[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 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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Service de radiologie et d'imagerie médicale, Hôpital du point G, BP 333, Bamako, Mali. gadkeita@hotmail.com
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Kané
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Fongoro
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Sacko
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Diallo
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Sidibe
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D000293:Adolescent; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012553:Schistosomiasis haematobia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014521:Urethra / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D000871:Anthelmintics; D011223:Praziquantel