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After adjusting for potentials cofounders, Age, Sex work as main income, years of selling sex, condom use, and alcohol use before sex were found to have a significant effect on HIV infection among sex workers.
these findings highlight the vulnerability of FSWs to HIV infection and the necessity of immediate interventions to strengthen HIV prevention through behavioral change strategies and making available Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for FSWs in Lubumbashi.
these findings highlight the vulnerability of FSWs to HIV infection and the necessity of immediate interventions to strengthen HIV prevention through behavioral change strategies and making available Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for FSWs in Lubumbashi.
risky and hard-to-reach populations like female sex workers (FSW) face a huge burden with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among which is human Papilloma virus (HPV) infection. This study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and preventive practices for HPV infection among FSW in Lagos, Nigeria.
a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among 403 respondents. Verubecestat The sampling units were FSW in brothels in two urban communities of Lagos. A multistage sampling technique was used for selection of respondents. Pre-tested, validated questionnaire was used for data collection. Responses to knowledge, attitude and practice questions were scored graded as poor (<50%) and good (≥50%). Bivariate analysis were carried out using Chi-square, Fisher exact test and student t-test. Logistic regression model was used for multivariate analysis. P-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
the mean age of the respondents was 32.97 ± 8.43. Majority of the respondents were within eness and encourage best preventive practices against HPV.
there is a need for regular health education program on HPV for FSW in order to increase their awareness and encourage best preventive practices against HPV.Bone localization of tuberculosis mainly affects the thoracolumbar spine. The cervical spine is rare. Its diagnosis is often late which exposes to great instability and potentially serious complications. We report the case of a 12-year old girl with no medical history, showing torticollis and high temperature without neurological complication. In the physical examination, he had torticollis and pain in the third, fourth and fifth cervical vertebra. When the biopsy was performed, we find an inter apophysis (between C7 and D1) collection. The histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of apophysis tuberculosis. The management based on tuberculosis chemotherapy and immobilization started as soon as possible.Undifferentiated nasopharyngeal cancer of the cavum (UCNT) is the most frequent neoplasm of the nasopharynx, having a close relationship with exposure to Epstein-Barr virus. It has a high potential for locoregional or distant invasion which are the cause of some treatment failures. The extension to the maxillary sinus is rarely described. We report here the case of a 38-year-old patient with headaches associated with epistaxis, left otalgia and facial pain. Examination by anterior rhinoscopy objectively revealed a polylobed ulcerating mass. Otoscopic examination revealed a left seromucous otitis media. Computed tomography showed a voluminous tumour process in the infra temporal fossa and nasopharynx with significant locoregional extension particularly in the maxillary sinus. Pathological examination revealed an UCNT of the cavum and the patient was classified as T4N2M0. The patient received chemoradiotherapy, with wide irradiation of the cervical lymph node areas. The deep localization of the cancer of the cavum, which is difficult to examine, requires a diagnostic and extension work-up, both endoscopic and radiological, which is an important step in the diagnostic and therapeutic management.Posterior shoulder fracture-dislocation is a rare injury accounting for approximately 0.9% of shoulder fracture-dislocations and often misdiagnosed during the initial presentation to a physician. Though the reverse Hill-Sachs lesion is a common injury associated with posterior shoulder dislocation, the associated scapula fracture represents only 6% of the lesions associated with a posterior dislocation of the shoulder. We report the case of a neglected posterior shoulder dislocation with a reverse Hill-Sachs lesion treated by filling with an autologous graft associated with an extra articular fracture of the scapula fixed by a plate and a posterior bone end-stop because of the posterior instability. After two years of follow-up, the patient has no episode of dislocation and is satisfied with the functional result with a constant score of 68/100 points.Stump appendicitis is a rare etiology of acute lower right quadrant abdominal pain often forgotten in the emergency room (ER). The Mac Burney scar or a previous laparoscopic appendectomy always rule out the eventuality of appendicitis and mislead management. Advanced imaging tools are more than compulsory to help correct the diagnosis. Computed tomography (CT) scan is the option of choice that may be replaced if unavailable by simple ultrasound examination. The treatment is mainly surgical. We report the case of a stump appendicitis occurring 12 years after laparoscopic appendectomy in an 18-year-old girl. The diagnosis was based on consistent clinical signs and conclusive radiological data. A successful completion appendectomy was performed with good outcome.Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) or encephalofacial angiomatosis is a rare neurocutaneous and congenital ocular syndrome. It can cause two malformations congenital facial capillary planar angioma and leptomeningal venous-capillary angioma (most often parieto-occipital homolateral angioma). Neuroimaging, in particular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), plays an important role in the diagnosis, ideally before the occurrence of neuro-ocular complications. We report the case of a child in whom SWS was suspected based on facial angioma and pharmaco-resistant epilepsy.
epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynaecological cancer with a recurrence rate as high as 85% after an initial treatment. However, there are currently no reliable means of predicting the risk of recurrence after first-line treatment. This study investigated the risk factors that predict early recurrence of EOC after primary treatment among women in Lagos, Nigeria.
this was a retrospective cohort study involving the review of all histologically confirmed EOC patients managed at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria over a 7-year period from January 2010 to December 2016. A study proforma was used to retrieve relevant information and descriptive statistics were computed for all data. The associations between variables were tested and multivariate analysis was done to adjust for all the possible characteristics that predict early EOC recurrence.
the rate of recurrence of EOC was 76.4%. Suboptimal debulking surgery is the only independent predictor of early tumour recurrence.
