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Vaccine-Induced Waning of Haemophilus influenzae Empyema and Meningitis, Angola

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
In Angola during 2003–2012, we detected Haemophilus influenzae in 18% of 2,634 and 26% of 2,996 bacteriologically positive pleural or cerebrospinal fluid samples, respectively, from children. After vaccination launch in 2006, H.
Heikki Peltola, Tuula Pelkonen, Luis Bernardino, Lurdes Monteiro, Silvia da Conceição Silvestre, Elizabete Anjos, Manuel Leite Cruzeiro, Anne Pitkäranta, Irmeli Roine   +8 more
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Haemophilus influenzae Type a Meningitis in Immunocompetent Child, Oman, 2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
Meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) was eliminated in Oman after the introduction of Hib vaccine in 2001. However, a case of H. influenzae type a meningitis was diagnosed in a child from Oman in 2015, which highlights the need to ...
Kiran P. Sawardekar
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Bacterial Meningitis and Haemophilus influenzae Type b Conjugate Vaccine, Malawi

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
A retrospective database review showed that Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine decreased the annual number of cases of H. influenzae type b meningitis in children in Blantyre, Malawi. Among young bacterial meningitis patients, HIV prevalence
David W. McCormick, Elizabeth M. Molyneux   +1 more
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Estimating the global and regional burden of meningitis in children caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Global Health, 2022
Background Haemophilus influenzae Type B (Hib) meningitis caused significant public health concern for children. Recent assessment in 2015 suggests vaccination has virtually eliminated invasive Hib diseases.
Jay J. Park, Sandhya Narayanan, J. Tiefenbach, I. Lukšić, B. M. Ale, D. Adeloye, I. Rudan   +6 more
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A Narrative Review of the Molecular Epidemiology and Laboratory Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Bacterial Meningitis Agents: Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus agalactiae

Microorganisms, 2021
This narrative review describes the public health importance of four most common bacterial meningitis agents, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae, and S. agalactiae (group B Streptococcus).
R. Tsang
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Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis Direct Diagnosis by Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing: A Case Report

Pathogens, 2021
Current routine real-time PCR methods used for the point-of-care diagnosis of infectious meningitis do not allow for one-shot genotyping of the pathogen, as in the case of deadly Haemophilus influenzae meningitis. Real-time PCR diagnosed H.
M. Morsli, Q. Kerharo, J. Delerce, P. Roche, L. Troude, M. Drancourt   +5 more
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Long Term Impact of Conjugate Vaccines on Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis: Narrative Review

Microorganisms, 2021
H. influenzae serotype b (Hib) used to be the commonest cause of bacterial meningitis in young children. The widespread use of Hib conjugate vaccine has profoundly altered the epidemiology of H. influenzae meningitis.
M. Slack
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Multicenter Hospital-Based Prospective Surveillance Study of Bacterial Agents Causing Meningitis and Seroprevalence of Different Serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae Type b, and Streptococcus pneumoniae during 2015 to 2018 in Turkey

Msphere, 2020
Acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) is one of the most common life-threatening infections in children. The incidence and prevalence of ABM vary both geographically and temporally; therefore, surveillance systems are necessary to determine the accurate ...
M. Ceyhan, Y. Ozsurekci, Sevgen Tanır Basaranoglu, N. Gurler, Enes Salı, M. Keser Emiroğlu, F. Oz, N. Belet, M. Duman, Emel Ulusoy, Z. Kurugol, H. Tezer, A. Ozkaya Parlakay, E. Dinleyici, U. Celik, S. Çelebi, A. Oner, M. Solmaz, A. Karbuz, N. Hatipoğlu, I. Devrim, İ. Çağlar, Ş. Bozdemir, E. Kocabaş, O. O. Gundeslioglu, M. Sutcu, Ozge Metin Akcan, N. Kuyucu, F. Aktar, S. Kara, H. O. Altay Akisoglu, N. Tuygun, Zeynep Diyar Tamburaci Uslu, E. Karadag Oncel, Cihangul Bayhan, A. Cengiz   +35 more
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Etiology of Pediatric Meningitis in West Africa Using Molecular Methods in the Era of Conjugate Vaccines against Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, and Haemophilus influenzae Type b

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020
. Despite the implementation of effective conjugate vaccines against the three main bacterial pathogens that cause meningitis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), and Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A, the burden of meningitis
B. Kwambana-Adams, Jieng-Lung Liu, C. Okoi, J. Mwenda, N. Mohammed, E. Tsolenyanu, L. Renner, D. Ansong, B. Tagbo, M. Bashir, Mamadou Kourna Hama, M. A. Sonko, J. Gratz, A. Worwui, P. Ndow, A. Cohen, F. Serhan, R. Mihigo, M. Antonio, E. Houpt   +19 more
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Bacterial Meningitis in Children: Neurological Complications, Associated Risk Factors, and Prevention

Microorganisms, 2021
Bacterial meningitis is a devastating infection, with a case fatality rate of up to 30% and 50% of survivors developing neurological complications. These include short-term complications such as focal neurological deficit and subdural effusion, and long ...
Abdulwahed Zainel, Hana Mitchell, M. Sadarangani   +2 more
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