[Knowledge and practices of the mothers of children from 6 to 18 months relative to the conduct of weaning: cases from the general hospital of Marcory]. / Connaissances et pratiques des meres d'enfants de 6 a 18 mois relatives à la conduite du sevrage: cas de l' hôpital général de Marcory.

Weaning is a high-risk phase in the life of infants around the world, because poorly managed, it raises protein-energy malnutrition to levels causing crucial problems to the health of infants. AIMS: The purpose is to estimate the knowledge and the practices of the mothers regarding the conduct of food weaning of their children aged 6 to 18 months. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional survey at the general hospital of Marcory in Abidjan-CI on a sample of 100 mother-child pairs who came to consult. RESULTS: It emerges from this survey that.The mothers are young, with 94% younger than 35 years old. 88% of the mothers were of a low socioeconomic level. Dietary restrictions still remained a real obstacle to a better practice of weaning.The vast majority of the mothers (74%) ignore the notion of weaning and 40% of them had no information regarding this process. Food weaning was not conventional with an early weaning at 1 to 6 months in 38% of the cases and a late weaning (30%) after 13 months. CONCLUSION: It is necessary to set up a program focusing on the adequate conduct of weaning in infants to improve mothers' knowledge and the practices.

Le sevrage constitue une phase à haut risque dans la vie des nourrissons dans le monde , car mal conduit, le sevrage hisse la malnutrition protéino énergétique au rang des problèmes cruciaux de santé chez les nourrissons. OBJECTIF: Le but est d'évaluer les connaissances et les pratiques des mères concernant la conduite du sevrage alimentaire de leurs enfants âgés de 6 à 18 mois. MATERIEL: Nous avons réalisé une enquête transversale descriptive à l'hôpital général de Marcory à Abidjan-CI sur un échantillon de 100 couples mères enfants venus consulter. RESULTATS: Il ressort de cette enquête que.Les mères sont jeunes puisque 94% des mères avaient moins de 35 ans.88% des mères étaient d'un niveau socio économique bas. Les interdits alimentaires restaient encore un réel obstacle à une meilleure pratique du sevrage.La grande majorité des mamans (74%) méconnaissent la notion de sevrage et 40 % d'entre elles ne disposaient d'aucune information. Le sevrage alimentaire n'était pas conventionnel avec un sevrage précoce d'1 à 6 mois dans 38% des cas et un sevrage tardif (30%) au delà de 13 mois. CONCLUSION: Il faut mettre en place un programme axé sur la conduite adéquate du sevrage des nourrissons pour améliorer les connaissances et pratiques des mères.

[Sensitivity to penicillin G of isolates of pneumococci meningitis and therapeutic implication in CHU of Treichville, Abidjan]. / Sensibilité à la pénicilline G des pneumocoques isolés des méningites et implication thérapeutique au CHU de Treichville - Abidjan.

To determine the frequency of pneumococci meningitis with reduced sensitivity to penicillin G isolated from cerebrospinal fluid, 539 strains were studied between 1996 to 2000. All strains were analysed with oxacilline containing 5 mcg / standard antibiogram for determination of minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) for penicillin G by E-test. Our results do not show any significant variation from 1996 to 2000. Generally as regard the penicillin G sensitivity we observed that strains were classified as: sensitive strains (CMI < or = 0.06 mg/l): 22.5%, less sensitive strains (0.6 mg/l < CMI < or = 2 mg/l): 58.2%, resistance (CMI > 2 mg/l): 19.2%. The pneumococci rate with reduced sensitivity observed in our study is high and should be taken into consideration in the therapeutic choices.