Severe Drug Eruption in Guinea Conakry

Ectopic pregnancy in Conakry, Guinea.

OBJECTIVE To assess the incidence of ectopic pregnancy (EP) in hospitals in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, West Africa. Data on EP incidence in developing countries are rare and often out of date, particularly in Africa. METHODS A retrospective study was carried out, examining all cases of EP registered in the medical files of two referral maternity units at the Donka and Ignace Deen univers...

Patrolling monocytes sensing herpes simplex virus in severe drug eruption

Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome/drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DiHS/DRESS) and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS)/toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are severe drug eruptions characterized by contrasting clinical pictures. Sequential reactivations of several herpesviruses have exclusively been demonstrated in the former. It remains to be determined, however, why the sequent...

Unusual Ebola Virus Chain of Transmission, Conakry, Guinea, 2014–2015

In October 2015, a new case of Ebola virus disease in Guinea was detected. Case investigation, serology, and whole-genome sequencing indicated possible transmission of the virus from an Ebola virus disease survivor to another person and then to the case-patient reported here. This transmission chain over 11 months suggests slow Ebola virus evolution.

High prevalence of antiretroviral drug resistance among HIV-1-untreated patients in Guinea-Conakry and in Niger.

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of antiretroviral drug resistance mutations in HIV-1 from recently diagnosed and untreated patients living in Conakry, Guinea-Conakry and in Niamey, Niger. METHODS The study was performed in two countries of Western Africa - Guinea-Conakry and Niger - using the same survey method in both sites. All newly HIV-1 diagnosed patients, na...

Mucosal fixed drug eruption.