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    Tuberculose vaginale révélée par une fiÚvre prolongée chez une femme immunodéprimée par le VIH à Cotonou, Bénin

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    RĂ©sumĂ© La tuberculose vaginale est exceptionnelle et sous diagnostiquĂ©e sous nos cieux. Nous rapportons le cas d’une patiente de 53 ans, immunodĂ©primĂ©e par le VIH hospitalisĂ©e dans le service pour altĂ©ration de l’état gĂ©nĂ©ral dans un contexte de fiĂšvre au long cours. L’interrogatoire, et l’examen physique avaient retrouvĂ© les Ă©lĂ©ments suivants : tousseur chronique dans l’entourage, partenaire sexuel multiple, leucorrhĂ©es persistantes. Le MycobactĂ©rium tuberculosis Ă©tait retrouvĂ© dans les leucorrhĂ©es Ă  l’examen direct. La sĂ©rologie VIH Ă©tait positive au VIH1, le taux des lymphocytes TCD4 Ă©tait Ă  22 cells/ÎŒL. Le diagnostic de tuberculose vaginal sur terrain immunodĂ©primĂ© sĂ©vĂšre au VIH a Ă©tĂ© retenu. Un traitement antituberculeux fut instituĂ©. Le traitement AntirĂ©troviral a dĂ©marrĂ© deux semaines plus tard. L’évolution a Ă©tĂ© rapidement favorable et aprĂšs 6 mois de traitement la patiente Ă©tait dĂ©clarĂ©e guĂ©rie de la tuberculose. Chez un patient immunodĂ©primĂ© au VIH, tout Ă©coulement purulent persistant mĂȘme vaginal doit faire rechercher une tuberculos

    Characteristics of HIV-2 and HIV-1/HIV-2 Dually Seropositive Adults in West Africa Presenting for Care and Antiretroviral Therapy: The IeDEA-West Africa HIV-2 Cohort Study.

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    HIV-2 is endemic in West Africa. There is a lack of evidence-based guidelines on the diagnosis, management and antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV-2 or HIV-1/HIV-2 dual infections. Because of these issues, we designed a West African collaborative cohort for HIV-2 infection within the framework of the International epidemiological Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA).We collected data on all HIV-2 and HIV-1/HIV-2 dually seropositive patients (both ARV-naive and starting ART) and followed-up in clinical centres in the IeDEA-WA network including a total of 13 clinics in five countries: Benin, Burkina-Faso Cîte d'Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal, in the West Africa region.Data was merged for 1,754 patients (56% female), including 1,021 HIV-2 infected patients (551 on ART) and 733 dually seropositive for both HIV-1 and HIV 2 (463 on ART). At ART initiation, the median age of HIV-2 patients was 45.3 years, IQR: (38.3-51.7) and 42.4 years, IQR (37.0-47.3) for dually seropositive patients (p = 0.048). Overall, 16.7% of HIV-2 patients on ART had an advanced clinical stage (WHO IV or CDC-C). The median CD4 count at the ART initiation is 166 cells/mm(3), IQR (83-247) among HIV-2 infected patients and 146 cells/mm(3), IQR (55-249) among dually seropositive patients. Overall, in ART-treated patients, the CD4 count increased 126 cells/mm(3) after 24 months on ART for HIV-2 patients and 169 cells/mm(3) for dually seropositive patients. Of 551 HIV-2 patients on ART, 5.8% died and 10.2% were lost to follow-up during the median time on ART of 2.4 years, IQR (0.7-4.3).This large multi-country study of HIV-2 and HIV-1/HIV-2 dual infection in West Africa suggests that routine clinical care is less than optimal and that management and treatment of HIV-2 could be further informed by ongoing studies and randomized clinical trials in this population
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