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  • Title: [Clinical appearance and scalable profile Thiamine deficiency in prison in Guinea: study of thirty-eight observations].
    Author: Cissé FA, Konaté MM, Ekué WA, Cissé M, Camara N, Djigué BS, Baldé AO, Camara IA, Diallo FL, Diallo BS, Konaté F, Barry LF, Diakhaté I, Cissé A.
    Journal: Bull Soc Pathol Exot; 2016 May; 109(2):70-6. PubMed ID: 27100861.
    Abstract:
    Cardiovascular and neurological manifestations associated with thiamine deficiency in Guinean prisons are common but not reported.We performed a prospective study of 38 cases related to vitamin B1 deficiency over a period of 4 years. In this population, the literature of traditional data gathered: frequency peak after thirty (92.6%) and clear representation male (sex ratio M/F: 18/1). The clinical symptomatology remains essentially dominated by sensorimotor polyneuropathy and pure sensory (52.2%), overall heart failure (31.5%) and to a lesser degree by Gayet Wernicke's encephalopathy (7.8%) and shoshin beriberi with severe evolution (5.2%). The study of nutritional status by body mass index (BMI) of the World Health Organization, by the criteria of Detsky and biological markers including albumin, shows that these patients are severely malnourished.
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