Place of malaria in the etiologies of febrile attacks in children in a conflict area zone: Case of department of pediatric regional hospital of Timbuktu
Journal of African Clinical Cases and Reviews/Journal Africain des Cas Cliniques et Revues
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3(2): 90-96, 2019. ilus
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in English
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| ID: biblio-1264284
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Malaria, a public health problem in tropical countries, depends on several factors, some of which are social and environmental. In Mali in the Sahel zone, a socio-security crisis has prevailed in recent years. It was therefore interesting to study the epidemiology of this condition in situation.Objective:
To determine the frequency of malaria among febrile syndromes in children aged 1 to 59 months in the pediatric ward of the Regional Hospital of Timbuktu. Material andmethods:
the study was longitudinal retrospective descriptive for a period from January 1 to December 31, 2015. The data were collected with fact sheets and consultation records. They were captured and analyzed on the Statistical Package for Social Scientist (SPSS) software version 21.Results:
a total of 789 children hospitalized, 276 children had a febrile syndrome (35%). During the study period, we collected 180 cases of malaria, with a positive biological examination. The hospital frequency of malaria was 22.8% (180/789) and a frequency in febrile syndromes of 65.2% (180/276) of malaria cases. Of these 180 cases, 147 cases of uncomplicated malaria (81.7%) and 33 cases of severe malaria (18.3%) were found. In 34.8%, the etiology of febrile syndromes was other than malaria. Seasonal variation in malaria was found in terms of months of the year, peaking in September. The hospital lethality was 1.1% in our series.Conclusion:
Malaria was the leading febrile syndromes among children under 5 in hospitals in Tombouctou
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Index:
AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Child
/
Armed Conflicts
/
Fever
/
Hospitals, Pediatric
/
Malaria
/
Mali
Type of study:
Etiology study
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal Africain des Cas Cliniques et Revues
Year:
2019
Type:
Article
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