TRIzol-based RNA extraction for detection protocol for SARS-CoV-2 of coronavirus disease 2019.

Diagnostic testing is important for managing the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). We developed an optimized protocol for SARS-CoV-2 RNA extraction from the surface of the respiratory mucosa with nasopharyngeal swabs and compared the sensitivity of RNA extraction methods. RNA extraction was performed using three different procedures (TRIzol, QIAamp, VMT-TRIzol) from nine positive SARS-CoV-2 samples. SARS-CoV-2 was detected by real-time reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) using a detection kit for SARS-CoV-2 (Sun Yat-sen University). Compared to RT-PCR results, there were no discernible differences in detection rates when comparing the three different extraction procedures. On the basis of these results, the use of TRIzol as a transport medium and RNA extraction method for SARS-CoV-2 detection may be a helpful alternative for laboratories facing shortages of commercial testing kits.

[Relationship between left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and coronary disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus]. / Relation entre la dysfonction diastolique du ventricule gauche et la présence d'atteintes coronaires chez le sujet diabétique type 2.

INTRODUCTION: Type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased risk of coronary disease and is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in this population. The main objective of our work is to study the correlation of diastolic function of the left ventricle with coronary disease in type 2 diabetics. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Analytical cross-sectional, monocentric prospective-looking study of 703 type 2 diabetic patients performed at the Military Regional Hospital of Constantine over a period of 04 years (2016-2019). We excluded 338 patients who did not receive coronary angiography; thus 365 patients are ultimately analyzed. Evaluation of diastolic function was performed by two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography with the search of coronary disease. The data was analyzed using the Epi Info 7.2.1.0 with study of the relationship of the diastolic function to coronary disease by multiple logistic regression. RESULTS: The average age of our final cohort is 57,7±6,5 years, an average of 7.4±1.8% of glycated hemoglobin, an average of 5,8±4,1 years of diabetes, a sex ratio to 1.27. 49.3% had diastolic dysfunction. The prevalence of coronary disease is 32,9%. In multivariate analysis; diastolic dysfunction is correlated with coronary involvement significantly (OR=2.02, 95% CI [1.50 - 2.90], p=0.02). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of diastolic dysfunction is high in type 2 diabetics and is significantly correlated with coronary heart disease.

Le blépharospasme post paralytique. À propos de 04 cas et revue de la littérature

Malgré sa bénignité, le blépharospasme post paralytique reste une affection pénible pour le patient du fait de ses répercussions multiples: fonctionnelles,psychologiques et sociales nécessitant ainsi une prise en charge multidisciplinaire. La méconnaissance des éléments de cette pathologie par les praticiens peut faire courir au patient des désagréments certains à cause de l'errance diagnostique et la prise en charge incomplète voire même inadéquate.L'idée mobilisatrice de ce travail est notre expériencesur le blépharospasme post paralytique dans le service de neurochirurgie du CHU de BAJAIA (Algérie) lorsque nous avons commencé à traiter chirurgicalement la paralysie faciale périphérique définitive par anastomose hypoglosso-faciale latéro-terminale en 2016. Nous avons opéré à ce jour 34 patients sur une cohorte de 150 patients qui ont présenté une paraly sie faciale périphérique toute étiologie confondue. Ce sont les patients non opérés car ayant déjà récupéré de leur paralysie, qui présentent au cours de la réha-bilitation de la fonction de leur nerf facial, un défaut derégénérescence occasionnant une dystonie faciale dont le Blépharospasme est l'une des manifestations les plus gênantes