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Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in Malaysia

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 1998
To determine the pattern of postneonatal childhood meningitis in Malaysia.Retrospective cross-sectional study involving five pediatric departments in Malaysia.There were 435 cases of clinical meningitis admitted to the five centers. More than 90% of the patients were
I H, Hussain, A, Sofiah, L C, Ong, K E, Choo, M N, Musa, K H, Teh, H P, Ng   +6 more
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Haemophilus Influenzae Meningitis in Adults

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 1982
Three cases of pyogenic Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in adults have been diagnosed within the Brisbane Metropolitan area in the last twelve months. This had been considered a very unusual cause of meningitis in adults which has not previously been recorded in the Australian literature, and should alert clinicians to a possible alteration in the ...
M, Whitby, G R, Nimmo, A, Rao
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Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in adults

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 1998
Haemophilus influenzae meningitis is rare in adults. We reviewed the microbiological records of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood cultures and the medical records of patients with bacterial meningitis admitted to Chang Gung Memorial Hospital from January 1978 to May 1996.
L M, Tang, S T, Chen, Y R, Wu
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Meningitis due to Haemophilus parainfluenzae

Journal of Infection, 1981
Summary Two patients with meningitis due to Haemophilus parainfluenzae are reported. One had a short two day history before admission but the other had a three week history of vague indefinite fever and irritability. All haemophilus isolates from patients with meningitis should be checked for X and V factor requirements.
K C, Watson, J, Grimstone, A E, O'Hare
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Sequelae of Haemophilus influenzae meningitis

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 1980
Fourteen children who had had Haemophilus influenzae meningitis more than two years earlier have been compared with their siblings. WISC, Frostig and Bender psychological tests and neurological examination were performed so that subject/sibling differences could be analysed.
M, Emmett, H, Jeffery, D, Chandler, A E, Dugdale   +3 more
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Haemophilus influenzae meningitis.

2013
Abstract This chapter reviews the pathogenesis of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) meningitis, a multistep process that begins with: (i) colonization of the nasopharynx; (ii) subsequent invasion into the blood, which leads to haematogenous dissemination; (iii) bacterial penetration of the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier/blood-brain barrier
Hill, Darryl J, Christodoulides, M
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HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE MENINGITIS

American Journal of Diseases of Children, 1940
In 1922 Rivers 1 was able to find reports of 152 cases of meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae in children under 2 years of age, with only five recoveries. At that time he said, "Treatments of various kinds have been used, but as far as can be determined none has accomplished much." Until recently no improvement in methods of treatment had been ...
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Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis in Older Children

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1990
Sir .—We were pleased to see the recent study by Bonadio and associates 1 confirming our previous report that Haemophilus influenzae is a common cause of bacterial meningitis in older children. 2 In our study, six (21%) of 29 school-aged children with bacterial meningitis had H influenzae meningitis.
P R, Wood, J A, Lohr, J O, Hendley
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Treatment of Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1978
To the Editor.— Thank goodness we can fall back on streptomycin plus sulfisoxazole for treating ampicillinresistant Haemophilus influenzae meningitis, as noted by Richard H. Meade III, MD (239:324, 1978). He recommended that the streptomycin sulfate be injected intrathecally for three doses, intravenously for one dose, and then intramuscularly for 14 ...
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