La triade bronchectasies, sinusites et situs inversus caractérisent le syndrome de Kartagener. Sa transmission est autosomique récessive. Le cas de cette jeune fille de 19 ans que nous rapportons permet de déterminer la place de l’imagerie dans la démarche diagnostique de cette pathologie. La patie...
Background and Objective: Congenital dislocation of the hip is a malformation of the lower limbs that could be complicated by a disabling physical handicap with long-term psychological and social repercussions if detected late. This study aims to describe the screening for congenital hip dislocation and ...
Background: Different diagnostic tools could improve early detection of coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19). A number of antibody-based serological point-of-care tests have
been developed to supplement real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
(RT-PCR)-based diagnosis. This study describe...
Background: Early diagnosis and confirmation of HIV infection in newborns is crucial for expedited initiation of antiretroviral therapy. Confirmatory testing must be done for all children with a reactive HIV PCR result. There is no comprehensive data on confirmatory testing and HIV PCR test request rejec...
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is considered one of the main public health problems. The effective management of these alterations is based on the early detection of renal lesions. The objective of this study was to evaluate the contribution of the Cystatin C (CysC) assay in the early diagnosis of acute kidne...
The etonogestrel subcutaneous contraceptive implant offers efficacy for three years, but some women remove it earlier than prescribed. This study discusses factors associated with the early removal of these implants at a Pretoria community health centre between 01January 2020 to 30 June 2020.Methods: A c...
