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Ben Mansour A, Daghfous H, Ben Saad S, Slim A, Bellali H, Tritar F. Drug related severe anaphylaxis investigation: A Tunisian retrospective study. Revue Française d'Allergologie 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.reval.2023.103309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Yacoub A, Ayadi A, Ayed W, Ayari S, Chebbi S, Magroun I, Ben Afia L, Mersni M, Mechergui N, Brahim D, Ben Said H, Bahri G, Youssef I, Ladhari N, Mziou N, Grassa A, M'rad M, Khessairi N, Krir A, Chihaoui M, Mahjoub S, Bahlous A, Jridi M, Cherif Y, Derbal S, Chebbi D, Hentati O, Ben Dahmen F, Abdallah M, Hamdi I, Sahli F, Ouerdani Y, Mnekbi Y, Abaza H, Ajmi M, Guedria A, Randaline A, Ben Abid H, Gaddour N, Maatouk A, Zemni I, Gara A, Kacem M, Maatouk I, Ben Fredj M, Abroug H, Ben Nasrallah C, Dhouib W, Bouanene I, Sriha A, Mahmoudi M, Gharbi G, Khsiba A, Azouz M, Ben Mohamed A, Yakoubi M, Medhioub M, Hamzaoui L, Azouz M, Ben Attig Y, Hamdi S, Essid R, Ben Jemia E, Rezgui B, Boudaya MS, Hassine H, Dabbabi H, Fradi Y, Cherif D, Lassoued I, Yacoub H, Kchir H, Maamouri N, Khairi W, Ben Ammar H, Abaza H, Chelbi E, Merhaben S, Neffati W, Ajmi M, Tarchalla S, Boughzala S, Gazzeh M, Gara S, Labidi A, Touati H, Nefzi AM, Ben Mustpha N, Fekih M, Serghini M, Boubaker J, Zouiten L, Driss A, Meddeb N, Driss I, Walha S, Ben Said H, Bel Hadj Mabrouk E, Zaimi Y, Mensi A, Trad N, Ayadi S, Said Y, Mouelhi L, Dabbèche R, Belfkih H, Bani M, Moussa A, Souissi S, Trabelsi Werchfeni B, Chelly S, Ezzi O, Ammar A, Besbes M, Njah M, Mahjoub M, Ghali H, Neffati A, Bhiri S, Bannour R, Ayadi S, Khouya FE, Kamel A, Hariz E, Aidani S, Kefacha S, Ben Cheikh A, Said H, Dogui S, Atig A, Gara A, Ezzar S, Ben Fradj M, Bouanène I, M'kadmi H, Farhati M, Dakhli N, Nalouti K, Chanoufi MB, Abouda SH, Louati C, Zaaimi Y, Dabbeche R, Hermi A, Saadi A, Mokaddem S, Boussaffa H, Bellali M, Zaghbib S, Ayed H, Bouzouita A, Derouiche A, Allouche M, Chakroun M, Ben Slama R, Gannoun N, Kacem I, Tlili G, Kahloul M, Belhadj Chabbah N, Douma F, Bouhoula M, Chouchene A, Aloui A, Maoua M, Brahem A, Kalboussi H, El Maalel O, Chatti S, Jaidane M, Naija W, Mrizek N, Sellami I, Feki A, Hrairi A, Kotti N, Baklouti S, Jmal Hammami K, Masmoudi ML, Hajjaji M, Naaroura A, Ben Amar J, Ouertani H, Ben Moussa O, Zaibi H, Aouina H, Ben Jemaa S, Gassara Z, Ezzeddine M, Kallel MH, Fourati H, Akrout R, Kallel H, Ayari M, Chehaider A, Souli F, Abdelaali I, Ziedi H, Boughzala C, Haouari W, Chelli M, Soltani M, Trabelsi H, Sahli H, Hamdaoui R, Masmoudi Y, Halouani A, Triki A, Ben Amor A, Makni C, Eloillaf M, Riahi S, Tlili R, Jmal L, Belhaj Ammar L, Nsibi S, Jmal A, Boukhzar R, Somai M, Daoud F, Rachdi I, Ben Dhaou B, Aydi Z, Boussema F, Frikha H, Hammami R, Ben Cheikh S, Chourabi S, Bokri E, Elloumi D, Hasni N, Hamza S, Berriche O, Dalhoum M, Jamoussi H, Kallel L, Mtira A, Sghaier Z, Ghezal MA, Fitouri S, Rhimi S, Omri N, Rouiss S, Soua A, Ben Slimene D, Mjendel I, Ferchichi I, Zmerli R, Belhadj Mabrouk E, Debbeche R, Makhloufi M, Chouchane A, Sridi C, Chelly F, Gaddour A, Kacem I, Chatti S, Mrizak N, Elloumi H, Debbabi H, Ben Azouz S, Marouani R, Cheikh I, Ben Said M, Kallel M, Amdouni A, Rejaibi N, Aouadi L, Zaouche K, Khouya FE, Aidani S, Khefacha S, Jelleli N, Sakly A, Zakhama W, Binous MY, Ben Said H, Bouallegue E, Jemmali S, Abcha S, Wahab H, Hmida A, Mabrouk I, Mabrouk M, Elleuch M, Mrad M, Ben Safta N, Medhioub A, Ghanem M, Boughoula K, Ben Slimane B, Ben Abdallah H, Bouali R, Bizid S, Abdelli MN, Ben Nejma Y, Bellakhal S, Antit S, Bourguiba R, Zakhama L, Douggui MH, Bahloul E, Dhouib F, Turki H, Sabbah M, Baghdadi S, Trad D, Bellil N, Bibani N, Elloumi H, Gargouri D, Ben Said M, Hamdaoui R, Chokri R, Kacem M, Ben Rejeb M, Miladi A, Kooli J, Touati S, Trabelsi S, Klila M, Rejeb H, Kammoun H, Akrout I, Greb D, Ben Abdelghaffar H, Hassene H, Fekih L, Smadhi H, Megdiche MA, Ksouri J, Kasdalli H, Hayder A, Gattoussi M, Chérif L, Ben Saida F, Gueldich M, Ben Jemaa H, Dammak A, Frikha I, Saidani A, Ben Amar J, Aissi W, Chatti AB, Naceur I, Ben Achour T, Said F, Khanfir M, Lamloum M, Ben Ghorbel I, Houman M, Cherif T, Ben Mansour A, Daghfous H, Slim A, Ben Saad S, Tritar F, Naffeti W, Abdellatif J, Ben Fredj M, Selmi M, Kbir GH, Maatouk M, Jedidi L, Taamallah F, Ben Moussa M, Halouani L, Rejeb S, Khalffalah N, Ben Ammar J, Hedhli S, Azouz MM, Chatti S, Athimni Z, Bouhoula M, Elmaalel O, Mrizak N, Maalej M, Kammoun R, Gargouri F, Sallemi S, Haddar A, Masmoudi K, Oussaifi A, Sahli A, Bhouri M, Hmaissi R, Friha M, Cherif H, Baya C, Triki M, Yangui F, Charfi MR, Ben Hamida HY, Karoui S, Aouini F, Hajlaoui A, Jlassi H, Sabbah M, Fendri MN, Kammoun N, Fehri S, Nouagui H, Harzalli A, Snène H, Belakhal S, Ben Hassine L, Labbene I, Jouini M, Kalboussi S, Ayedi Y, Harizi C, Skhiri A, Fakhfakh R, Jelleli B, Belkahla A, Fejjeri M, Zeddini M, Mahjoub S, Nouira M, Frih N, Debiche S, Blibech H, Belhaj S, Mehiri N, Ben Salah N, Louzir B, Kooli J, Bahri R, Chaka A, Abdenneji S, Majdoub Fehri S, Hammadi J, Dorgham D, Hriz N, Kwas H, Issaoui N, Jaafoura S, Bellali H, Shimi M, Belhaj Mabrouk E, Sellami R, Ketata I, Medi W, Mahjoub M, Ben Yacoub S, Ben Chaabene A, Touil E, Ben Ayed H, Ben Miled S, El Zine E, Khouni H, Ben Kadhi S, Maatoug J, Boulma R, Rezgui R, Boudokhane M, Jomni T, Chamekh S, Aissa S, Touhiri E, Jlaiel N, Oueslati B, Maaroufi N, Aouadi S, Belkhir S, Daghfous H, Merhaben S, Dhaouadi N, Ounaes Y, Chaker K, Yaich S, Marrak M, Bibi M, Mrad Dali K, Sellami A, Nouira Y, Sellami S, Anane I, Trabelsi H, Ennaifer R, Benzarti Z, Bouchabou B, Hemdani N, Nakhli A, Cherif Y, Abdelkef M, Derbel K, Barkous B, Yahiaoui A, Sayhi A, Guezguez F, Rouatbi S, Racil H, Ksouri C, Znegui T, Maazaoui S, Touil A, Habibech S, Chaouech N, Ben Hmid O, Ismail S, Chouaieb H, Chatti M, Guediri N, Belhadj Mohamed M, Bennasrallah C, Bouzid Y, Zaouali F, Toumia M, El Khemiri N, El Khemiri A, Sfar H, Farhati S, Ben Chehida F, Yamoun R, Braham N, Hamdi Y, Ben Mansour A, Mtir M, Ayari M, Toumia M, Rouis S, Sakly H, Nakhli R, Ben Garouia H, Chebil D, Hannachi H, Merzougui L, Samet S, Hrairi A, Mnif I, Hentati O, Bouzgarrou L, Souissi D, Boujdaria R, Kadoussi R, Rejeb H, Ben Limem I, Ben Salah I, Greb D, Ben Abdelghaffar H, Smadhi H, Laatiri H, Manoubi SA, Gharbaoui M, Hmandi O, Zhioua M, Taboubi F, Hamza Y, Hannach W, Jaziri H, Gharbi R, Hammami A, Dahmani W, Ben Ameur W, Ksiaa M, Ben Slama A, Brahem A, Elleuch N, Jmaa A, Kort I, Jlass S, Benabderrahim S, Turki E, Belhaj A, Kebsi D, Ben Khelil M, Rmadi N, Gamaoun H, Alaya Youzbechi F, Brahim T, Boujnah S, Abid N, Gader N, Kalboussi S, Ben Sassi S, Loukil M, Ghrairi H, Ben Said N, Mrad O, Ferjaoui M, Hedhli