An Overview of the Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Six French-Speaking African Countries from 2018 to 2022.

Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) poses a significant public health challenge, particularly in resource-limited settings. The prevalence and management of DR-TB in African countries require comprehensive strategies to improve patient outcomes and control the spread of the disease. Aggregated routine data (from 2018 to 2022) on multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) were collected from the National TB Programs (NTPs) from all six countries.

Association of DRB1*11 and DRB1*12 alleles of the HLA system with the evolution of the Hepatitis B virus infection in Burkina Faso.

Background: Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection affect all social strata of humanity and in the absence of any management, this infection has a different outcome from one infected person to another. This suggests that there are specific individual factors that influence the outcome of the pathology. Sex, immunogenetics and age of contraction of the virus have been cited as factors that influence the evolution of the pathology.

Cervico-thoracic cellulitis at the Yalgado Ouedraogo University Hospital: About 50 cases.

Introduction: Cervicofacial cellulitis is mainly due to neglected oral/pharyngeal diseases. Untreated or incorrectly treated, they can be complicated by thoraco-cervical necrosis, which has a gloomy prognosis and is difficult to manage, especially in an under-medicalized environment. The aim of this work was to report the difficulties of management in precarious context by underlining the interest of primary prevention.

Countrywide Survey of Plants Used for Liver Disease Management by Traditional Healers in Burkina Faso.

Liver disease is highly prevalent in Africa, especially in the western African country Burkina Faso, due to the presence of multiple biological and chemical aggressors of the liver. Furthermore, diagnosis and appropriate care for liver disease are uneven and usually insufficient. This drives local communities to turn to folk medicine based on medicinal plants from healers.

[Cardio-Renal Syndrome In Patients Hospitalized In The Cardiology Department Of The University Hospital Center Yalgado OUEDRAOGO (CHUYO): Epidemiology, Clinic, Paraclinic And Course's Aspects].

Objective: The objective of this work was to study cardio-renal syndrome in patients hospitalized in the cardiology department of the University Hospital Center Yalgado OUEDRAOGO (CHUYO).

Patients And Methods: This was a retrospective, descriptive study for a period of three years, from 1st January 2010 to 31st December 2012. The study incorporated patients with associated signs of Heart Failure (HF) and Renal Insufficiency (RI).

[Prevalence and factors associated with malnutrition in infants aged 6 to 23 months admitted to paediatric emergencies department at the Yalgado Ouédraogo University Hospital in Burkina Faso].

Introduction: Despite the implementation of various nutritional interventions, access to healthy food in sufficient quantity for the population remain challenging in Burkina Faso. The objective of this study was to assess the nutritional status of infants aged 6-23 months and to identify factors associated with malnutrition.

Patients And Methods: From 1 May to 31th July 2016, we conducted a cross-sectional study at Yalgado Ouedraogo University Hospital paediatric department.

Evaluation of sexual dysfunctions among women living with a partner in Ouagadougou, Burkina.

To study the sexual dysfunctions of women living with a partnerin relationship in the city of Ouagadougou. This was a descriptive, and analytical cross-sectional study collectedwith prospective data collection over the a period of seven (07-) months period from March 1st through November 30th, 2016,. by interviewing It consisted of collecting from 633 women living with a partner in relationship in Ouagadougou data aboutn their sex livfes.

[Varicella (chickenpox) morbidity and mortality in hospital: about 19 cases collected at the Yalgado Ouedraogo University Hospital, Burkina Faso].

Varicella is a viral disease whose cause is poorly known in Burkina Faso. The aim of this study is to describe varicella features in the department of infectious diseases at the Yalgado Ouedraogo University Hospital. We here report a series of 19 cases of patients hospitalized between the 1January 2005 and 31 December 2014.

High folate levels are not associated with increased malaria risk but with reduced anaemia rates in the context of high-dosed folate supplements and intermittent preventive treatment against malaria in pregnancy with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in Benin.

Objectives: To investigate whether high-dosed folate supplements might diminish the efficacy of malaria intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) in a cohort of pregnant women in Benin, where malaria is holoendemic.

Methods: We followed 318 women during the entire pregnancy and analysed haematological and Plasmodium falciparum indicators in the context of an intermittent preventive treatment trial in Benin. During the follow-up, women received two-dose IPTp (1500/75 mg of SP per dose) at the maternity clinic and 600 mg of albendazole, 200 mg ferrous sulphate and 5 mg folic acid per day for home treatment.

Treatment outcome with a short multidrug-resistant tuberculosis regimen in nine African countries.

