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Nasopharyngeal carriage and risk factors of major meningitis pathogens among asymptomatic healthcare workers in paediatric units in Benin, with serogroup distribution of Neisseria meningitidis [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Healthcare workers in paediatric settings are in close contact with vulnerable children and may serve as reservoirs and vectors for the transmission of respiratory pathogens such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, and ...
Chakir Ishola Bello, Cyriaque Comlan Degbey, Yves Eric Denon, Sessi Armel R. Hinvi, Lamine Baba-Moussa   +4 more
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A Case of Haemophilus haemolyticus Meningitis

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Haemophilus haemolyticus is a gram-negative bacillus respiratory tract commensal with reduced capacity to invade mucosal epithelia. Nontypeable (that is, nonencapsulated) Haemophilus influenzae and H haemolyticus are difficult to differentiate from each ...
Jane Qu, Sunil R. Ramaswamy, Rodolfo M. Alpizar-Rivas   +2 more
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Haemophilus influenzae meningitis [PDF]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 1976
Ampicillin sodium has been the drug of choice in the treatment of Haemophilus influenzae meningitis. The development of ampicillin-resistant strains forces the clinician to focus on alternative therapies. We describe two patients in whom neutropenia was noted secondary to chloramphenicol administration, and streptomycin sulfate and sulfonamides were ...
R M, Barkin, C C, Greer, C J, Schumacher, K, McIntosh   +3 more
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Early-onset neonatal sepsis with Haemophilus influenzae in a premature low birth weight newborn – case report [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Prior to routine active immunization, Haemophilus influenzae was the leading cause of bacterial meningitis and other invasive bacterial disease among children.
Andrea-Noemi Toth, Reka Santa, Zsuzsanna Gall, Manuela Cucerea, Marta Simon   +4 more
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Meningitis and bacteremia caused by Haemophilus influenzae Type e in an immunocompetent child

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2021
Haemophilus influenzae infection is a well-known cause of serious invasive disease in adults and children. But incidence of the common serotypes are type b, f and a.
Wenling Li, Jinhua Meng, Hui Xu, Liang Li, Junna Zhou, Jie Wen, Chao Guo, Shanshan Chen, Lei Zhu   +8 more
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Beta-lactamase-negative ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis in partially immunized immunocompetent child: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
Introduction Haemophilus influenzae is a Gram-negative coccobacillus that can cause many different kinds of infection, ranging from mild ear infection to life-threatening diseases like epiglottitis and meningitis.
Majid Ali Qureshi, Imran Asad, Adeel Chaudhary, Walid Abuhammour   +3 more
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Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis in Adults [PDF]

BMJ, 1974
Haemophilus influenzae meningitis though common in childhood is rarely seen in the adult. During the past four years eight cases of H. influenzae meningitis have been seen in St. Thomas's Hospital and four of these were in patients over 20 years old. There was a possible predisposing condition in two patients.
S J, Eykyn, R D, Thomas, I, Phillips
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Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Otitis Media: Mastoiditis and Meningitis Complicated with Central Venous Thrombosis in an Immunocompetent Child

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2021
Implementation of the Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) conjugate vaccine brought about a reduction in the number of cases and morbidity from type B but an increase in nontypeable strain infections.
Erdem Gönüllü, Nesrin Özkan, Ahmet Soysal, Engin Acıoğlu, Emine Betül Tavil, Selin Nar Ötgün, Metin Karaböcüoğlu   +6 more
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Incidence of Haemophilus influenzae type b among children less than 5 years and resistance to antibiotics in Iraq.

مجلة كلية الطب, 2015
Back ground: Meningitis is an inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord that known as meninges. It is the major cause of morbidity and mortality among infants and children less than the age of 5 years.
Maha F. Almelan
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HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE INFECTION IN CHILDREN DURING SPORADIC MORBIDITY: CLINICAL CASES WITH DIFFERENT (FAVORABLE OR FATAL) OUTCOMES

Вопросы современной педиатрии, 2017
Haemophilus influenzae infection in children is detected as sporadic cases and is characterized by polymorphism of clinical symptoms (rhinopharyngitis, purulent meningitis, acute epiglottitis, panniculitis, etc.), which complicates an early diagnosis and
Gennadii A. Kharchenko, Olga G. Kimirilova   +1 more
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