Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated With Sexual Dysfunction in Malagasy Women With and Without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study in a University Hospital Center, Antananarivo Madagascar.

Background And Aims: Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) remains a very little studied subject in Madagascar, despite the resulting alteration of quality of life. Our study aims to determine the prevalence and risk factors for sexual dysfunction in Malagasy women with and without type 2 diabetes (T2DM).

Methods: This was a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study, carried out in the Endocrinology department of the Joseph Raseta Befelatanana University Hospital Center over a period of 18 months.

Vitamin D Status and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Tertiary-Level Hospital in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Background: Diabetes mellitus is already a major cardiovascular risk factor (CRF). Hypovitaminosis D is common in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). It also increases the cardiovascular risk of these subjects.

An extensive arterial thrombosis with lower limb ischemia in a COVID-19 patient: A case report.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is responsible for huge morbidity and mortality throughout the world. Several serious complications of this disease have been reported. It can cause hypercoagulability, which may lead to venous and arterial thromboembolic diseases.

Prevalence and factors associated with carotid atherosclerosis in a Malagasy population with Type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional retrospective study.

Aim: Our study aims to determine the prevalence and factors associated with carotid atherosclerosis in Malagasy Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods: This was a cross-sectional retrospective study, carried out over a period of 30 months. The diagnosis of carotid atherosclerosis is established by the presence of a carotid plaque increased carotid intima-media thickness ≥1.

Urinary tract infection in diabetics hospitalized in Befelatanana Hospital, Antananarivo: Epidemiological, clinical, biological profiles and risk factors for multidrug-resistant bacterial infection.

Key Clinical Message: The main type of urinary tract infection in hospitalized diabetics in Antananarivo is acute pyelonephritis; is the most isolated uropathogen; imipenem, amikacin, fosfomycin and ceftriaxone are the major antibiotics for which retain good sensitivity; Type 2 diabetes is predictive factor for infection by multidrug resistant bacteria.

Abstract: This study aimed to describe the epidemiological-clinical profiles of diabetics hospitalized for bacterial urinary tract infections in the Endocrinology Department of Befelatanana Hospital, to identify the main bacteria responsible, their antibiotic sensitivity profile and the factors associated with multidrug-resistant bacterial infection. A cross-sectional study was conducted between March 2017 and March 2020 involving all diabetics hospitalized for documented community-acquired bacterial urinary tract infection during this period.

Epidemiological-clinical and paraclinical particularities of acute coronary syndrome without persistent ST-segment elevation in type 2 diabetes mellitus: Retrospective comparative study in a Malagasy population.

Introduction: This study aimed at determining the epidemiological-clinical and paraclinical particularities of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) in Malagasy with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods: This was a retrospective, descriptive and comparative study between patients with and without T2DM, carried out over a period of 38 months. The diagnosis of NSTE-ACS was retained in front of the association of chest discomfort, electrical abnormalities and elevations beyond fivefold the upper reference limit of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin.

Neuromeningeal cryptococcosis in a patient not infected with human immunodeficiency virus and without known risk factors: A case report.

We report a 24-year-old female patient not infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and without other risk factors of immunosuppression, presenting with neuromeningeal cryptococcosis. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis revealed the presence of . The evolution was unfavorable and the patient died even after appropriate antifungal treatment.

Giant compressive emphysema: a rare complication of COVID-19.

Background: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a new ribonucleic acid (RNA) beta-coronavirus, responsible for a worldwide pandemic. Very few cases of SARS-COV-2-related emphysema have been described, except among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The thoracic CT scan is the key examination for the diagnosis and allows to evaluate the severity of the pulmonary involvement.

Clinicoepidemiology of Skin Diseases in Children Seen at the University Hospital Center Morafeno, Toamasina, Madagascar.

Introduction: The child's skin diseases are common and very diverse. Many studies concerning pediatric dermatoses have been carried out in Africa and the rest of the world. Few epidemioclinical data reflect these skin diseases in children, especially in the east coast of Madagascar.

Cytokine Biomarkers Associated with Human Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis Clinical Strains and Symptoms.

The primary site of infection for () is the alveolar macrophages. However, can disseminate into other organs and causes extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). The diagnosis of EPTB is challenging due to relatively inaccessible infectious sites that may be paucibacillary and with clinical symptoms varying by site that are similar to those seen in other diseases.

Evaluation of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Madagascar.

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of the implementation of a commercial rapid molecular diagnostic test (Xpert MTB/RIF) for the routine diagnosis of smear-negative or extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and its diagnostic accuracy, and to assess HIV prevalence in a real-life setting in Madagascar. This study was set in a tertiary care hospital in Madagascar.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted of all consecutive cases with suspected smear-negative and/or extrapulmonary TB over a 2-year period.