[Severe forms of malaria in children in a general hospital pediatric department in Yaounde, Cameroon].

Severe forms of malaria in children are responsible for 1 million deaths yearly in young children in hyperendemic areas. The main objective of this study was to identify and compare common manifestations of different forms of severe malaria and to evaluate the prognosis for hospital treatment in an endemic area. 271 files of children admitted into hospital between March 1991 and September 1996 were analysed.

[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.