Reis et al., "
Haemophilus influenzae meningitis 5 years after introduction of the Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine in Brazil," Vaccine, vol.
Nontypeable
Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in children: phenotypic and genotypic characterization of isolates.
"The controversy about dexamethasone therapy for Streptococcus pneumoniae is well known, but we all believed that the role of dexamethasone in
Haemophilus influenzae meningitis had been established," Dr.
The epidemiology of
Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in children under five yrs of age in The Gambia, West Africa.
(24,25) Both consensus statements recommend the use of dexamethasone only in patients with
Haemophilus influenzae meningitis. (1,26)
Since the early 1990s, Congress has made approximately $100 million a year available for a CDC-sponsored program to prevent
Haemophilus influenzae meningitis. We have nearly eliminated this killer and disabler of children--what a great public health success !
As someone who remembers when
Haemophilus influenzae meningitis sat at the top of the rule-out diagnoses for a young child with fever, the Hib vaccine shortage makes me very nervous.
A recent case of a 9-month-old child with non-B, but typeable,
Haemophilus influenzae meningitis, the first real H.
The epidemiology of
Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in children under five years of age in The Gambia, West Africa.