L, Ben Kaab B, Berriche A, Charfi R, Mourali O, Smichi I, Bel Haj Kacem L, Ksentini M, Aloui R, Ferchichi L, Nasraoui H, Maoua M, Chérif F, Belil Y, Ayed MA, Alloulou Y, Belhadj S, Daghfous J, Mehiri N, Louzir B, Abbes A, Ghrab A, Chermiti A, Akacha A, Mejri O, Debbiche A, Yahiaoui C, Binous M, Tissaoui A, Mekni K, El Fekih C, Said MA, Chtioui S, Mestiri S, Smaoui H, Ben Hamida S, Haddar A, Mrizek N, Gares N, Zaibi A, Bouazizi N, Gallas S, Lachhab A, Belhadj M, Hadj Salem N, Garrouch A, Mezgar Z, Khrouf M, Abbassi H, Souissi D, Hamra I, Ben Mustapha N, Abessi I, Boubaker F, Bouchareb S, ElOmma Mrabet H, Touil I, Boussoffara L, Knani J, Boudawara N, Alaya W, Sfar MH, Fekih S, Snène H, Boudawara N, Gargouri I, Benzarti W, Knaz A, Abdelghani A, Aissa S, Hayouni A, Mejri I, Kacem M, Mhamdi S, Daboussi S, Aichaouia C, Moatemri Z, Chaachou A, Fsili R, Ben Ghezala H, Ben Jazia A, Brahmi N. 2022 TUNISIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS OF MEDICINE ABSTRACTS. Tunis Med 2023; 101:62-64. [PMID: 37682263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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Hedhli A, Slim A, Mjid M, Ouachi Y, Kacem M, Cheikh Rouhou S, Merai S, Toujani S, Dhahri B. [Nutritional status and dietary intake in patients with chonic obstructive pulmonary disease]. Rev Mal Respir 2021; 38:689-697. [PMID: 34092448 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2021.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Undernutrition is a predictor of mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The objectives of our study were to assess nutritional intake in COPD and to study its relationship with disease severity. METHODS A cross-sectional study that included 66 patients followed for COPD. Patients included had a body composition study and a respiratory and nutritional assessment. RESULTS The mean age of the population was 66±9 years. The lean body mass index (LMI) was reduced in 26.1% of patients. It was significantly associated with the GOLD group (P=0.04) and significantly correlated with the forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) (P=0.02) and the distance covered during the six-minute walk test (TM6) (P=0.01). A significant difference was found between the caloric intakes and the different GOLD groups (P=0.04). Mean intakes of calories (P=0.002; r=0.07), protein (P=0.01; r=0.16), carbohydrates (P=0.02; r=0.2) and iron (P=0.01; r=0.13) were significantly correlated with the TM6 results. Caloric intake was significantly correlated with LMI (P=0.01; r=0.16), body mass index (P=0.04; r=0.12), FEV1 (P=0.04; r=-0.12) and GOLD stage (0.002). Similarly, protein intake was significantly correlated with LMI (P=0.001; r=0.11), body mass index (P=0.02; r=0.16), FEV1(%) (P=0.001; r=-0.16) and GOLD stage (P=0.002). CONCLUSION Undernutrition in COPD is caused by decreased food intake and increased resting energy expenditure. Adequate intakes of glucose, protein, fibers, vitamins and zinc are associated with improved ventilatory function.
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- A Hedhli
- Service de pneumologie, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, CHU la Rabta, rue Jbel Lakhdar La Rabta, LR18SP02, 1007 Tunis, Tunisie
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- Service de pneumologie, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, CHU la Rabta, rue Jbel Lakhdar La Rabta, LR18SP02, 1007 Tunis, Tunisie.
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- Service de pneumologie, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, CHU la Rabta, rue Jbel Lakhdar La Rabta, LR18SP02, 1007 Tunis, Tunisie
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- Service de pneumologie, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, CHU la Rabta, rue Jbel Lakhdar La Rabta, LR18SP02, 1007 Tunis, Tunisie
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- Service de pneumologie, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, CHU la Rabta, rue Jbel Lakhdar La Rabta, LR18SP02, 1007 Tunis, Tunisie
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- Service de pneumologie, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, CHU la Rabta, rue Jbel Lakhdar La Rabta, LR18SP02, 1007 Tunis, Tunisie
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- Service de pneumologie, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, CHU la Rabta, rue Jbel Lakhdar La Rabta, LR18SP02, 1007 Tunis, Tunisie
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- Service de pneumologie, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, CHU la Rabta, rue Jbel Lakhdar La Rabta, LR18SP02, 1007 Tunis, Tunisie
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- Service de pneumologie, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, CHU la Rabta, rue Jbel Lakhdar La Rabta, LR18SP02, 1007 Tunis, Tunisie
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Slim A, Hedhli A, Ouahchi Y, Toujani S, Cheikh Rouhou S, Hadj Taeib S, Mjid M, Merai S, Feki M. [Testosterone and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]. Rev Mal Respir 2020; 37:790-799. [PMID: 33067077 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2020.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Testosterone level has been shown to be associated with respiratory function and loss of lean body mass in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between testosterone level and functional respiratory parameters during COPD. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study that included 95 male patients with stable COPD. Functional tests (body plethysmography, six-minute walk test (6MWT), arterial blood gas) were performed in all patients and serum levels of testosterone, prolactin, FSH, LH and C-reactive protein were determined. Lean body mass was measured using bioelectric impedance. RESULTS The average age was 63.78±8.90years. COPD was classified as stage 3 in 38% of cases and stage 4 in 11% of cases, group C in 10% of cases and group D in 18% of cases. The average testosterone was 20.87±8.60nmol/L. A significant positive correlation was found between FEV1 (P=0.005), FVC (P=0.005), FEV1/FVC ratio (P=0.001), lean mass index (P=0.021), and testosterone. However, testosterone was not correlated with 6MWT or blood gas parameters. Similarly, it was not correlated with FSH, LH, prolactin and C-reactive protein. CONCLUSION This study found that serum testosterone level was associated with lung function and lean mass during COPD. Further investigations are required to better evaluate the relationship between COPD and serum testosterone levels and the effect of androgen substitution in lung function.
