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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 ...
A. Rao, G. R. Nimmo, M. Whitby
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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.
Monica Emmett, Alan E. Dugdale, Dianne Chandler, Heather Jeffery   +3 more
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Haemophilus parainfluenzae Meningitis in a Newborn

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1966
ALTHOUGHHaemophilus influenzaemeningitis has been described in newborns, a search of the literature failed to reveal a case of Hparainfluenzaemeningitis in a newborn. Report of a Case A full-term baby was delivered on March 21, 1963. The membranes had not ruptured prematurely, and the total duration of labor was five hours.
Edwin H. Gullekson, Morris Dumoff
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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.
Lok Ming Tang, Yih Ru Wu, Sien Tsong Chen   +2 more
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Experimental meningitis in the rat: Haemophilus influenzae [PDF]

Infection, 1984
Leptomeningitis due to type b Haemophilus influenzae can be produced in infant rats (up to three weeks of age) by intranasal inoculation, and in animals up to three months of age by intraperitoneal inoculation. In infant animals, the pathogenesis appears to mimic the disease in human infants.
A. L. Smith, M. D. Greenfield, R D Toothaker   +2 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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HÆMOPHILUS MENINGITIS IN PORTSMOUTH

The Lancet, 1978
The clinical features and follow-up data of all twenty-five children admitted to a Portsmouth hospital from Jan. 1, 1972, to July 1, 1975, with haemophilus meningitis were reviewed. Two children died of meningitis and one of other causes. Four have residual damage--two severe, one definite, and one possible. Outcome tended to be worse in cases with the
StephenJ. Ware, Sylvia Mclauchlan
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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.
Pamela R. Wood, J. Owen Hendley, Jacob A. Lohr   +2 more
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Fluid management in haemophilus influenzae meningitis

Infection, 1980
The fluid management of 50 children with Haemohpilus influenzae type B meningitis was reviewed. Clinical hydration status on admission, serum sodium values, and overall fluid balance was assessed to determine the contribution of empiric fluid restriction in preventing the development of syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH).
Harold C. Neu, A. S. Prince
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