Haemophilus influenzae meningitis

Neurology A bacterial meningitis most common in unimmunized children from 1 month to 4 yrs; Hib ↓ HIM after a URI Clinical May be abrupt, spread from the nasopharynx to the circulation, then meninges; absent therapy, rapidly fatal Risk factors Hx of otitis media, sinusitis, pharyngitis or other URI, Hx of H influenzae infection in family; native American Indian and Eskimos > 3 times that of the average population; day-care

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Reis et al., "Haemophilus influenzae meningitis 5 years after introduction of the Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine in Brazil," Vaccine, vol.

Simulating immune interference on the effect of a bivalent glycoconjugate vaccine against Haemophilus influenzae serotypes "a" and "b"

Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in children: phenotypic and genotypic characterization of isolates.

Invasive Haemophilus influenzae serotype e and f disease, England and Wales

"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.

Clinical condition affects hearing loss in meningitis

The epidemiology of Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in children under five yrs of age in The Gambia, West Africa.

Incidence of Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis in India

(24,25) Both consensus statements recommend the use of dexamethasone only in patients with Haemophilus influenzae meningitis. (1,26)

Do corticosteroids prevent hearing loss in pediatric bacterial meningitis? An analysis of the evidence

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 !

FOLIC ACID PREVENTS BIRTH DEFECTS

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 vote for a Vaccine Czar

A recent case of a 9-month-old child with non-B, but typeable, Haemophilus influenzae meningitis, the first real H.

Invasive bacterial disease is still lurking. (ID Consult)

The epidemiology of Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in children under five years of age in The Gambia, West Africa.

Rapid assessment tool for Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in developing countries (1)