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- A Slim
- Service de pneumologie CHU la Rabta, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, LR18SP02, code postal : 1007, rue Jbel Lakhdar, La Rabta Jebbari, Tunis, Tunisie.
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- Service de pneumologie CHU la Rabta, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, LR18SP02, code postal : 1007, rue Jbel Lakhdar, La Rabta Jebbari, Tunis, Tunisie
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- Service de pneumologie CHU la Rabta, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, LR18SP02, code postal : 1007, rue Jbel Lakhdar, La Rabta Jebbari, Tunis, Tunisie
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- Service de pneumologie CHU la Rabta, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, LR18SP02, code postal : 1007, rue Jbel Lakhdar, La Rabta Jebbari, Tunis, Tunisie
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- Service de pneumologie CHU la Rabta, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, LR18SP02, code postal : 1007, rue Jbel Lakhdar, La Rabta Jebbari, Tunis, Tunisie
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- Service de pneumologie CHU la Rabta, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, LR18SP02, code postal : 1007, rue Jbel Lakhdar, La Rabta Jebbari, Tunis, Tunisie
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- Service de pneumologie CHU la Rabta, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, LR18SP02, code postal : 1007, rue Jbel Lakhdar, La Rabta Jebbari, Tunis, Tunisie
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- Service de pneumologie CHU la Rabta, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, LR18SP02, code postal : 1007, rue Jbel Lakhdar, La Rabta Jebbari, Tunis, Tunisie
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- Service de pneumologie CHU la Rabta, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, LR18SP02, code postal : 1007, rue Jbel Lakhdar, La Rabta Jebbari, Tunis, Tunisie
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Viganò L, Cimino M, Aldrighetti L, Ferrero A, Cillo U, Guglielmi A, Ettorre GM, Giuliante F, Dalla Valle R, Mazzaferro V, Jovine E, De Carlis L, Calise F, Torzilli G, Ratti F, Gringeri E, Russolillo N, Levi Sandri GB, Ardito F, Boggi U, Gruttadauria S, Di Benedetto F, Rossi GE, Berti S, Ceccarelli G, Vincenti L, Belli G, Zamboni F, Coratti A, Mezzatesta P, Santambrogio R, Navarra G, Giuliani A, Pinna AD, Parisi A, Colledan M, Slim A, Antonucci A, Grazi GL, Frena A, Sgroi G, Brolese A, Morelli L, Floridi A, Patriti A, Veneroni L, Boni L, Maida P, Griseri G, Filauro M, Guerriero S, Tisone G, Romito R, Tedeschi U, Zimmitti G. Multicentre evaluation of case volume in minimally invasive hepatectomy. Br J Surg 2019; 107:443-451. [PMID: 32167174 DOI: 10.1002/bjs.11369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Revised: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Background
Surgical outcomes may be associated with hospital volume and the influence of volume on minimally invasive liver surgery (MILS) is not known.
Methods
Patients entered into the prospective registry of the Italian Group of MILS from 2014 to 2018 were considered. Only centres with an accrual period of at least 12 months and stable MILS activity during the enrolment period were included. Case volume was defined by the mean number of minimally invasive liver resections performed per month (MILS/month).
Results
A total of 2225 MILS operations were undertaken by 46 centres; nine centres performed more than two MILS/month (1376 patients) and 37 centres carried out two or fewer MILS/month (849 patients). The proportion of resections of anterolateral segments decreased with case volume, whereas that of major hepatectomies increased. Left lateral sectionectomies and resections of anterolateral segments had similar outcome in the two groups. Resections of posterosuperior segments and major hepatectomies had higher overall and severe morbidity rates in centres performing two or fewer MILS/month than in those undertaking a larger number (posterosuperior segments resections: overall morbidity 30·4 versus 18·7 per cent respectively, and severe morbidity 9·9 versus 4·0 per cent; left hepatectomy: 46 versus 22 per cent, and 19 versus 5 per cent; right hepatectomy: 42 versus 34 per cent, and 25 versus 15 per cent).
Conclusion
A volume–outcome association existed for minimally invasive hepatectomy. Complex and major resections may be best managed in high-volume centres.
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- L Viganò
- Department of Hepatobiliary and General Surgery, Humanitas Clinical and Research Centre, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Italy
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and General Surgery, Humanitas Clinical and Research Centre, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Digestive and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Hepato-Biliary and Liver Transplantation Unit, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Division of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, G.B. Rossi University Hospital, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, San Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, A. Gemelli Hospital, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Pinetagrande Hospital, Castelvolturno, Italy
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and General Surgery, Humanitas Clinical and Research Centre, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Italy
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- Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan
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- Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria (AOU) Pisana, Pisa
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- Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione, Palermo
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- Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan
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- Ospedale Civile S. Andrea, La Spezia
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- Ospedale Santa Maria di Loreto Nuovo, Naples
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- Policlinico Sant'Orsola Malpighi, Bologne
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- AO Desio e Vimercate, Vimercate
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- Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena, Rome
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- AO Treviglio-Caravaggio, Treviglio
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- Ospedale San Matteo degli Infermi, Spoleto
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- AOU Fondazione Macchi, Varese
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- Ospedale Villa Betania, Naples
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- AOU Maggiore della Carità, Novara
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Slim A, Bachouch I, Belloumi N, Ammari S, Chermiti F, Fenniche S. Les facteurs prédictifs de la fréquence et de la sévérité des exacerbations aiguës au cours des dilatations des bronches. Rev Mal Respir 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2018.10.313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Slim A, Hedhli A, Toujani S, Teboubi A, Cheikh Rouhou S, Ouahchi Y, Mjid M, Merai S. Les facteurs associés à une durée d’hospitalisation prolongée chez les patients admis pour exacerbation d’asthme. Rev Mal Respir 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2018.10.393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Hedhli A, Slim A, Cheikh Rouhou S, Toujeni S, Teboubi A, Ouahchi Y, Mjid M, Merai S. Relation entre le statut nutritionnel et les capacités à l’exercice au cours de la bronchopneumopathie chronique obstructive. Rev Mal Respir 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2018.10.230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Slim A, Hedhli A, Mjid M, Cheikh Rouhou S, Teboubi A, Ouahchi Y, Toujeni S, Merai S. Évaluation de l’impact de la distension thoracique sur les paramètres cliniques et fonctionnels et son lien avec l’inflammation systémique au cours de la bronchopneumopathie chronique obstructive. Rev Mal Respir 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2018.10.228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Mesrati I, Saidani M, Jemili M, Ferjeni S, Slim A, Boubaker IBB. Virulence determinants, biofilm production and antimicrobial susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus causing device-associated infections in a Tunisian hospital. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2018; 52:922-929. [PMID: 29775684 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2018.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2017] [Revised: 04/22/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Staphylococcus aureus is a clinically relevant pathogen that causes device-related infections (DRI) driven by several virulence factors. This study characterized S. aureus isolates involved in DRI in Tunisian patients. Forty consecutive S. aureus strains causing DRI and 47 randomly selected S. aureus strains causing non-device-related infections (NDRI) were collected. All strains were screened phenotypically for antibiotic susceptibility and biofilm forming ability. They were investigated for accessory gene regulator (agr) types, biofilm encoding genes (icaADBC), adhesins, leukotoxins, toxic shock toxin, enterotoxins and exotoxins encoding genes by polymerase chain reaction. Meticillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains were further characterized by staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) typing. MRSA rates among DRI and NDRI isolates were 23% and 49% (P=0.02), respectively. The DRI isolates formed biofilm more frequently (n=32) than the NDRI isolates (n=28) (P=0.04), with predominance of the moderate biofilm producer category (P=0.027). All biofilm-positive isolates except four harboured icaADBC genes. A significant difference was observed between DRI and NDRI isolates for fnbA (53-77%), spa (45-26%), sdrD (80-55%) and sen (33-11%) genes. DRI strains were agrI (48%) and agrII (30%) types, whereas NDRI strains were agrI (36%) and agrIII (43%) types. SCCmec type IV was carried by 50% of MRSA isolates. This study highlights the virulence potential displayed by S. aureus isolated from DRI in comparison with NDRI.
