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Fine-needle aspiration for diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis in children in Bangui, Central African Republic Institute of Tropical Medicine
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries. One of the main difficulties is obtaining adequate specimens for bacteriological confirmation of the disease in children.The aim of this study is to evaluate the adequacy of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) for the diagnosis of TB. METHODS: In a prospective study conducted at the paediatric hospital in Bangui in 2007--2009, we used ...
Buruli ulcer, Central African Republic [letter] Institute of Tropical Medicine
Red List of the endemic and subendemic trees of Central African (Democratic Republic of the Congo - Rwanda - Burundi) Meise Botanic Garden
This publication provides a brief introduction to the central African region, its trees and vegetation and the IUCN Red List methods followed. This part is followed by the IUCN Red List evaluations of 347 tree taxa (sub)endemic to Central Africa. Every taxon is illustrated and comes with a distribution map.
When first line treatment of neonatal infection is not enough: blood culture and resistance patterns in neonates requiring second line antibiotic therapy in Bangui, Central African Republic Institute of Tropical Medicine
Background Infectious diseases account for the third most common cause of neonatal deaths. Globally, antibiotic resistance (ABR) has been increasingly challenging neonatal sepsis treatment, with 26 to 84% of gram-negative bacteria resistant to third-generation cephalosporins. In sub-Saharan Africa, limited evidence is available regarding the neonatal microbiology and ABR. To our knowledge, no studies have assessed neonatal bacterial ...
First description of Nodding Syndrome in the Central African Republic University of Antwerp
Author summary Nodding Syndrome (NS) is a form of severe epilepsy that affects children in Africa. Thousands of children have been affected since its first description 60 years ago in East Africa, particularly Tanzania, South Sudan, and Uganda. Its evolution is marked by the appearance of many serious complications such as stunting, wasting, delayed sexual development, and psychiatric illness that can lead to death in some cases. Both the future ...
Treatment of gonorrhoea in males in the Central African Republic with spectinomycin and procaine penicillin Institute of Tropical Medicine
Relatively low primary resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs in Bangui and Bimbo, Central African Republic University of Antwerp
SETTING: The Central African Republic (CAR) is a country with a high burden of tuberculosis (TB). Although its national tuberculosis programme is effective, there is no continuous surveillance system for anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in place. OBJECTIVE: To establish base-line anti-tuberculosis drug resistance data to allow for future monitoring of trends and evolutions. More specifically, we aimed at investigating primary anti-tuberculosis ...
Focus of ongoing onchocerciasis transmission close to Bangui, Central African Republic University of Antwerp
Recently, there were anecdotal reports of a high number of persons with epilepsy, including children with nodding seizures in the Landja Mboko area located about 9 km from the capital city Bangui, Central African Republic. We suspected the area to be endemic for onchocerciasis, and that the alleged increase in the number of epilepsy cases was due to ongoing Onchocerca volvulus transmission. However, ivermectin mass drug distribution (MDA) had ...
No supply without demand: Explaining the absence of the EU Battlegroups in Libya, Mali and the Central African Republic KU Leuven
Although the sad track record of the EU Battlegroups has attracted considerable scholarly attention, analyses have largely focused on obstacles related to the provision of the Battlegroup troops and to the consensus within the EU Council, hence taking a supply-side perspective. This article calls for complementing this perspective with an analysis of the demand for their deployment. That implies analysing whether and why the EU Battlegroups were ...