Ultrasonographic aspects of urinary schistosomiasis in children of the Dogon plateau and the Niger office; impact of praziquantel treatment

Urinary bilharziasis is a parasitic infection responsible for vesical, urethral and renal lesions. The authors demonstrate the importance of ambulatory echography on a large scale and describe various echographic lesions. Vesical attacks occurred in 27% of the wall irregularity, 44% of the masses an...

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Published inBulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique (1990) Vol. 94; no. 4; pp. 335 - 338
Main Authors Keita, A D, Dembélé, M, Kané, M, Fongoro, S, Traoré, M, Sacko, M, Diallo, S, Sidibe, S, Traoré, H A, Doumbo, O, Traoré, I
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 01.11.2001
Subjects
Adolescent
Anthelmintics - therapeutic use
Child
Humans
Kidney - diagnostic imaging
Praziquantel - therapeutic use
Schistosomiasis haematobia - diagnostic imaging
Schistosomiasis haematobia - drug therapy
Ultrasonography
Urethra - diagnostic imaging
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Summary:Urinary bilharziasis is a parasitic infection responsible for vesical, urethral and renal lesions. The authors demonstrate the importance of ambulatory echography on a large scale and describe various echographic lesions. Vesical attacks occurred in 27% of the wall irregularity, 44% of the masses and polyps. Pyelic and urethral abnormalities occurred in 16.6% and 29.9% of cases respectively at the baseline in 1991. These prevalence rates decreased after seven years, in 1998. The authors discuss the utility of chemotherapy with praziquantel and the necessity of a periodical mass treatment in the areas with high bilharziasis endemicity in Mali.
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ISSN:0037-9085
1961-9049