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- I Mesrati
- University of Tunis El Manar, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, LR99ES09 Research Laboratory of Antimicrobial Resistance, Tunis, Tunisia.
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- University of Tunis El Manar, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, LR99ES09 Research Laboratory of Antimicrobial Resistance, Tunis, Tunisia; Charles Nicolle Hospital, Laboratory of Microbiology, Tunis, Tunisia
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- University of Tunis El Manar, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, LR99ES09 Research Laboratory of Antimicrobial Resistance, Tunis, Tunisia
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- University of Tunis El Manar, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, LR99ES09 Research Laboratory of Antimicrobial Resistance, Tunis, Tunisia
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- University of Tunis El Manar, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, LR99ES09 Research Laboratory of Antimicrobial Resistance, Tunis, Tunisia; Charles Nicolle Hospital, Laboratory of Microbiology, Tunis, Tunisia
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- University of Tunis El Manar, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, LR99ES09 Research Laboratory of Antimicrobial Resistance, Tunis, Tunisia; Charles Nicolle Hospital, Laboratory of Microbiology, Tunis, Tunisia
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Hedhli A, Loued L, Mjid M, Mbarek N, Cheikh Rouhou S, Slim A, Ouahchi Y, Cherif J, Beji M, Toujani S. Relation entre la charge bacillaire et le profil radiologique et biologique dans la tuberculose pulmonaire. Rev Mal Respir 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2017.10.375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hedhli A, Slim A, Mjid M, Cheikhrouhou S, Mbarek N, Loued L, Ouahchi Y, Cherif J, Beji M, Toujeni S. Profil radioclinique et évolutif d’aspergillomes pulmonaires. Rev Mal Respir 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2017.10.552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Hedhli A, Mjid M, Mbarek N, Loued L, Cheikhrouhou S, Slim A, Ouahchi Y, Cherif J, Beji M, Toujeni S. Association tuberculose pulmonaire active et cancer bronchopulmonaire. Rev Mal Respir 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2017.10.408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Chlif S, Aissi W, Bettaieb J, Kharroubi G, Nouira M, Yazidi R, El Moussi A, Maazaoui L, Slim A, Salah AB. Modelling of seasonal influenza and estimation of the burden in Tunisia. East Mediterr Health J 2016; 22:460-467. [PMID: 27714740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The burden of influenza was estimated from surveillance data in Tunisia using epidemiological parameters of transmission with WHO classical tools and mathematical modelling. The incidence rates of influenza-associated influenza-like illness (ILI) per 100 000 were 18 735 in 2012/2013 season; 5536 in 2013/14 and 12 602 in 2014/15. The estimated proportions of influenza-associated ILI in the total outpatient load were 3.16%; 0.86% and 1.98% in the 3 seasons respectively. Distribution of influenza viruses among positive patients was: A(H3N2) 15.5%; A(H1N1)pdm2009 39.2%; and B virus 45.3% in 2014/2015 season. From the estimated numbers of symptomatic cases, we estimated that the critical proportions of the population that should be vaccinated were 15%, 4% and 10% respectively. Running the model for the different values of R0, we quantified the number of symptomatic clinical cases, the clinical attack rates, the symptomatic clinical attack rates and the number of deaths. More realistic versions of this model and improved estimates of parameters from surveillance data will strengthen the estimation of the burden of influenza.
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- S Chlif
- Laboratory of Medical Epidemiology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; Joint author
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- Laboratory of Medical Epidemiology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia; Joint author
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- Laboratory of Medical Epidemiology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Medical Epidemiology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Medical Epidemiology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Medical Epidemiology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Virology Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, National Influenza Centre, Charles Nicolle's Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Primary Health Care Directorate, Minisstry of Public Health of Tunisia, Tunis, Tunisia. Additional
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- Virology Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, National Influenza Centre, Charles Nicolle's Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Medical Epidemiology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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Chlif S, Aissi W, Bettaieb J, Kharroubi G, Nouira M, Yazidi R, El Moussi A, Maazaoui L, Slim A, Ben Salah A, Influenza Surveillance Group in Tunisia. Modelling of seasonal influenza and estimation of the burden in Tunisia. East Mediterr Health J 2016. [DOI: 10.26719/2016.22.7.459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Maamar E, Hammami S, Ferjani S, Hamzaoui Z, Jlizi A, Saidani M, Slim A, Boubaker IBB. Molecular characterization of extended spectrum β-lactamases, ampccephalosporinases and carbapenemases in klebsiellapneumoniae causing bacteremia at charles nicolle Hospital of Tunisia. Acta Med Int 2016. [DOI: 10.5530/ami.2016.2.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Angelico M, Nardi A, Romagnoli R, Marianelli T, Corradini SG, Tandoi F, Gavrila C, Salizzoni M, Pinna AD, Cillo U, Gridelli B, De Carlis LG, Colledan M, Gerunda GE, Costa AN, Strazzabosco M, Cillo U, Fagiuoli S, Strazzabosco M, Caraceni P, Toniutto P, Nanni Costa A, Salizzoni TM, Romagnoli R, Bertolotti G, Patrono D, De Carlis L, Slim A, Mangoni J, Rossi G, Caccamo L, Antonelli B, Mazzaferro V, Regalia E, Sposito C, Colledan M, Corno V, Tagliabue F, Marin S, Cillo U, Vitale A, Gringeri E, Donataccio M, Donataccio D, Baccarani U, Lorenzin D, Bitetto D, Valente U, Gelli M, Cupo P, Gerunda G, Rompianesi G, Pinna A, Grazi G, Cucchetti A, Zanfi C, Risaliti A, Faraci M, Tisone G, Anselmo A, Lenci I, Sforza D, Agnes S, Di Mugno M, Avolio A, Ettorre G, Miglioresi L, Vennarecci G, Berloco P, Rossi M, Ginanni Corradini S, Molinaro A, Calise F, Scuderi V, Cuomo O, Migliaccio C, Lupo L, Notarnicola G, Gridelli B, Volpes R, Li Petri S, Zamboni F, Carbotta G, Dedola S, Nardi A, Marianelli T, Gavrila C, Ricci A, Vespasiano F. A Bayesian methodology to improve prediction of early graft loss after liver transplantation derived from the liver match study. Dig Liver Dis 2014; 46:340-7. [PMID: 24411484 DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2013.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2013] [Revised: 11/07/2013] [Accepted: 11/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND To generate a robust predictive model of Early (3 months) Graft Loss after liver transplantation, we used a Bayesian approach to combine evidence from a prospective European cohort (Liver-Match) and the United Network for Organ Sharing registry. METHODS Liver-Match included 1480 consecutive primary liver transplants performed from 2007 to 2009 and the United Network for Organ Sharing a time-matched series of 9740 transplants. There were 173 and 706 Early Graft Loss, respectively. Multivariate analysis identified as significant predictors of Early Graft Loss: donor age, donation after cardiac death, cold ischaemia time, donor body mass index and height, recipient creatinine, bilirubin, disease aetiology, prior upper abdominal surgery and portal thrombosis. RESULTS A Bayesian Cox model was fitted to Liver-Match data using the United Network for Organ Sharing findings as prior information, allowing to generate an Early Graft Loss-Donor Risk Index and an Early Graft Loss-Recipient Risk Index. A Donor-Recipient Allocation Model, obtained by adding Early Graft Loss-Donor Risk Index to Early Graft Loss-Recipient Risk Index, was then validated in a distinct United Network for Organ Sharing (year 2010) cohort including 2964 transplants. Donor-Recipient Allocation Model updating using the independent Turin Transplant Centre dataset, allowed to predict Early Graft Loss with good accuracy (c-statistic: 0.76). CONCLUSION Donor-Recipient Allocation Model allows a reliable donor and recipient-based Early Graft Loss prediction. The Bayesian approach permits to adapt the original Donor-Recipient Allocation Model by incorporating evidence from other cohorts, resulting in significantly improved predictive capability.
