Publications by authors named "Zohra Merzougui"

Introduction: In recent years, there has been a considerable increase in the prevalence of bacteria increasingly resistant to multiple families of antibiotics, which constitutes a major problem for public health.

Aim: To determine the prevalence and different risk factors for the acquisition of multi-resistant bacteria.

Methods: This is an analytical and prospective study including patients hospitalized in the Batna University Hospital during the period from January 2023 to March 2023 presenting a documented infection with isolation of sensitive or multi-resistant strains.

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Nakajo-Nishimura syndrome is a hereditary autoinflammatory disorder caused by an autosomal recessive homozygous mutation of the PSMB8 gene, which encodes the immunoproteasome subunit beta 5i. The clinical manifestations of NNS are mainly pernio-like skin rashes, nodular erythema, lipodystrophy, clubbed fingers, remittent fever, hepatosplenomegaly, and basal ganglia calcifications. Here we are reporting a case of NNS in an 11-year-old girl, who lives in eastern Algeria, born from a first-degree consanguineous marriage, she presented with erythematous patches on her face and her back, nodular erythema on her neck, swollen and painful fingers with acrocyanosis and recurrent fever that mainly occurred in cold weather.

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