Syndrome d’Ekbom ou parasitose délirante : trois cas à Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Ouédraogo, N.-A.; Korsaga, N.-N.; Somé,; Nanema, D.; Ouédraogo, M.-S.; Lompo, S. Zéba; Tapsoba, Gilbert Patrice; Traoré, Fagnima; Bamoko, A.; Kaboret, N.; Barro-Traoré, F.; Niamba, P.; Traoré, A.

doi:10.1016/j.annder.2019.08.008

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“…The menopause favours xerosis of the skin at this age, which can aggravate the sensation of pruritus. Ekbom syndrome is also more common in subjects (especially females) who are emotionally isolated, generally live alone, have unstable moods and personality abnormalities of the sensitive type (vulnerability, distrust, psychorigidity) (Young, 2017;Ouédraogo et al, 2019). This was the case with Mrs Y., a widow living with her daughter, who only shared a few minutes of quality time with the patient.…”

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Ekbom Syndrome in Togo: A Case Report

Damega,

Saliou,

Sonia

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Introduction: Ekbom's syndrome is a rare monothematic systematized chronic delirium which can appear at any age but most often quite late in life. We describe a case observed in Lomé (Togo). Clinical Vignette: Mrs Y, a 79-year-old widowed retired teacher, consulted us because she had been suffering from the sensation of insects coming out of her body and pruritus for six years. The patient complained of loneliness. The diagnosis of Ekbom syndrome associated with a depressive disorder in an elderly subject was accepted. Conclusion: Ekbom syndrome is a rare and ubiquitous disease that is also present in Togo and requires multidisciplinary management.

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“…was 79 years old and consulted a psychiatrist around six years after the onset of symptoms. In their study, Ouédraogo et al (Ouédraogo et al, 2019) described an 80-year-old patient who consulted two years after the onset of symptoms.…”

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Ekbom Syndrome in Togo: A Case Report

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Saliou,

Sonia

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“…L eprosy caused by Mycobacterium leprae is endemic in some developing countries, including Burkina Faso (192 new cases in 2017), where 31% of newly diagnosed patients present with grade 2 disabilities. Burkina Faso has the highest prevalence in this region of Africa (1), partially due to difficulties in early diagnosis, as routine laboratory diagnosis is limited to the microscopic observation of acid-fast bacilli in skin biopsy and slit-skin samples, which has an acknowledged poor sensitivity of 10 4 bacilli/g of tissue (2). Fluorescence microscopy is known to offer benefits in terms of sensitivity compared to optical microscopy and Ziehl-Neelsen staining (3,4).…”

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Fluorescent Hybridization of Mycobacterium leprae in Skin Samples Collected in Burkina Faso

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Leprosy is caused by Mycobacterium leprae, and it remains underdiagnosed in Burkina Faso. We investigated the use of fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) for detecting M. leprae in 27 skin samples (skin biopsy samples, slit skin samples, and skin lesion swabs) collected from 21 patients from Burkina Faso and three from Côte d’Ivoire who were suspected of having cutaneous leprosy. In all seven Ziehl-Neelsen-positive skin samples (four skin biopsy samples and three skin swabs collected from the same patient), FISH specifically identified M. leprae, including one FISH-positive skin biopsy sample that remained negative after testing with PCR targeting the rpoB gene and with the GenoType LepraeDR assay. Twenty other skin samples and three negative controls all remained negative for Ziehl-Neelsen staining, FISH, and rpoB PCR. These data indicate the usefulness of a microscopic examination of skin samples after FISH for first-line diagnosis of cutaneous leprosy. Accordingly, FISH represents a potentially useful point-of-care test for the diagnosis of cutaneous leprosy.

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Syndrome d’Ekbom ou parasitose délirante : trois cas à Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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Ekbom Syndrome in Togo: A Case Report

Ekbom Syndrome in Togo: A Case Report

Fluorescent Hybridization of Mycobacterium leprae in Skin Samples Collected in Burkina Faso

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