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- Mario Angelico
- Liver Unit, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy; Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF), Italian National Transplant Centre (CNT) and Italian Liver Transplant Centres, Italy
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- Liver Transplant Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Italy; Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF), Italian National Transplant Centre (CNT) and Italian Liver Transplant Centres, Italy.
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- Liver Unit, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy; Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF), Italian National Transplant Centre (CNT) and Italian Liver Transplant Centres, Italy
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- Gastroenterology Unit, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy; Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF), Italian National Transplant Centre (CNT) and Italian Liver Transplant Centres, Italy
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- Liver Transplant Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Italy
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- Department of Mathematics, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
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- Liver Transplant Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Italy
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- Liver Transplant Unit, Università of Padua, Italy; Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF), Italian National Transplant Centre (CNT) and Italian Liver Transplant Centres, Italy
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- Digestive Disease Section, University of Milan Bicocca, Milan, Italy; Yale University Liver Centre, New Haven, USA; Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF), Italian National Transplant Centre (CNT) and Italian Liver Transplant Centres, Italy
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Mhiri L, Boyer B, Goudard M, Mazeron MC, Leruez-Ville M, Slim A, Alain S. [Large diversity of routine methods used for monitoring human cytomegalovirus infections in France]. Pathol Biol (Paris) 2012; 60:352-356. [PMID: 21996434 DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2011.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2011] [Accepted: 08/31/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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UNLABELLED Monitoring cytomegalovirus circulating viral load is an important parameter of the follow-up in immunocompromised patients. It can be measured either by DNAemia or by pp65 antigenemia. The French national reference center for cytomegaloviruses organized an investigation of practice in 37 teacher hospital virology laboratories to assess the situation in France in 2010. METHODS A questionnaire was sent to collect following information: method used in routine for monitoring of circulating viral load of CMV, assay used, sample matrix and extraction method. RESULTS Thirty-six over thirty-seven laboratories filled the questionnaire. Among these, 67% used the quantitative PCR in routine, 11% antigenemia and 22% antigenemia or quantitative PCR; 87% of the laboratories use whole blood for quantitative PCR, whereas 10% and 3% use plasma and leukocytes respectively. Among the laboratories using DNAemia, 100% used real-time PCR assays, 91% use an automated extraction and 9% a manual extraction. CONCLUSION Thus in France, measurement of DNAemia by real-time PCR is a tool, which gradually replaces the antigenemia for the monitoring of cytomegalovirus infection among immunocompromised patients. The very great diversity of the methods used justifies the installation of a national quality control on total blood, matrix used by 87% of the laboratories.
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- L Mhiri
- Service de bactériologie-virologie-hygiène, Centre national de référence des cytomégalovirus, laboratoire de virologie, CHU Limoges, 2 avenue Martin Luther King, Limoges, France
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Saïdani M, Hammami S, Kammoun A, Slim A, Boutiba-Ben Boubaker I. Emergence of carbapenem-resistant OXA-48 carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Tunisia. J Med Microbiol 2012; 61:1746-1749. [DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.045229-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- M. Saïdani
- Laboratoire de Bactériologie Virologie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Boulevard 9 Avril, 1006, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie Virologie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Boulevard 9 Avril, 1006, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie Virologie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Boulevard 9 Avril, 1006, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie Virologie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Boulevard 9 Avril, 1006, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie Virologie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Boulevard 9 Avril, 1006, Tunis, Tunisia
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Hraoui M, Boutiba-Ben Boubaker I, Rachdi M, Slim A, Ben Redjeb S. Macrolide and tetracycline resistance in clinical strains of Streptococcus agalactiae isolated in Tunisia. J Med Microbiol 2012; 61:1109-1113. [PMID: 22538994 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.037853-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Between 2007 and 2009, 226 clinical strains of Streptococcus agalactiae, recovered from female genital specimens and from gastric fluid or ear specimens from infected newborns, were isolated at the Laboratory of Microbiology of Charles Nicolle Hospital of Tunis. They were investigated to determine the prevalence of antibiotic resistance and to characterize the mechanisms of resistance to macrolide and tetracycline. All strains were susceptible to penicillin, ampicillin and quinupristin-dalfopristin. They were resistant to chloramphenicol (3.1%), rifampicin (19.1%), erythromycin (40%) and tetracycline (97.3%); 3.1% were highly resistant to streptomycin and 1.3% to gentamicin. Among the erythromycin-resistant isolates, 78.7% showed a constitutive macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (MLS(B)) phenotype with high-level resistance to macrolides and clindamycin (MIC(50) >256 µg ml(-1)), 10% showed an inducible MLS(B) phenotype with high MICs of macrolides (MIC(50) >256 µg ml(-1)) and low MICs of clindamycin (MIC(50)=8 µg ml(-1)) and 2.2% showed an M phenotype with a low erythromycin-resistance level (MIC range=12-32 µg ml(-1)) and low MICs of clindamycin (MIC range: 0.75-1 µg ml(-1)). All strains were susceptible to quinupristin-dalfopristin and linezolid (MIC(90): 0.75 µg ml(-1) for each). MLS(B) phenotypes were genotypically confirmed by the presence of the erm(B) gene and the M phenotype by the mef(A) gene. Resistance to tetracycline was mainly due to the tet(M) gene (93.1%) encoding a ribosome protection mechanism. This determinant is commonly associated with the conjugative transposon Tn916 (P≤0.0002). tet(O) and tet(T) existed in a minority (2.2% and 0.4%, respectively). The efflux mechanism presented by tet(L) was less frequently present (4.5%). No significant association was found between erm(B) and tet(M) genes.
