[Reference values of 15 clinical blood constituent for African adult from Ougadougou (Burkina Faso)].

In order to establish reference values of biochemical profile of the adult (n = 559) in tropical sahelian area (Burkina Faso), assumed to be healthy, age between 15 and 50, 15 clinical blood constituents appearing among the most commonly explored were determined. Most constituents levels are influenced by sex et and age. The reference values stemming from the adult native of Burkina Faso were compared with those of the european adult and difference ares observed.

[Left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive African blacks: echocardiographic study of 452 patients].

Objective: The aim of this study was to define in a population of hypertensive Black African, the frequency of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), the different kind of LVH, and the factors of LVH occurring.

Methods: Clinical and echographic (according to Penn convention) data was collected in 452 consecutive hypertensive patients (193 women and 259 men). LVH was defined as an indexed left ventricular mass (ILVM) > 134 g/m2 in man and 110 g/m2 in woman.

[A case of pneumopericardium complicating a liver abscess in a patient infected with HIV].

Pneumopericardium usually occurs in a traumatic context or, more rarely, in the course of benign or malignant bronchial or oesophagogastric diseases. Although the idiopathic spontaneous form is even rarer, pneumopericardium complicating liver abscess is exceptional, and is facilitated by impaired immune defenses (alcoholism, immuno-depression). The authors report a case of liver abscess complicated by pneumopericardium in an HIV seropositive patient.

[Bronchopulmonary Kaposi's disease in 2 AIDS patients living in a zone of high tuberculosis/HIV prevalence].

The epidemic form of Kaposi's disease, called Kaposi-AIDS, was first described in 1981 by Hymmes in two young AIDS patients. Lung lesions are observed in 10 to 45% of patients with cutaneous Kaposi and are the second leading localization of visceral involvement after the digestive tract. Diagnosis and management of these visceral forms remains difficult.

[Routine electrocardiographic criteria for the diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy: performance in Black Africans].

Objective: To determine, in Black Africans, the performance of routine electrocardiographic criteria in the diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH).

Methods: Thirty voluntary healthy subjects and 154 patients were explored at echocardiography (according to Pen convention) and 12-lead electrocardiography (ECG). The performance of Lewis, Sokolow and Cornell (Cornell S1 for a threshold of 28 mm in men, and Cornell S2, for a threshold of 24 mm) criteria were defined by their sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values.

[Tuberculous spondylodiscitis with neurologic problems: results of surgical treatment].

The purpose of this study is to describe the outcome of surgical treatment for tuberculous spondylitis in 29 patients. These patients were part of an overall series of 67 cases of tuberculous spondylitis treated at the Traumatology and Orthopedic Department of the Yalgado-Ouedraogo National Hospital Center (YONHC) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Almost 90% of the 29 patients that underwent surgical treatment of tuberculous spondylitis associated with neurological manifestations were from poor rural areas.

[Primary pulmonary myxoid liposarcoma discovered fortuitously].

We report a fortuitous discovery of primary pulmonary myxoid liposarcoma in an HIV-positive patient. Primary pulmonary localizations are uncommon. Generally, pulmonary localizations are metastatic.

[Clinical, radiographic and ultrasonographic aspects of mediastinal nodular tuberculosis in the era of HIV infection].

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical, radiographic, and ultrasonographic aspects of mediastinal nodal tuberculosis and ascertain its clinical course in the era of HIV infection.

Patients And Methods: We reviewed retrospectively 39 patients referred to the Ouédraogo Yalgado National Hospital Center and the National Anticancer Institute between February 1996 and December 1999 for mediastinal nodal tuberculosis. Endoscopic proof of tuberculosis was obtained in 30 cases (81.

[Simultaneous resistance to rifampicin and isoniazid in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis].

Percentages of primary and acquired resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs provide an epidemiological indicator useful for assessing national anti-tuberculosis programs. Rifampicin and isoniazide are widely used in countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis. In tropical Africa, these drugs are the mainstay treatment for tuberculosis, used both in the initial and long-term regimens.

[Cardiothyreosis: retrospective study of 32 cases in the cardiology and internal medicine department at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (1993-1998)].

Cardiothyreosis is a relatively frequent condition in Sub-Saharan Africa and represents 1.7% of cardiac admissions in Ouagadougou. In this retrospective study, our aim has been to describe clinical characteristics of the disease and its cross-disciplinary management.

[Active tuberculosis in a patient with Hodgkin's disease. A case report].

We report a case of active tuberculosis in a patient with Hodgkin's disease. The two diagnoses were established simultaneously at the Respiratory Disease Unit of the Yalgado National Hospital, Burkina Faso. The clinical presentation was misleading as the signs and symptoms of the two disease are similar.