| [bacterial meningitis in a pediatric hospital in a tropical zone]. | purulent bacterial meningitides are a very important pediatric problem in tropical areas. from february 1983 to february 1988, 409 cerebrospinal fluid samples from children with purulent meningitides, aged under 15 years, admitted to the pediatric hospital albert royer, dakar, were examined for the presence of bacterial agents. in 222 (54.2%) samples, one bacterial agent or soluble antigens were detected. among these, 3 bacterial agents were most frequently identified: 94 (42.3%) haemophilus inf ... | 1989 | 2811653 |
| [epidemiology and prognosis of haemophilus influenzae meningitis in africa (901 cases)]. | haemophilus influenzae meningitis are frequent in africa in infants between 6 months and two years of age. type b is observed in 97% of cases. in dakar, 2% of strains are resistant to ampicillin and 0% to chloramphenicol. lethality is about 30% and sequellae are very frequent. prognosis can be predicted by a cotation scale including consciousness, tonus, seizures, nutritional status, delay before treatment and initial bacterial antigen level in csf. | 1983 | 6341941 |
| [sickle cell disease in children in dakar, senegal]. | to determine the socioeconomic, clinical and biological aspects of sickle cell disease (scd) in senegalese children and adolescents, we retrospectively analysed all records of follow-up attending patients in the albert royer children hospital of dakar (senegal). | 2000 | 10668081 |
| [clinical, bacteriological and therapeutic aspects of meningococcal meningitis in dakar in 1999]. | two major outbreaks of meningitis due neisseria meningitidis serogroup a occurred in senegal in 1998 and 1999. the purpose of this report is to describe clinical, bacteriological and therapeutic findings in 70 patients admitted for cerebrospinal meningitis to the infectious disease clinic at the fann university teaching hospital in dakar in 1999. diagnosis was based on direct microscopic examination after gram staining in 71% of the cases, culture in 76%, and detection of soluble antigens in cer ... | 2002 | 12192708 |
| [pédiatric haemophilus influenzae b meningitis in dakar]. | this study had for aim to determine the etiology of haemophilus b pediatric meningitis. | 2007 | 17629648 |
| antimicrobial susceptibility of select respiratory tract pathogens in dakar, senegal. | haemophilus influenzae, moraxella catarrhalis, streptococcus pyogenes, and streptococcus pneumoniae are the most common causative agents of respiratory tract infections (rtis). the increase in resistance to current antibacterial agents highlights the need to monitor the resistance pattern of these bacterial pathogens. | 2009 | 19858566 |
| the elimination of haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis following conjugate vaccine introduction in senegal. | senegal introduced routine infant haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) conjugate vaccine during 2005. | 2010 | 20042917 |
| prospective cohort study of disabling sequelae and quality of life in children with bacterial meningitis in urban senegal. | no studies have prospectively examined disabling sequelae and quality of life in children with bacterial meningitis in sub-saharan africa. | 2010 | 20517172 |
| hospital surveillance of childhood bacterial meningitis in senegal and the introduction of haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine. | bacterial meningitis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in children living in low-resource settings. pediatric bacterial meningitis cases < 5 years of age were identified through a regional hospital surveillance system for 3 years after introduction of routine immunization with haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) conjugate vaccine in senegal in july 2005. cases from the national pediatric hospital were also tracked from 2002 to 2008. the regional surveillance system recorded 1,711 ... | 2010 | 21118944 |
| low immune response to hepatitis b vaccine among children in dakar, senegal. | hbv vaccine was introduced into the expanded programme on immunization (epi) in senegal and cameroon in 2005. we conducted a cross-sectional study in both countries to assess the hbv immune protection among children. all consecutive children under 4 years old, hospitalized for any reason between may 2009 and may 2010, with an immunisation card and a complete hbv vaccination, were tested for anti-hbs and anti-hbc. a total of 242 anti-hbc-negative children (128 in cameroon and 114 in senegal) were ... | 2012 | 22666468 |