| epidemiological profile of invasive bacterial diseases in children in casablanca, morocco: antimicrobial susceptibilities and serotype distribution. | the aim of this prospective study in morocco was to investigate the causes of invasive bacterial diseases in children in order to inform antibiotic therapy and vaccine choices. of 238 children aged < or = 5 years admitted to the children's hospital of casablanca for invasive diseases over a 12-month period, 185 were diagnosed with bacterial infection: 76 had chest-x-ray-confirmed pneumonia, 59 had meningitis and 50 had sepsis. streptococcus pneumoniae was the most common pathogen identified (n = ... | 2012 | 23301370 |