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31. Effect of harvesting and post-harvest practices on the microbiological quality of dates fruits (Phoenix dactylifera L.)

Author

Jdaini, Kawtar, Alla, Fouzia, Mhamdi, Hanane, Guerrouj, Kamal, Parmar, Aditya, and Elhoumaizi, Mohammed

Subjects
S1, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, SB, QR
Abstract

In Morocco, many dates varieties are produced and marketed, including local and imported dates, mainly Deglet Nour variety. The present study aimed to evaluate microbiological contamination on ten varieties of dates from four different production areas in Morocco, from the date market of Marrakech, and from the imported Deglet Nour variety, and to show effects of harvesting and post-harvest practices on the microbiological quality of dates. Physicochemical data presented that the pH of studied varieties varies between 5 and 6 and water activity from 0.28 to 0.62. Microbiological analysis displayed that samples from Tata region presented the highest microbial spoilage with Total Viable Counts (TVC) ranging from 4.2 log CFU.g-1 to 2.6 log CFU.g-1 and yeast/moulds reaching 2.99 log CFU.g-1. Deglet Nour dates imported from Algeria, and Tunisia were less contaminated (TVC

Published
2022

34. Parental self-medication with antibiotics in a Tunisian pediatric center

Author

Ahmed Rassas, Asma Ben Mabrouk, H.E. Mrabet, Bahri Mahjoub, Sana El Mhamdi, Nesrine Jemmali, J. Chelli, Mohamed Habib Sfar, Amina Werdani, and Fatma Larbi Ammari

Subjects
Adult, Parents, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, medicine.medical_specialty, Multivariate analysis, medicine.drug_class, Antibiotics, Pharmacist, Self Medication, Surveys and Questionnaires, medicine, Sore throat, Humans, Pharmacology (medical), Medical prescription, Child, business.industry, Middle Aged, Amoxicillin, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Cross-Sectional Studies, Family medicine, medicine.symptom, business, Pediatric population, Self-medication, medicine.drug
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Summary Introduction Self-medication of antibiotics among children is a very common problem in Tunisia. Its prevalence isn’t well established. The aims of this study are to evaluate parents’ knowledge concerning antibiotic use, and identify the factors associated with this problem. Patients and methods We conducted a cross-sectional study over a one year period (between August 2019 and July 2020). Data collection was performed using a questionnaire guided interview. We included parents of children consulting or hospitalized in the pediatric department of the university hospital Taher Sfar in Mahdia. Results A total of 354 parents were included with an average age of 36.4 ± 9.2 years. The average knowledge score was 2 ± 1.3 points. In fact, 61.6% of the parents had poor knowledge about antibiotics. The frequency of non-prescription antibiotics use among children was 20.6%. Amoxicillin was the most used antibiotic (72.6%). Sore throat, important fever and flu-like symptoms were the main symptoms justifying non-prescription antibiotic use among our pediatric population in 60.3%, 34.2% and 23.3% of cases respectively. The main reason of self-medication was the fact that the same antibiotic was once prescribed to treat the same symptoms (58.9%). The used antibiotic came from an old prescription for the same child in 57.5% of the cases and was recommended by the pharmacist in 39.7% of the cases. After multivariate analysis, the factors associated with parental self-medication with antibiotics were: the advanced parent's age, the ability to name an antibiotic and knowledge's score > 2. Conclusion Our study confirmed that parental knowledge about antibiotic use is low. In fact, the government should from one hand, organize antibiotic delivery and prohibit off the counter sells and in the other hand promote the education of the public through different procedures to stop this major health problem.

Published
2022

36. Assessment of the reliability of MSI status and dMMR proteins deficiency screening on endoscopic biopsy material in esophagus and gastric adenocarcinoma

Author

Asesio, Nicolas, primary, Mhamdi Aloui, Nozha, additional, Bonnereau, Julie, additional, Lehmann-Che, Jacqueline, additional, Bouhidel, Fatiha, additional, Kaci, Rachid, additional, Corte, Hélène, additional, Svrcek, Magali, additional, Minh, My Linh Tran, additional, Gornet, Jean Marc, additional, Cattan, Pierre, additional, Allez, Matthieu, additional, Bertheau, Philippe, additional, and Aparicio, Thomas, additional

Published
2023
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