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Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Infections after 3 Decades of Hib Protein Conjugate Vaccine Use

Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2021
Haemophilus influenzae serotype b (Hib) was previously the most common cause of bacterial meningitis and an important etiologic agent of pneumonia in children aged
M. Slack, A. Cripps, K. Grimwood, G. Mackenzie, M. Ulanova   +4 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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Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Disease in Adults ≥65 Years, United States, 2011. [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundSince the introduction of the Haemophilus influenzae serotype b vaccine, H influenzae epidemiology has shifted. In the United States, the largest burden of disease is now in adults aged ≥65 years.
Bennett, Nancy, Blain, Amy, Briere, Elizabeth, Clark, Thomas, Cohn, Amanda, Farley, Monica M, Harrison, Lee H, Lexau, Catherine, MacNeil, Jessica, Miller, Lisa, Nichols, Megin, Petit, Susan, Reingold, Arthur, Schaffner, William, Thomas, Ann, Wang, Xin   +15 more
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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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Death or survival from invasive pneumococcal disease in Scotland: associations with serogroups and multilocus sequence types [PDF]

, 2011
We describe associations between death from invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and particular serogroups and sequence types (STs) determined by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) using data from Scotland.
Andrew Smith, Aspa, Austrian, Avery, Blake, Cecil, Chris Robertson, David Greenhalgh, Diggle, Donald Inverarity, Giles F. S. Edwards, Guimbao Bescós, Huss, Inostroza, Jim McMenamin, Johanna M. C. Jefferies, Karen Lamb, Kendrick, Lamb, Martin, Mathew Diggle, Shapiro, Stuart C. Clarke, Tim J. Mitchell, Weiss   +24 more
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Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis in a vaccinated and immunocompetent child

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2017
Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease decreased dramatically after the introduction of conjugate vaccine in routine immunization schedules.We report a case of a fifteen-months-old girl, previously healthy and vaccinated, admitted in the ...
Ana F. Almeida, Eunice Trindade, Artur B. Vitor, Margarida Tavares   +3 more
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Clinical and laboratory characteristics of haemophilus influenza type b Infection with central nervous system Involvement in young children

Учёные записки Санкт-Петербургского государственного медицинского университета им. Акад. И.П. Павлова, 2022
Introduction. Invasive Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) infection often manifests as severe and complicated forms of purulent meningitis in children from birth to 6 years of age.
E. L. Sitkina, T. V. Antonova, R. A. Ivanova, D. A. Lioznov   +3 more
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Neuronal Damage and Neuroinflammation, a Bridge Between Bacterial Meningitis and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2021
Bacterial meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges which covers and protects the brain and the spinal cord. Such inflammation is mostly caused by blood-borne bacteria that cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and finally invade the brain parenchyma ...
Kristine Farmen, Miguel Tofiño-Vian, F. Iovino   +2 more
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The first reported case of possible Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine failure from Kuwait and literature-review

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2014
Summary: A 17-month-old vaccinated Kuwaiti boy presented with meningitis. The Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) capsular antigen was detected in his blood, CSF and urine. The microorganism failed to grow in culture.
Prashant Purohit, Ina’am Ahmad Al-Obaid, Nehad Gamal Al-Deen Omar   +2 more
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A Rare Case of Atypical Cryptococcal Meningitis Comorbid With Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Literature Review. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Cryptococcal meningitis in non‐HIV patients and comorbid with Guillain‐Barré syndrome is rare. Accurate diagnosis necessitates a comprehensive understanding of historical records, laboratory workup, and a heightened index of suspicion, coupled with prompt and comprehensive combined therapy.
Yang LL, Sun Z, Fang Z, Zhang L, Xia Y.
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