Poisoning by carbon monoxide in Morocco from 1991 to 2008.

Objective: To describe the characteristics relating to the provenance of statements, patients and to evaluate the spatiotemporal evolution of carbon monoxide poisoning reported to Poison Control Center and Pharmacovigilance of Morocco (CAPM).

Methods: This is a retrospective study over a period of 18 years from 1991 to 2008, for all cases of poisoning by carbon monoxide reported to CAPM.

Results: The epidemiological study focused on 12 976 cases of carbon monoxide poisoning reported to CAPM between 1991 and 2008.

Mycobacterium resistance to antimycobacterial reagent.

This study was carried out in the tuberculosis laboratory of the Institut National d'Hygiène in Rabat, Morocco, in 1997. The aim was to determine the percentages of drug-resistant strains by using 150 antibiograms. Six antimycobacterial medications were used as tuberculosis treatment: isoniazid (INH), streptomycin (STM), rifampicin (RIF), ethambutol (EMB), kanamycin (KAN) and p-amino-salicylic acid (PAS).