Epidemiological profile of severe malaria and sickle cell disease in children at the mother and child university hospital center Jeanne Ebori foundation of libreville from 2020 to 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20243410Keywords:
Severe malaria, Sickle cell disease, Heterozygous, Homozygous, Clinical sign, Children, CHUMEFJE, LibrevilleAbstract
Background: Hemoglobinopathies represent the most common genetic diseases worldwide. In Gabon, the clinico-biological profile of patients with homozygous hemoglobin S or those with AS sickle cell traits, faced with this prevalence of serious malaria, remains unknown today. The objective was to evaluate the complications of severe malaria in SS homozygous sickle cell patients and those carrying AS sickle cell traits.
Methods: This is an observational, retrospective study, with descriptive and analytical aims which took place from January 2020 to October 2021. The parameters studied were socio-demographic, clinical and paraclinical data, the diagnosis chosen, therapeutic data and evolution.
Results: severe neurological form of malaria was the most common criterion with a frequency of 41.7%, followed by parasitic forms 35.8% and anemic forms 21.8%. Among AS heterozygotes, the most widespread severe form was the neurological form with a frequency of 63.2%, the anemic form 26.3% and parasitic at 10.5%. In homozygous SS subjects, the most widespread severe form was the anemic form with a frequency of 68.1% followed by neurological forms 27.7% and parasitic forms 4.2%. Abdominal pain, prostration, respiratory distress were the main signs in SS homozygotes. In heterozygotes, prostration, convulsion and clinical jaundice were the main signs. A total of 99.8% of our patients were cured.
Conclusions: All the electrophoretic profiles identified were subject to this infection which mainly affects heterozygous AS subjects and subjects with the AA electrophoretic profile in its severe neurological form and homozygous SS subjects in its anemic form.
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