Publications by authors named "A Habzi"
Background: Congenital protein C deficiency is a rare hereditary thrombophilia, neonatal purpura fulminans is the most serious form of this deficit. The purpose of this observation is two-fold. The first is the need to make an early diagnosis in order to improve the prognosis.
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- The case discusses a male late preterm newborn who developed respiratory distress shortly after birth, revealing meningitis caused by Serotype 17F pneumonia through vertical transmission from the mother.
- The newborn underwent treatment with multiple antibiotics, including ceftriaxone and gentamycin, due to the antibiotic resistance of the pneumococcal strain.
- The report emphasizes that symptoms of neonatal pneumococcal meningitis can be atypical, stressing the importance of awareness in diagnosis and treatment.
Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly across the world. Given the sharply increased infection rate, the number of pregnant women and children with COVID-19 is correspondingly on the rise. SARS-CoV-2 infection is transmitted through droplets; though hypothesized, other transmission routes have not been confirmed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeonatal adrenal hematoma is a rare condition, most frequently caused by trauma. We report three cases of adrenal hematoma admitted to the Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the A. Harouchi Children's Hospital, the Ibn Rushd University Hospital in Casablanca, Morocco, over a 2-year period from January 2011 to December 2012.
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