Open AccessThe Epidemiology and Aetiology of Infections in Children Admitted with Clinical Severe Pneumonia to a University Hospital in Rabat, Morocco
Author(s) -
Imane Jroundi,
Chafiq Mahraoui,
Rachid Benmessaoud,
Cinta Moraleda,
H. Tligui,
Myriam Seffar,
Selma Cherif Kettani,
Badr Sououd Benjelloun,
Saad Chaacho,
A Maaroufi,
Edward B. Hayes,
Míriam J. Álvarez-Martínez,
Carmen Muñoz-Almagro,
Joaquı́m Ruiz,
Pedro L. Alonso,
Quique Bassat
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of tropical pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.464
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1465-3664
pISSN - 0142-6338
DOI - 10.1093/tropej/fmu010
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , pneumonia , bronchiolitis , case fatality rate , pediatrics , rhinovirus , bronchitis , respiratory tract infections , etiology , haemophilus influenzae , asthma , streptococcus pneumoniae , respiratory system , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Scarce and limited epidemiological, clinical and microbiological data are available regarding paediatric respiratory tract infections in the Kingdom of Morocco, a middle-income country in northwestern Africa. The results of hospital-based surveillance aiming at describing the aetiology and epidemiology of respiratory distress among children <5 years of age are presented.