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- M Hraoui
- Laboratoire de Recherche, Résistance aux Antimicrobien, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Recherche, Résistance aux Antimicrobien, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Recherche, Résistance aux Antimicrobien, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Recherche, Résistance aux Antimicrobien, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Recherche, Résistance aux Antimicrobien, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Tunisia
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Abar AE, Jlizi A, Darar HY, Ben Nasr M, Abid S, Kacem MABH, Slim A. [Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtypes in Djibouti]. Arch Inst Pasteur Tunis 2012; 89:33-37. [PMID: 24834659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The authors had for aim to study the distribution of HIV-1 subtypes in a cohort of HIV positive patients in the hospital General Peltier of Djibouti. An epidemiological study was made on 40 HIV-1 positive patients followed up in the Infectious Diseases Department over three months. All patients sample were subtyped by genotyping. Thirty-five patients (15 men and 20 women) were found infected by an HIV-1 strain belonging to the M group. Genotyping revealed that - 66% of samples were infected with subtype C, 20% with CRF02_AG, 8.5% with B, 2.9% with CRF02_AG/C and 2.9% with K/C. In fact, Subtype C prevalence has been described in the Horn of Africa and a similar prevalence was previously reported in Djibouti. However our study describes the subtype B in Djibouti for the first time. It is the predominant subtype in the Western world. The detection of CRF02_AG strains indicates that they are still circulating in Djibouti, the only country in East Africa in which this recombinant virus was found. CRF02_AG recombinant isolates were primarily described in West and Central Africa. The presence of this viral heterogeneity, probably coming from the mixing of populations in Djibouti, which is an essential economic and geographical crossroads, incites us to vigilance in the surveillance of this infection.
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Amri I, Hmaïed F, Loisy F, Lebeau B, Barkallah I, Saidi M, Slim A. Détection du virus de l’hépatite A dans les coquillages en Tunisie par reverse transcription-nested PCR – recherche de corrélation entre la contamination virale et bactérienne. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 59:217-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2009.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2009] [Accepted: 10/16/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Lauterio A, Di Sandro S, Slim A, Giacomoni A, Mangoni I, Mihaylov P, Pirotta V, Aseni P, De Carlis L. Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Unrelated Viral Cirrhosis: Long-Term Results After Liver Transplantation. Transplant Proc 2010; 42:1212-5. [PMID: 20534264 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.03.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Mellouli F, Ouederni M, Dhouib N, Hajkacem MA, Slim A, Bejaoui M. Successful treatment of influenza A virus by oseltamivir in bone marrow transplant recipients. Pediatr Transplant 2010; 14:178-81. [PMID: 19170930 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.01114.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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INFVA is an important cause of pulmonary infections in patients receiving BMT, and is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality for a readily preventable and treatable infection. Few studies have addressed the impact of the new neuraminidase inhibitors in the prognosis of influenza after BMT. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of oseltamivir on the control of INFVA infection in BMT recipients. INFVA was screened in NPA and/or bronchoalveolar lavage using IF in all BMT recipients having respiratory symptoms. Three URTI and one associated upper and LRTI were diagnosed in three BMT recipients out of six patients admitted to the BMT unit, during eight-wk period (March and April 2008). All patients having INFVA respiratory infection were treated by oral oseltamivir 60 mg/day, begun more than 48 h after symptom onset. Respiratory symptoms disappeared within a mean of 60 h (48-96 h) of treatment. However, viral tests had remained positive for 8-39 days. Outside the initial associated URTI and LRTI, no further viral pneumonia occurred. No patient died of INFVA. Oseltamivir was well tolerated outside vomiting during the first three days of treatment in one patient. Oseltamivir appears to play an important role in the outcome of INFVA infection as well in URTI as in severe LRTI in patients receiving BMT.
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- F Mellouli
- Service d'Immuno-Hématologie Pédiatrique, Centre National de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse, Tunis, Tunisia.
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Jlizi A, Azzouzi A, Bouzayen I, Slim A, Ben Rejeb S, Garbouj M, Ben Ammar El. Gaaied A. Effets de l’exposition prolongée au traitement chez des patients tunisiens, évalués par le test génotypique de résistance du VIH-1. Med Mal Infect 2009; 39:707-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2008.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2008] [Revised: 07/21/2008] [Accepted: 10/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Helmbold A, Blevins J, Castillo-Rojas L, Shry E, Rubal B, Slim A. Abstract: P764 THE EFFECTS OF EXTENDED RELEASE NIACIN IN COMBINATION WITH OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID SUPPLEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF ELEVATED LIPOPROTEIN(A). ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPP 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5688(09)70920-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mhiri L, Meritet JF, Lebon P, Slim A. [Different human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B (gB) genotype distribution]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 56:39-42. [PMID: 17418502 DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2007.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2006] [Accepted: 02/01/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The glycoprotein B (gB) is the major glycoprotein of the envelope of the human cytomegalovirus, it is encoded by UL55 open reading frame, implicated in host cell, entry cell to cell virus transmission and fusion of infected cells and a significant is an important target for immuno-reactions humoral and cellular. A prospective analysis of cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B genotype was conducted on 31 immunodepressed (transplant recipients and AIDS patients). The DNA was extracted directly from the bronchoalveolar liquid (BAL) of these patients. The gB genotypes of CMV was determined by using the polymerase chain reaction, followed by the digestion of two enzymes of restriction HinfI and RsaI. The distribution of the gB genotype of the CMV was: gB1 38,70%; gB2 25,80%; gB3 16,12% and gB4 19,35%. The analysis of the peptide sequence of this region (codons 437-520), indicate the variation was more frequent between codons 448-480.
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- L Mhiri
- Service de virologie, hôpital Charles-Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisie.
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Ksouri H, Eljed H, Greco A, Lakhal A, Torjman L, Abdelkefi A, Ben Othmen T, Ladeb S, Slim A, Zouari B, Abdeladhim A, Ben Hassen A. Analysis of cytomegalovirus (CMV) viremia using the pp65 antigenemia assay, the amplicor CMV test, and a semi-quantitative polymerase chain reaction test after allogeneic marrow transplantation. Transpl Infect Dis 2007; 9:16-21. [PMID: 17313466 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2006.00171.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A pp65 antigenemia assay for polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs) (CINAkit Rapid Antigenemia), and a qualitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for plasma 'PCR-P qual' (Amplicor cytomegalovirus [CMV] test) were performed for 126 samples (blood and plasma) obtained from 18 bone marrow transplant patients, over a 9-month surveillance period. Among those samples, 92 were assayed with a semi-quantitative PCR test for PMNLs 'PCR-L quant.' The number of samples with a positive CMV test for antigenemia and PCR-P qual assays was 20.63% and 12.7%, respectively, whereas the PCR-L quant assay was positive in 48 of the 92 samples assayed (52.17%). The rates of concordance of the results of PCR-P qual and antigenemia, PCR-P qual and PCR-L quant, antigenemia and PCR-L quant were 92%, 65.2% and 66.8%, respectively. The analysis of the results for the 92 specimens tested by all 3 methods showed a rate of concordance of 63% among all methods. Good agreement (kappa=0.72) was found only between pp65 Ag and PCR-P qual assays. Clinical disease correlates with an antigenemia high viral load. Three patients had CMV disease despite preemptive therapy, and all of them had graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD). PMNLs-based assays are more efficient in monitoring CMV reactivation, but for high-risk patients with GVHD, more sensitive assays (real-time PCR) must be done.
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- H Ksouri
- Service des Laboratoires, Centre National de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse, Tunis, Tunisia.
