[Mother-to-child hepatitis B virus markers transmission at a reference hospital in Cote d'Ivoire].

Aims: To determine the seroprevalence of HBsAg in pregnant women and to determine the incidence of mother-to-child transmission.

Patients And Methods: It was a prospective longitudinal study with a descriptive and analytical aim that took place in the maternity ward and in the pediatric department of the CHU of Cocody for 7 months. All newborns whose mothers were HBsAg carriers were included.

Ambulatory Monitoring of Preterm Infant During Their First Year of Life at the Pediatric Deparment of Cocody Teaching Hospital.

The prematurity remains in our developing countries a problem of current events. The deficiency in human resources and the low level of the technical equipment exposes premature babies to a high risk of morbidity and mortality in neonatal period. Those who survive need a closer follow-up after their discharge from hospital.

[Removal of an intratracheobronchial foreign body opaque to X-rays in a child within a context of inadequate medical technical equipment].

Intratracheobronchial foreign bodies are common accidents in children. In developed countries, the removal of these intratracheobronchial foreign bodies is performed with flexible or rigid fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Resorting to surgery is rare.

Impact of HIV infection on the development, clinical presentation, and outcome of tuberculosis among children in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Objective: To assess the impact of HIV infection upon the development, clinical presentation, and outcome of tuberculosis (TB) among children.

Design: Case-control study and prospective cohort study.

Methods: From March 1994 to November 1995, children aged 0-9 years with newly diagnosed TB were enrolled at the two outpatient TB centers and the two principal university hospitals in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.