Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the consumption patterns of psychotropic drugs and predictors of limited access to medication.

Background: Despite the efforts of the health system to improve access to medications during the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, such as online consultations, encouraging generic prescriptions, and other measures to limit the storage of medication, psychotropic patients faced significant challenges in accessing their medications.

Objectives: This study aimed (1) to compare the consumption of psychotropics before and during the pandemic, (2) to assess the association between having difficulties finding the medications and the general characteristics of the patients, and (3) to assess the predictors of these difficulties.

Design: A case-control study was performed in which 128 patients (cases) were recruited during the pandemic (July-October 2021), and 256 patients (controls) using psychotropics before the pandemic were matched for age and sex.

Epidemiology of Respiratory Pathogens in Children with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection and Impact of the Multiplex PCR Film Array Respiratory Panel: A 2-Year Study.

Sever acute respiratory infections (SARIs) are a public health issue that are common in children and are associated with an important morbidity and mortality rate worldwide. Although SARI are mainly caused by viruses, they are still a cause of antibiotic overuse. The use of molecular methods especially real-time multiplex PCR allowed to detect a wide range of respiratory viruses and their subtype as well as some atypical bacteria.

[A primitive plasma cell leukemia with immunoglobulin (Ig) E].

We report here a case of primitive plasma cell leukemia with immunoglobulin (Ig) E. IgE myeloma is an exceptional variant of multiple myeloma, with a very poor prognosis. Its biological diagnosis requires specific analyzes in order to detect IgE gammopathy.

IgD-λ multiple myeloma with excessive excretion of free light chains: a diagnostic trap in the identification of monoclonal gammopathies.

Immunoglobulin D multiple myeloma (IgD MM) is a rare entity of monoclonal gammopathies. We report the case of a IgD MM, associated with excessive excretion of lambda free light chains (FLL λ) diagnosed and managed at the University Hospital Mohammed VI of Marrakech among an adult hospitalized in the hematology department for bone pain and alteration of the general condition. Indeed, IgD MM is characterized by its clinical severity and poor prognosis.

[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.