Scrotal abscess caused by actinomycosis turicensis: about an observation and literature review

Actinomyces turicensis, Gram positive bacillus, immovable and anaerobic, is a saprophytic of the human natural cavities. The scrotal actinomycosis caused by Actinomyces turicensis is a rare location; it was described once in literature by a patient within gangrene infection. Reported here is a case of scrotal abscess and Actinomyces turicensis.The slow growth of the Actinomyces turicensis represents a diagnostic difficulty in which its utility is to extend the culture during five days.  The identification based on biochemical character with the APICoryne is not always easy to succeed, in which the interest of the mass spectrometry and/or of the molecular biology

HLA-B*44 allele associated with clinical parameters in HIV-1 infected Moroccan cohort

Background: The human leukocyte antigen-B*44 (HLA-B*44) allele has been reported to have promising results in the control of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection and associated with protection against HIV-1 disease progression. In the Moroccan HIV-1 infected patients, the contribution of this allele has not been established. This study aimed to evaluate the distribution of HLA-B*44 allele among HIV-1-infected in Morocco. Additionally, investigate HLA-B*44 allele association with demographical and HIV clinical parameters.Methods: One hundred and sixty-seven HIV-1 infected, antiretroviral naive individuals were enrolled in this study. The HLA-B*44 allele screening was performed using the PCR amplification.Results: Of the 167 individuals genotyped, 26 (16%) of them expressing the HLA-B*44 allele. Clinical stages at diagnosis, median pre-treatment HIV viral load (pVL) and CD4 T cell counts differ significantly (p = 0.0001, p=0.001 and p=0.0001 respectively) between the patients who had been expressing the HLA-B*44 allele and patients who had not been expressing this allele. The presence of HLA-B*44 allele was significantly associated with pVL and CD4 T cell counts (p=0.004 and p=0.0001 respectively). The bivariate analysis has showed that the expression of the HLA-B*44 allele was strongly associated with advanced HIV infection (Odd ratio (OR) 0.12 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.04-0.37), p=0.0001).Conclusions: Author have described for the first time in Morocco the association of the HLA-B*44 allele with the clinical parameters of HIV infection. These results expand the knowledge of the distribution and effect of this allele in the Moroccan population

Prevalence of resistance to integrase strand-transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) among untreated HIV-1 infected patients in Morocco

Abstract Objective The integrase strand-transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) are an important class in the arsenal of antiretroviral drugs designed to block the integration of HIV-1 cDNA into the host DNA through the inhibition of DNA strand transfer. In this study for the first time in Morocco, the complete HIV-1 integrase gene was analysed from newly diagnosed patients to evaluate the prevalence of natural polymorphisms and INSTIs resistance-associated mutations in the integrase gene. Results The 864pb IN coding region was successfully sequenced from plasma sample for 77 among 80 antiretroviral naïve patients. The sequences were interpreted for drug resistance according to the Stanford algorithm. Sixty samples were HIV-1 subtype B (78%), fourteen CRF02_AG (18%), two subtype C and one subtype A. Overall 81 of 288 (28%) amino acid IN positions presented at least one polymorphism each. We found 18 (36.73%), 42 (25.76%) and 21 (27.27%) of polymorphic residues assigned to the N-Terminal Domain, Catalytic Core Domaine and the C-Terminal Domain positions respectively. Primary INSTIs resistance mutation were absent, however secondary mutations L74IM, T97A were detected in four samples (5.2%). These results demonstrate that untreated HIV-1 infected Moroccans will be susceptible to INSTIs

MOESM1 of Prevalence of resistance to integrase strand-transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) among untreated HIV-1 infected patients in Morocco

Additional file 1. Distribution of IN mutations in subtypes B and non-B in therapy-naĂŻve patients. Secondary and additional mutations screened in 17 positions (V72I, T112I, S119PRTG, T124A, T125K, A128T, Q146K, M154I, K156N, V165I, V201I, I203M, T206S, S230N, D232N, V249I and C280Y) using the Stanford HIV Drug Resistance Program (Version September 23, 2016), all mutations identified in this study are likely natural polymorphisms