Aim and Objectives The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of
bacteremia, etiological agents and antibiotic susceptibility pattern in febrile children with …

Method A total of 225 venous blood samples from suspected sickle cell anaemic children
attending three selected hospitals within Kano metropolis were collected and screened for …

Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in African
children. Infection has been found to be a major cause of hospitalisation, a major precipitant …

Objective The main aim was to report the prevalence and severity of serious bacterial
infections (SBI) in children with sickle cell disease at King Abdulaziz Hospital (KAH), Al …

Background Although sickle cell disease (SCD) children are highly susceptible to bacterial
infections (BIs), there is a dreadful lack of data related to the burden and spectrum of BIs in …

Methods We conducted a monocentric descriptive retrospective hospital study in
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, over a ten-year period. All children with major sickle cell …

Summary Background In sub-Saharan Africa, more than 90% of children with sickle-cell
anaemia die before the diagnosis can be made. The causes of death are poorly …

Neonatal screening for sickle cell anemia is not a common practice in the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC). Children with sickle cell disease are known to have an increased …

Infection is the main factor of morbidity and mortality in children with sickle cell disease
(SCD). The objective of this study is to determine it's epidemiologic outline in senegalese …

Abstract Ninety-nine Saudi Arabian children aged between 3 months and 15 years attending
the sickle cell anaemia (SCA) clinic were studied using a review of case notes and an …