Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage among febrile children at the time of PCV-10 immunization in pediatric emergencies at Mohammed VI University Hospital Centre in Marrakesh (Morocco).

Objectives: In Morocco, 13-valent pneumococcal conjugated vaccine (PCV) was introduced in the childhood immunization program in October 2010 and changed to PCV-10 in July 2012. The purpose of this study was firstly to determine the prevalence of pneumococcus carriage in a population of febrile infants in Marrakesh and secondly, to investigate the risk factors for carriage and the distribution of circulating serotypes.

Material And Methods: This prospective study was conducted from February to June 2017, in the pediatric emergency department of the Mother and Child Hospital of Mohammed VI University Hospital Centre (UHC) in Marrakesh.

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus-Related Pancreatitis in Children: Severe and Lethal Form.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease of unknown cause, characterized by multisystemic involvement. Its occurrence in children is rare, and acute pancreatitis is exceptional in this matter. Its diagnosis is clinical, biological, and radiological.

[Non-type b Haemophilus influenzae: a rare cause of meningitis in an infant with a guarded prognosis].

Non-Type b Haemophilus is a rare cause of invasive secondary localization in young children. We here report the case of a child aged 11 months old who had Meningitis due to Non-Type b Haemophilus, a gram -negative bacilli of polymorphous appearance still exceptionally described in the literature, whose origin was undetermined and whose evolution was fatal. Clinicians and microbiologists should suspect the presence of these infrequent serotypes, especially on a particular case.