatation, typically in the middle lobe and lingula, together with secondary infection by atypical mycobacteria (Mycobacterium avium in the first cases). Among the 17 cases of atypical mycobacterial infection that we have seen in the past 14 years, there were seven cases of this syndrome.

Smear-negative, culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis among patients with chronic cough in Cotonou, Benin.

Setting: The main tuberculosis (TB) centre in Benin, West Africa, where only 2% of adult pulmonary TB cases are sputum smear-negative, all other pulmonary cases being smear-positive.

Objectives: To assess the burden of smear-negative, culture-positive pulmonary TB among TB suspects in Cotonou, and to estimate the total number of non-smear-positive TB cases at country level.

Design: For 1 year, one morning sputum culture was performed for every TB suspect (cough lasting >3 weeks, as defined in Benin's national guidelines) with three negative sputum smears (fluorescence technique).