%0 Journal Article
%T Invasive <i>Haemophilus influenzae</i> Type b (Hib) Infections in Children in the Pediatric Department of the University Hospital Gabriel Touré (UH-GT)
%A B. Maiga
%A A. A. Diakit¨¦
%A K. Sacko
%A M. Sylla
%A M. Maiga
%A M. E. Ciss¨¦
%A A. Demb¨¦l¨¦
%A F. Traor¨¦
%A D. Konat¨¦
%A F. L. Diakit¨¦
%A L. Sidib¨¦
%A A. K. Doumbia
%A O. Coulibaly
%A P. Togo
%A A. Tour¨¦
%A K. Traor¨¦
%A L. Maiga
%A A. Ibrahim
%A H. Diall
%A A. Doumbia
%A H. Konare
%A S. Sagara
%A M. Niakat¨¦
%A A. Cissouma
%J Open Journal of Pediatrics
%P 100-107
%@ 2160-8776
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojped.2021.111009
%X <strong>Introduction</strong><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><strong>: </strong></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">According to Mali¡¯s National Immunization Center,
the</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> <i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Hae</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">mophilus
influenzae</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> b (Hib) vaccine
coverage rate was 90% in 2015. Our</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> work aimed to study invasive
bacterial infections due to </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Haemophilus influenzae</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> type b in children
aged 0</span></span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">- 15 years hospitalized in the pediatrics department </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">of the UH-GT</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Method: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">We carried out a retrospective
descriptive study</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> from January 2017 to December 2018 (</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">i</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">.</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">e</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">.
2 years) among children aged 0</span></span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">15 years and hospitalized
for </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Haemophilus influenzae</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> type b infection confirmed by culture (blood
culture, Cerebro-spinal Fluid, and pleural and skin fluid).</span></span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results</span></b><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Thirty-three cases of Hib
infections were collected giving a </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">frequency
of 0.2% and the age group 3 months to 3 years was the most</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> affected
(72.73%).</span></span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Children who received no vaccine accounted for
21.21%.</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">
%K Invasive Bacterial Infections
%K &lt
%K i&gt
%K Haemophilus influenzae&lt
%K /i&gt
%K b
%K Children
%K Pediatrics
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=107649