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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Antibiotic usage prior and during hospitalization for clinical severe pneumonia in children under five years of age in Rabat, Morocco
Antibiotics, Volume 2, No. 4, Year 2013
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Description
Scarce and limited epidemiological, clinical and microbiological data are available regarding pediatric respiratory tract infections in the Kingdom of Morocco, a middle-income country in Northwestern Africa. Data on antibiotic usage for such infections are also scarce. A good understanding of pre-admission and intra-hospital usage of antibiotics in children with respiratory infections linked with an adequate surveillance of the antibiotic susceptibility from circulating pathogens could help policy makers improve their recommendations on management of respiratory infections. We hereby present data on antibiotic usage prior and during admission and antibiotic susceptibility of major circulating respiratory pathogens in children under five years of age admitted to the Hôpital d'Enfants de Rabat, Morocco, with a diagnosis of clinical severe pneumonia (using World Health Organization (WHO) standardized case definitions) during a period of 14 months (November 2010-December 2011), as part of a larger hospital-based surveillance study designed to understand the etiology and epidemiology of severe pneumonia cases among children. © 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Authors & Co-Authors
Jroundi, Imane
Spain, Barcelona
Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona
Morocco, Agdal Rabat
Ministry of Health, Morocco
Benmessaoud, Rachid
Spain, Barcelona
Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona
Mahraoui, Chafiq
Morocco, Agdal Rabat
Ibn Sina Hospital, Agdal Rabat
Moraleda, Cinta
Spain, Barcelona
Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona
Tligui, Houssain
Morocco, Agdal Rabat
Ibn Sina Hospital, Agdal Rabat
Seffar, Myriam
Morocco, Agdal Rabat
Ibn Sina Hospital, Agdal Rabat
Benjelloun, Badr Sououd D.
Morocco, Agdal Rabat
Ibn Sina Hospital, Agdal Rabat
Vila Estapé, Jordi V.Roig
Spain, Barcelona
Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona
Ruiz, Joaquim
Spain, Barcelona
Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona
Alonso, Pedro Luís
Spain, Barcelona
Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona
Bassat, Quique
Spain, Barcelona
Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona
Statistics
Citations: 11
Authors: 11
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3390/antibiotics2040450
e-ISSN:
20796382
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Study Locations
Morocco