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Giacomoni A, Lauteri A, Slim A, Mangoni I, Aseni P, Pirotta V, Mariani A, De Carlis L. L/I-8 Adult living donor liver transplants: biliary morbidity. Clin Transplant 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2006.00577_3_8.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Giacomoni A, Lauterio A, Slim A, Mangoni I, Aseni P, Pirotta V, Boati S, De Carlis L. L/I-9 Adult living donor liver transplants: Niguarda experience in Milan. Clin Transplant 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2006.00577_3_9.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ksouri H, Lakhal A, Ben Amor R, Torjman L, Achour W, Ben Othmen T, Ladeb S, Abdelkefi A, Slim A, Abdeladhim A, Ben Hassen A. [Prognosis value of the pp65 antigenemia and semi-quantitative PCR in the detection of the CMV reactivation in bone marrow grafted patients]. Bull Soc Pathol Exot 2006; 99:155-9. [PMID: 16983816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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In this article a Cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia and semiquantitative PCR retrospective evaluation of 26 bone marrow allo-grafted patients for different haematological disease is reported. Eighteen patients had a CMV reactivation despite a prophylactic treatment, seven of those patients had both positive antigenemia pp65 and positive semi-quantitative CMV PCR. During CMV reactivation, 3 patients developed a CMV disease despite a pre-emptive therapy. The follow up of the antigenemia was performed since D21 until D100 post transplantation, the antigenemia positivity occurred at D53 and was preceded about 7 days by CMV PCR positivity The CMV disease wasn't associated with a high viral load. All patients that had CMV reactivation had a positive CMV serology before the graft, whereas only 37.5% of the patients who did not reactivate had a positive CMV serology. Respectively half patients who reactivated and only 12.5% of those who didn't had a Graft versus host disease (GVHD), witch preceded the reactivation about 21 days in six of the formers. Clinical and biological signs presented by our patients in this cases report, seems to be associated more with the GVHD than with CMV reactivation.
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- H Ksouri
- Service des laboratoires du Centre national de greffe de moelle osseuse, Tunis, Tunisie.
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Hmaïed F, Ben Mamou M, Arrouji Z, Slim A, Ben Redjeb S. [Use of combined detection of hepatitis C virus core antigen and antibodies to reduce the serological window-phase]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 55:121-6. [PMID: 16631320 DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2006.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2005] [Accepted: 02/24/2006] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVES In this study, we aimed at evaluating the performances of a combined assay for the detection of hepatitis C virus core antigen and antibodies and comparing this test with conventional third generation Elisa. MATERIAL AND METHODS Two hundred forty-one samples were included in this study and tested by Monolisa HCV Ag-Ab ULTRA, Biorad and compared to Monolisa Anti-HCV Plus. A comparative study was performed on a HCV seroconversion panel (Monolisa anti-HCV Plus, Biorad; Innotest HCV Ab IV, Innogenetics and Murex anti-HCV, Abbott). False positive samples were detected with western blot assay (INNO-LIA HCV Ab III, Innogenetics). Two anti-HCV negative haemodialysis patients with rise in ALT have been tested for RNA detection (Amplicor v2.0, Roche). RESULTS Results obtained with Biorad Ag-Ab were in agreement with third generation ELISA on HCV seroconversion panel. From anti-HCV negative patients, four samples were found low positive with HCV Ag-Ab. Two anti-HCV negative haemodialysis patients/HCV RNA positive were also negative with HCV Ag-Ab and 13 low positive samples with Biorad Ab were found negative with Ag-Ab. CONCLUSION The HCV Ag-Ab assay has a high specificity and sensitivity comparatively to conventional ELISA; but in our study we don't prove the reduction of the "serologic window" for detection of anti-HCV antibodies.
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- Laboratoire de microbiologie, hôpital Charles-Nicolle, 1006 Tunis, Tunisie.
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Giacomoni A, De Carlis L, Sammartino C, Lauterio A, Osio C, Slim A, Rondinara G, Forti D. Right hemiliver transplants from living donors: report of 10 cases. Transplant Proc 2004; 36:516-7. [PMID: 15110576 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION A right lobe living related liver transplantation (LRLT) was performed for the first time in Italy on March 16, 2001 at our institution. METHODS All donors underwent celiac and mesenteric axis angiography. Computed tomography scan to determinate the liver size and anatomical vascular variation, cholangio-magnetic resonance imaging, intraoperative cholangiography, and ultrasonography. All recipients were status 2B on the waiting list for cadaveric liver transplants. The surgical procedures were carried out by grafting segments 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the donor liver. RESULTS Of the donors, all are alive; 4 had uneventful postoperative courses, 3 had moderate right pleural effusions; 3 had bilious drainage that resolved spontaneously: and 1 had a biliary leak and a pulmonary embolism. Of the recipients, 8 are alive with well-functioning grafts. One recipient has undergone retransplantation due to an arterial thrombosis and another recipient developed a stricture of the biliary anastomosis. Two recipients died: one because of pulmonary hemorrhage in Rendu-Osler syndrome, the other as a consequence of overwhelming systemic aspergillosis. CONCLUSIONS Our experience suggests that few anatomical vascular and biliary variations are considered contraindications for right lobe LRLT. This challenging surgical procedure seems effective for well-selected recipients of United Network for Organ Sharing II B status. Appropriate recipient selection is crucial as we face a living donor.
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- Liver Transplant Unit, Niguarda Hospital, Milano, Italy.
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Giacomoni A, De Carlis L, Sammartino C, Lauterio A, Osio C, Slim A, Rondinara G, Forti D. Right hemiliver transplants from cadavers or living donors: a comparative analysis. Transplant Proc 2004; 36:513-5. [PMID: 15110575 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The aim of this article was to compare the results of right hemiliver transplants from living versus cadaver donors in a single institution. METHODS Between March 1999 and May 2003, we performed 10 right hemiliver transplants from living donors (LD) and 8 right hemiliver transplants from cadavers (CD). The procedure consisted of grafting liver segments 5, 6, 7, and 8. The procedure was performed with a fully perfused liver also in the CD group (in situ split). RESULTS With follow-up between 7 days and 26 months in the LD group, 2 patients died with functioning grafts: 1 patient died because of massive pulmonary bleeding due to Rendu-Osler Syndrome; the other one died as a consequence of systemic aspergillosis. One patient underwent retransplantation due to arterial thrombosis. In the CD group with a follow-up between 31 days and 48 months, 3 patients died due to sepsis, including 2 who were status 2A. There were 4 early complications among the LD group and 5 in the CD group. The patient and graft survival rates were 80% and 70%, respectively, in the LD group; and both about 62% in the CD group. CONCLUSION Right hemiliver grafts are at high risk due to technical and septic complications. A higher morbidity is observed in the CD group, where the vascular and biliary tree anatomy cannot be investigated with accuracy. We must avoid transplanting status 2A recipients with this kind of graft.
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- A Giacomoni
- Liver Transplant Unit, Niguarda Hospital, Milano, Italy.
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Hammami B, Arab N, Lahiani D, Hakim H, Ben Hlima M, Slim A, Khoufi M, Ben Jemâa M. A-22 Épidémie de rougeole a SFAX (tunisie) aspects cliniques et evolutifs, caractérisation de la souche virale épidémique. Med Mal Infect 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s0399-077x(04)90117-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Garbouj M, Slim A, Ghorbal MB, Khamassi S, Gaafar T, Moshni E, Lievano F. Progress toward interruption of endemic measles transmission in Tunisia. J Infect Dis 2003; 187 Suppl 1:S172-6. [PMID: 12721910 DOI: 10.1086/368050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Measles was the second leading cause of infant mortality in Tunisia prior to introduction of measles vaccination in 1979. The number of reported measles cases has decreased from 3007 in 1981 to 47 cases in 2000 due in part to the high coverage rates achieved after 1992. During 1998, a measles catch-up campaign vaccinated 1,846,657 children (95%) aged 6-16 years, and a follow-up campaign for children aged 9 months to 5 years in 2001 reached 547,766 (94%). During 1999-2001, 1717 cases of rash and fever illness were tested for measles; only 3 (0.2%) were positive for measles. From February to July 2002, an outbreak of measles involving 87 cases occurred in Tunisia in a health care setting and 56 (64%) patients were aged 15-30 years. The low number of laboratory-confirmed measles cases during 1999-2001 suggests endemic measles transmission may have been interrupted.
