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D Larbaoui

Publications and source records attributed to D Larbaoui.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1989

[Hydatid cyst of the lung].

Following a summary of the natural biological cycle of Taenia echinococcus granulosus, the hydatid vesicle is described with its walls and contents. The chapter on the geographical distribution and epidemiology of hydatidosis shows that the disease is ubiquitous, spares no continent and is particularly frequent in Mediterranean countries and Latin America. The natural course of the pulmonary hydatid cyst is presented in 6 successive radioclinical stages and illustrated by radiological images that are most characteristic of each of these stages. The diagnosis of the disease is studied, with emphasis on the usefulness of serological tests. Treatment, which nowadays is exclusively surgical, must be preceded by careful preoperative evaluation. The surgical techniques are well codified and relatively simple. Medical treatments with "larvacidal" drugs are under study, but their effectiveness does not seem to have been demonstrated. The author concludes by insisting on the need for implementing the well-known and simple preventive measures which can be effective on the sources of infestation, on the chain of parasite transmission and on the subjects at risk.

Diagnostic Imaging↗
PubMed1989

[Epidemiology of smoking in the Wilaya population of Algeria].

A questionnaire survey was done in 1985 to determine the smoking habits of a representative sample of men and women in the Wilaya of Algiers. Among the men 77.1% used tobacco: 48.7% smoked cigarettes, 15.0% chewed tobacco, and 13.4% used both. There was no relationship between socioeconomic category and tobaccos consumption. Tobacco use among women was much lower (13.6%) and limited to cigarette smoking. The authors also examined relationships between smoking habits and functioned respiratory signs, and the reasons why former smokers stopped smoking.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1982

The consequences of Robert Koch's Discovery for countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis.

Since the issue of the 8th report of the WHO Expert Committee on Tuberculosis in 1964, the importance of Robert Koch's discovery has become fully apparent, becoming the basis of the development of the National Tuberculosis Control Programme. Robert Koch's discovery has had three main consequences for high prevalence countries. 1. It provides an unfailing epidemiological index which permits the evaluation of the tuberculosis problem in each country and the definition of the aims of the programmes. 2. It is the basis of the case-finding policy. 3. It makes possible the follow-up of the results of treatment in individual as well as in the community. The message of hope for the whole humanity, that was implied by the announcement in march 1882 of the remarkable discovery of the Koch bacillus, should be translated into reality in the next few decades by the progressive disappearance of tuberculosis in man.

Antitubercular Agents↗
PubMed1977

[Is there sarcoidosis in countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis? (author's transl)].

A review is given of the literature concerned with the relatively rare occurence of sarcoidosis in countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis and informations on clinical status, diagnostic, stage distribution and evaluation of 28 personally observed patients presented. The possible reasons of the only recently more frequent detection of sarcoidosis are discussed. Easily realisable measures as screening (test of tuberculine) for earlier detection are recommended.

Adolescent↗