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[acute trypanosoma brucei gambiense meningoencephalitis detected by papillary edema].a 26 year old woman, living in brazzaville, was referred by her ophthalmologist about papillo-oedema. neurological examination showed frontal syndrome and papillo-oedema without another sign of intracranial hypertension. electroencephalogram revealed bilateral delta waves and bifrontal points. significant inflammatory syndrome was noted. cerebrospinal fluid examination showed trypanosomes with an elevated rate of protein and cells. treatment by tetracosactide and eflornithine gave a good recover ...19947496191
[socio-entomologic survey in human trypanosomiasis focus of yamba (peoples republic of congo)].a study carried out at villagers level in a focus infected by human trypanosomiasis (yamba, bouenza region, congo, mikengue ethnic group) revealed that modern medicin is recognized by them as the sole possibility to treat the sleeping sickness. the witch doctor, if he cannot transmit the sickness, is perfectly able to aggravate it. he is considered as the responsible for any fatal issue. tsetse flies are charged of transmitting the sickness as well as other biting insects (black flies, ceratopog ...19854068972
[epidemiological importance of the animal reservoir of trypanosoma brucei gambiense in the congo. 1. prevalence of animal trypanosomiasis in the foci of sleeping sickness].parasitological and serological tests were performed in 1287 domestic animals originating from the brazzaville area and three sleeping sickness foci in congo. nannomonas and trypanozoon were the only sub-genera present in the blood of animals, with prevalences of 16.9% and 0.5%, respectively. the use of testryp catt allowed a better estimation of the real frequency of animal trypanosomiasis which in some foci, was found to be three times higher than the parasitological prevalence. seven stocks o ...19863563320
[a trial treatment with eflornithine of trypanosomiasis caused by trypanosoma brucei gambiense in the peoples republic of the congo].in a multiclinic trial in brazzaville, congo, 14 patients with late-stage trypanosoma brucei gambiense trypanosomiasis were treated with eflornithine. all cases had previously been treated with one or several courses of melarsoprol. eflornithine treatment consisted of 400 mg/kg/day intravenously for 14 days followed by 300 mg/kg/day orally for 21 days. after treatment all patients had a disappearance of trypanosomes from cerebrospinal fluid (csf), a normalization of csf wbc count, and, where pre ...19892507863
polysomnography as a diagnosis and post-treatment follow-up tool in human african trypanosomiasis: a case study in an infant.gambian (trypanosoma brucei gambiense) human african trypanosomiasis (hat) evolves from the hemolymphatic stage 1, treated with pentamidine, to the meningoencephalitic stage 2, often treated with melarsoprol. this arseniate may provoke a deadly reactive encephalopathy. it is therefore crucial to diagnose precisely the stages of hat, especially when clinical and biological examinations are doubtful. we present here the case of a 30-month old girl (e20 kolng) diagnosed with stage 1 hat during a fi ...201121470639
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