Dermo-hypodermite bactérienne nécrosante avec fasciite nécrosante : à propos de 17 cas présentant un faible taux de mortalité

Comparative Study of Necrotizing Bacterial Dermohypodermitis or Necrotizing Fasciitis Depending on the HIV Serostatus in Abidjan (Cote d Ivoire)

“…This average age is similar to data contained in the European, Asian and American literature whereas that of African countries is near the average age of HIV positive patients i.e. 40.93 years [4][5][6][7][8][9]. The difference observed between the different continents could be explained by the high prevalence of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa with the highest rate in young people.…”

“…The average duration of HIV negative patients' hospitalization was about 3 months against 2 months for HIV positive patients. These two averages are by far above other averages in the western literature [5][6][7][8]11,12,14,16] but super imposable to African studies [4,9,10]. This could be explained by the duration and the mode of treatment of patients.…”