PRESEPTAL/ORBITAL CELLULITIS IN THE POST - H. INFLUENZAE VACCINE ERA. 984
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Haemophilus influenzae infections in the H. influenzae type b conjugate vaccine era.
The widespread use of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccines has nearly eradicated invasive Hib disease where the vaccines are used. This success was accompanied by a shift in capsular serotypes of invasive H. influenzae disease, with nontypeable strains replacing type b strains as the most common bloodstream isolate, but there is no convincing evidence of a true increase in the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199604001-01006