[Neonatal streptococcus group B infection in Yaoundé (Cameroon). Epidemiologic and clinical aspects].

This study was designed to investigate epidemiologic and clinical features of neonatal group B streptococcal infections. Sixty cases seen over a 60-month period were reviewed. Incidence was 0.

[Neonatal septicemia and meningitis caused by gram-negative bacilli in Yaondé: clinical, bacteriological and prognostic aspects].

Based on 139 cases collected in 36 months, the authors show that neonatal sepsis and meningitis with Gram negative bacilli represent 62.33% of confirmed neonatal sepsis (223 cases out of 6,784 neonatal hospitalisations). 53.