Publications by authors named "Widad Gueddari"
Background: Streptococcus pneumoniae, a major contributor to global morbidity and mortality, disproportionately affects children, the elderly, and immunocompromised individuals. Despite vaccination efforts, the challenge of serotype replacement highlights the ongoing struggle against invasive pneumococcal diseases (IPD) in Morocco, emphasizing the need for updated public health strategies and vaccine efficacy assessments.
Methods: This study was conducted at the Ibn Rochd University Hospital Center and the Mohammed VI University Hospital Center from 2019 to 2022, focusing on hospitalized children.
Introduction: Febrile seizures (FS) are the most common neurologic disorder seen in children. Caused mainly by fever without any damage to the central nervous system (CNS). The associations of several factors, which we can find in the inflammatory response and genetic predisposition, are involved in the occurrence of FS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Mild head injury (MHI) is very common in children and the problem is a lack of consensus criteria for the indication of a brain CT.
Objective: To determine predictors of cranio-cerebral lesions (CCL) in the case of MHI in children.
Methods: Case-control study over a period of 3 years.
Introduction: Febrile purpura (FP) is suggestive of meningococcal disease, requiring almost always further investigations and a treatment based on broad spectrum antibiotics. This study aimed to determine the incidence of meningococcal infections as well as their associated clinical signs in children with febrile purpura hospitalized in the emergency department.
Methods: We conducted a descriptive, retrospective study in the pediatric emergency department at the Children's Hospital of Casablanca over a period of 3 years.