OBJECTIVES We report a clinical and genetic study of three consanguineous Tunisian families affected by Pendred syndrome. PATIENTS AND METHODS Three families from the south of Tunisia were identified as affected by Pendred syndrome. The patients and their families underwent ENT and general examination and audiovestibular and radiological tests. Molecular DNA analysis was performed by the Sfax...

BACKGROUND Meconium aspiration syndrome is a disease of the newborn mature or post mature. The acute pulmonary consequences can be extremely severe. In the few studies of the long-term pulmonary sequelae, it seems that certain children surviving meconium aspiration syndrome keep an obstructive syndrome. The aim of our study was to assess long term respiratory residual damage from meconium aspir...

Multivariate analysis of (1)H NMR data has been used for the characterization of 12 blended olive oils commercially available in the U.S. as Italian products. Chemometric methods such as unsupervised Principal Component Analysis (PCA) allowed good discrimination and gave some affinity indications for the U.S. market olive oils compared to other single cultivars of extra virgin olive oil such as...

the quality of the communication between teachers and students and ultimately, of classroom education itself, is closely linked to the acoustic quality of the auditorium. this acoustic quality can be characterized based on the reverberation time (rt), speech transmission index (sti) and the sound insulation. in this context, an acoustic study was conducted in an auditorium located in the higher...

Abstract Purpose To assess clinical features, therapy, and outcome of the myositis associated with anti-MDA5 antibodies, to propose a successful therapeutic protocol for rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD) in dermatomyositis (DM). Methods A retrospective descriptive study three cases was conducted Department Internal Medicine University Hospital Hedi Chaker, Sfax, Tunisia, be...

Introduction Postnatal hospitalisation is an extremely traumatic event for both mother and baby. Such a situation reflects psychological dysfunction with risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder. Objectives To study the level in mothers babies hospitalised during postnatal period neonatal unit to identify factors associated persistence high levels 3 months after discharge. Methods This...

OBJECTIVES to assess environmental and biological monitoring of exposure to organic solvents in a glue-manufacturing company in Sfax, Tunisia. METHODS Exposure of volunteer workers, in the solvented glue-work-stations, in the control laboratory and in the storage rooms of the finished products, was assessed through indoor-air and urine measurements. Informed consent of the workers was obtaine...

INTRODUCTION GeneXpert MTB/RIF is a fully-automated diagnostic molecular test which simultaneously detects tuberculosis (TB) and rifampicin (RIF) drug resistance. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of the GeneXpert MTB/RIF test for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) in lymph node specimens and to show the place of Mycobacterium bovis as a major caus...

Amphora sp. was isolated from the Sfax Solar Saltern and cultivated under hypersaline conditions. It contains moderate rates of proteins, lipids, sugars, and minerals and a prominent content of bioactive compounds: polyphenols, chlorophyll a, carotenoids, and fatty acids. The analysis of fatty acids with GC/MS showed that the C16 series accounted for about 75% of Amphora sp. lipids. Saturated f...

BACKGROUND Bioactive molecules have received increasing attention due to their nutraceutical attributes and anticancer, antioxidant, antiproliferative and apoptosis-inducing properties. This study aimed to investigate the biological properties of carotenoids extracted from Archaea. METHODS Halophilic Archaea strains were isolated from the brine of a local crystallizer pond (TS7) of a solar sa...