Setting: Nine countries in West and Central Africa.

Objective: To assess outcomes and adverse drug events of a standardised 9-month treatment regimen for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among patients never previously treated with second-line drugs.

Design: Prospective observational study of MDR-TB patients treated with a standardised 9-month regimen including moxifloxacin, clofazimine, ethambutol (EMB) and pyrazinamide (PZA) throughout, supplemented by kanamycin, prothionamide and high-dose isoniazid during an intensive phase of a minimum of 4 to a maximum of 6 months.

High Iron Levels Are Associated with Increased Malaria Risk in Infants during the First Year of Life in Benin.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 40% of children in low-income countries are anemic. Therefore, iron supplements are recommended by WHO in areas with high anemia rates. However, some studies have set into question the benefits of iron supplementation in malaria-endemic regions.

Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening in Burkina Faso: Needs for Patient and Professional Education.

Cervical cancer is among the leading causes of cancer deaths for women in low-income African countries, such as Burkina Faso. Given that cervical cancer is a preventable disease through early detection and vaccination, this study aimed at understanding the barriers to cervical cancer early detection in Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso. Women seeking screening and treatment for cervical cancer (n = 351) during the period of May-August 2014, at the Yalgado Ouedraogo University Hospital, were interviewed about their knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward cervical cancer.

[Characteristics of the patients "lost to follow-up" and determining factors of loss to follow-up to patients living with HIV at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso].

The objective of this study is to describe the characteristics of the patients "lost to follow-up" and determining factors of lost to follow-up at the patients infected by HIV. This is a descriptive and analytical retrospective study made on patients with or not by HAART, registered in the Day hospital of Ouagadougou. Of 5118 adult patients studied, 402 (7.

[Factors associated with preterm birth in an urban African environment: A case-control study at the University Teaching Hospital of Ouagadougou and Saint Camille Medical Center].

Objective: To study the risk factors associated with preterm delivery in two busy obstetrics centers in Ouagadougou.

Material And Methods: This prospective case-control study included 115 women with preterm deliveries and 230 control patients, or two controls per case, recruited from January through June 2011. The study took place in the maternity and neonatology departments of the University Hospital Center Yalgado-Ouédraogo (UHC-YO) and the Saint-Camille medical center, in the same city.

[Pathologies in internal medicine: concerning Burkina Faso].

Unlabelled: The objective of our study was to determining the epidemiological, diagnosis and evolutionary aspects of pathologies admitted for care in the service of internal medicine between January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2009.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional retrospective and descriptive study was conducted over three years, from the review of medical records of patients admitted to the Department of internal medicine of the Souro Sanou university hospital.

Results: Our study concerned 5362 patients.

[Noma and Burkitt disease; a particular association about three observations seen in the Teaching Hospital Center Yalgado Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)].

Cancrum oris is a gangrenous stomatitis arising from a periodontal infection and leading to severe soft tissue and bone destruction. The pathology involves numerous factors including local thrombosis, vascularitis, necrotizing gingivitis, immunodeficiency, Gram negative and anaerobic infection. It is usually a disease of infants and malnourished children in tropical areas often occurring after a debilitating disease like measles [3].

Antiretroviral treatment and quality of life in Africans living with HIV: 12-month follow-up in Burkina Faso.

Introduction: The scale-up of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has led to a significant improvement in survival of the HIV-positive patient but its effects on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) are less known and context-dependent. Our aim was to assess the temporal changes and factors associated with HRQOL among HIV-positive adults initiating HAART in Burkina Faso.

Methods: HIV-positive people initiating HAART were prospectively included and followed over a one-year period in three HIV clinics of Ouagadougou.

[Aorto-pulmonary fistula found in a 9 year old girl at the Yalgado Ouedraogo University Hospital, Ouagadougou Burkina Faso].

The CS child, aged 9, is evacuated from a health center located 200km away from Ouagadougou (capital of BF) for decompensated heart failure. Clinically we noted a syndrome of congestive heart failure. No obvious cause has been found outside of the advancing age of parents (50 years) and the potential risks of rubella infection.

[Prevalence and factors associated with low back pain among hospital staff in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)].

Objective: The aim of our study was to determine the prevalence, risk factors, associated with low back pain among hospital staff in a developing country.

Patients And Methods: This transversal study was conducted from March 2007 to February 2008 at Yalgado Ouédraogo Teaching Hospital in Ouagadougou (CHU-YO), Burkina Faso.

Results: There were 256 men and 180 women with an average age of 38 +/- 8.