Clinical factors predictive of traumatic brain injuries in case of mild traumatic brain injury in children: case-control study.

Background: Mild head injury (MHI) is very common in children and the problem is a lack of consensus criteria for the indication of a brain CT.

Objective: To determine predictors of cranio-cerebral lesions (CCL) in the case of MHI in children.

Methods: Case-control study over a period of 3 years.

Epidemiology of pertussis in Casablanca (Morocco): contribution of conventional and molecular diagnosis tools.

Background: Pertussis, a vaccine preventable disease, is still responsible of significant morbidity and mortality around the world, mostly in newborns. The aim of the present study was (1) to introduce pertussis surveillance in the major pediatric hospital of Casablanca (2) to analyze the prevalence of pertussis among children under 14 years of age and their entourage in Casablanca, Morocco.

Methods: This is a prospective and non-case controlled study, including children suspected of Pertussis admitted at the Abderrahim Harouchi Pediatric Hospital in Casablanca, from January 2013 to June 2015.