La Revue de médecine interne
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Multicenter Study
Are script concordance tests suitable for the assessment of undergraduate students? A multicenter comparative study.
Script concordance tests (SCTs) have been developed to assess clinical reasoning in uncertain situations. Their reliability for the evaluation of undergraduate medical students has not been evaluated. ⋯ The use of SCTs is a feasible option for the evaluation of undergraduate students. The SCT scores correlated with those obtained on classical MCQ tests.
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Infections are a frequent cause of cerebral vasculitis, important to diagnose because a specific treatment may be required. Infection-associated vasculitis can be caused by angiotropic pathogens (varicella zoster virus, syphilis, aspergillus). They can be associated with subarachnoidal meningitis (tuberculosis, pyogenic meningitis, cysticercosis). ⋯ Cerebral vasculitis are severe conditions and their prognosis is directly linked to early recognition and diagnosis. Infectious causes must therefore be systematically considered ahead of cerebral vasculitis, and the appropriate investigations must be determined according to the patient's clinical context. We propose here an update on the infectious causes of cerebral vasculitis, their diagnosis modalities, and therapeutic options.
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We report an original observation of multifocal refractory Destombes-Rosai-Dorfman disease associated with a myelodysplastic syndrome. The treatment of myelodysplasia allowed a good and prolonged response of both pathologies. ⋯ Our observation discusses the interest of the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome for the management of associated extra-hematological manifestations.
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Pre-exposure prophlaxis (PrEP) is the use of antiretroviral drugs by uninfected people to prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. PrEP is used by people who are at substantial risk of being exposed to HIV. ⋯ As a result, the difference between the proportion of people on PrEP and the proportion of people who would be very likely to use PrEP if they could access it -otherwise known as the PrEP gap- remains high. Nowadays, studies continue to explore long-term effects of PrEP as well as expand the array of available technologies and regimens.