Hospital cost of invasive pneumococcal disease in children aged under 15 years old in Tunisia.

Background: Pneumococcal infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the world and in Tunisia. Data on the economic burden of these infections are needed to inform decision-making to include pneumococcal vaccinations in routine childhood immunization.

Aims: This study aimed to estimate the medical cost of hospitalizations due to invasive pneumococcal disease (pneumonia and meningitis) among children aged under 15 years old in Tunisia.

[Accidental caustic ingestion in Tunisian child. Study of 330 cases].

We studied retrospectively 330 cases of caustic product ingestion at the child collected in the pediatric department of Sousse (CHU Sahloul and CHU Farhat Hached) during eight years (1993-2000). It is about 194 boys and 136 girls (sex-ratio to 1.42/1) aged of 4 months at 14 years (middle age at 3 years and 5 months).