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- M Garbouj
- Primary Health Care, Ministry of Public Health, Tunis, Tunisia
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Ben Halima M, Pasquier C, Slim A, Ben Chaabane T, Arrouji Z, Puel J, Ben Redjeb S, Izopet J. First molecular characterization of HIV-1 Tunisian strains. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2001; 28:94-6. [PMID: 11579283 DOI: 10.1097/00042560-200109010-00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In order to identify HIV-1 subtypes circulating in Tunisia, blood specimens from 25 HIV-1 infected Tunisian patients were collected. Proviral HIV-1 DNA was genotyped by sequence analysis of the C2-V3 env region. HIV-1 subtypes were determined in 21 DNA sequences: 20 were of subtype B and one was a circulating recombinant form (CRF02 AG). Subtype B largely dominates the epidemiology of HIV-1 infection in Tunisia, suggesting the probable imported origin of HIV-1 infection, but further studies are needed to investigate the potential diversification of HIV-1 isolates in Tunisia.
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- M Ben Halima
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle de Tunis, Tunisia
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Kharfi M, Slim A, Mokhtar I, Arrouji Z, Ben Halima M, Zghal M, Ben Rejeb S, Kamoun MR. [Evaluation of the frequency of oncogenic HPV in venereal condyloma. Prospective study of 24 patients]. Tunis Med 2000; 78:508-11. [PMID: 11190728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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UNLABELLED Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection tend to be the most prevalent sexually transmitted disease (STD), and "high-risk" HPV types are correlated to intra-epithelial neoplasia, especially cervical cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of "high risk" HPV types in condyloma. PATIENTS AND METHODS A non randomised prospective study was performed, including 24 patients with condyloma examined in the department of Dermatology of Charles Nicolle's hospital. Molecular hybridisation method was realised for all patients to identify HPV type. RESULTS Mean age of the 24 patients was 37.8 years Ratio (male/female): 1.4 In 21 patients HPV DNA was detected 2 women had "high risk" HPV type (9.5%).
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- Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis
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Triki H, Bahri O, Guillot S, VAN DER Avoort HGAM, Ben Sassi J, Arrouji A, Arrouji Z, Slim A, Crainic R, Dellagi K. Molecular epidemiology of poliovirus infection in Tunisia. J Med Microbiol 1999; 48:569-576. [PMID: 10359306 DOI: 10.1099/00222615-48-6-569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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This report is an overview of poliomyelitis surveillance in Tunisia from 1991 to 1996. In all, 2088 stool specimens, collected from 152 acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases and from 1747 of their healthy contacts were investigated. Virus isolation was done systematically in RD and HEp-2C cell lines and isolated viruses were typed by sero-neutralisation as polioviruses or non-polio enteroviruses. Poliovirus isolates were analysed systematically for their wild or vaccine-related origin by two methods--one based on antigenic differences and one on genetic differences between strains. All type 2 polioviruses were vaccine-related and most wild viruses belonged to polio serotype 3. Wild polio type 3 viruses were detected in 1991 and 1992 in six cases of paralytic polio. A silent circulation of wild polio 1 and wild polio 3 was detected in 1994. No wild virus was detected in Tunisia from 1995 onwards. Wild polioviruses were sequenced and compared with Tunisian wild strains isolated during the 1980s, as well as other genotypes from the international database. These investigations revealed a single Tunisian polio 3 genotype that has been circulating from 1985 to 1994 and two different polio 1 genotypes. These results reflect effective control strategies within the country and contribute to the improvement of the polio eradication programme effectiveness at national and global levels.
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- WHO Regional Reference Laboratory on Poliomyelitis, Institut Pasteur, Tunis, Tunisia
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- WHO Regional Reference Laboratory on Poliomyelitis, Institut Pasteur, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Unite de Virologie Medicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Virology, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- WHO Regional Reference Laboratory on Poliomyelitis, Institut Pasteur, Tunis, Tunisia
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- WHO Regional Reference Laboratory on Poliomyelitis, Institut Pasteur, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Unite de Virologie Medicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- WHO Regional Reference Laboratory on Poliomyelitis, Institut Pasteur, Tunis, Tunisia
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Barbouche RM, Bürgisser P, Slim A, Largueche B, Dellagi K. False-positive HIV-1 p24 antigenemia with unusual pattern of neutralization. Arch Inst Pasteur Tunis 1999; 76:11-2. [PMID: 14666751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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Ben Halima M, Arrouji Z, Slim A, Ben Redjeb S. [Serotyping of hepatis C virus in Tunisia]. Tunis Med 1998; 76:200-3. [PMID: 9810850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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- M Ben Halima
- Service de bactériologie-Virologie, EPS charles Nicolle, Tunis
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Ben Halima M, Arrouji Z, Slim A, Lakhoua R, Ben Redjeb S. [Epidemiology of hepatitis E in Tunisia]. Tunis Med 1998; 76:129-31. [PMID: 9739206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- M Ben Halima
- Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle Tunis
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Makni S, Limam R, Zitouni M, Gorgi Y, Slim A, Arrouji Z, Rejeb SB, Ayed KH. [HIV infection and autoantibodies]. Tunis Med 1995; 73:531-6. [PMID: 9506133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- S Makni
- Laboratoire d'immunologie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle
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Hamza M, Slim A. P 142 Herpes simplex virus antigen and antibodies in sera and fluid synovial in behçet's disease. Rev Med Interne 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0248-8663(05)82444-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital la Rabta, Tunis
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Hamzaoui K, Ayed K, Slim A, Hamza M, Touraine J. Natural killer cell activity, interferon-gamma and antibodies to herpes viruses in patients with Behçet's disease. Clin Exp Immunol 1990; 79:28-34. [PMID: 2154346 PMCID: PMC1534721 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1990.tb05122.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) titres in 20 patients with active Behçet's disease were examined and compared with those of 20 normal donors. Sera from Behçet's disease patients revealed an IFN-gamma increase but no correlation between IFN level and natural killer (NK) activity. The analysis of lymphocyte subsets by monoclonal antibodies registered an increase of CD8+ T subpopulation and cells co-expressing CD8(+)-Leu7a+ markers. Moreover, a high number of cells expressing CD25+ and HLA-DR+ phenotype has been noted in patients with active Behçet's disease. Serological analysis showed a high level of IgG antibodies to HSV-1. The increase of IFN-gamma titre, the high number of activated T cells and the increasing level of IgG antibodies to HSV-1 are important manifestations during the active stage of Behçet's disease. These findings are discussed in relation to the immunopathogenesis of Behçet's disease.
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- Laboratoire d'Immunologie, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Tunisia
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Fendri C, Slim A, Arrouji Z, Moalla H, Belalgia MS, Ennaifar M, Ben Rejeb S, Boujnah A. [Role of Campylobacter in the etiology of diarrheas in Tunisia]. Tunis Med 1989; 67:517-20. [PMID: 2799977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Arrouji Z, Slim A, Ben Jilani S, Mahmoud K, Safi M, Khrouf M, Boujnah A. [Systematic research on latent genital herpes in primipara referrals]. Tunis Med 1988; 66:99-101. [PMID: 3201573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Ben Ammar B, Chirchi M, Slim A, Ben Ammar R, Boujnah A. [Acute benign lymphocytic meningitis. Apropos of a childhood epidemic in northwest Tunisia]. Tunis Med 1987; 65:609-12. [PMID: 3505114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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