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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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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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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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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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Meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae – a case report [PDF]

Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine
BACKGROUND: We describe a case of meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae detected by BioFire FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) panel on a cerebral spinal fluid sample collected from a repeated lumbar puncture.
M. Patel, Z. Endo, A. Sou, D. El-Khoury, X. MdLuli, V. Patel   +5 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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[Splenectomy and Haemophilus influenzae meningitis].

Ugeskrift for laeger, 1991
The case of a boy aged 13 years with Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis is presented. Six years previously, splenectomy was performed on account of trauma. He died from the meningitis after ten days despite the recommended antibiotic treatment. Splenectomized patients should always seek medical advice at the first of any infection.
C M, Pedersen, C, Mølgaard
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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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Meningitis y artritis por Haemophilus influenzae en un adulto

Iatreia, 1988
Tradicionalmente el Haemophilus influenzae ha sido considerado un germen causante de infecciones en niños; en adultos se lo ha relacionado con Infecciones respiratorias, pero en los últimos tiempos se han descrito en ellos infecciones severas cuando hay ...
Javier Molina, Gloria Vásquez
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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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