Respiratory Infection due to Haemophilus influenzae

Meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae type f

With the decline in the rate of infections caused by Haemophilus influenzae serotype b since the widespread vaccination, non-b serotypes should be considered as potential pathogenic agents in children with invasive disease younger than 5 years old. We report the case of an immunocompetent 1-year-old boy with Haemophilus influenzae type f meningitis. The agent was identified in cerebrospinal flu...

Meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae resistant to ampicillin and chloramphenicol.

A case of ampicillin and chloramphenicol resistant Haemophilus influenzae meningitis successfully treated with cefotaxime is described.

Haemophilus Influenzae B

  یکی از شایع ترین مننژیت باکتریایی در شیرخواران، هموفیلوس آنفلوانزا از نوع B (HIB) می باشد. به منظور تهیه و عرضه واکسنی جهت حفظ کودکان در مقابل این بیماری به بازار جهانی، تحقیقاتی انجام و نوعی واکسن در بخش تحقیقاتی آکسفورد مورد آزمایش و ارزیابی قرار گرفت تا در صورت تمایل والدین و کارکنان بهداشتی، تجویز همزمان آن با واکسن سه گانه و فلج اطفال عملی گردد.

The pathogenesis of disease due to type b Haemophilus influenzae.

A Case of Meningitis Due to Haemophilus Influenzae

been reported by many workers in Europe and America and the strains isolated have been studied. The reports about the effects beneficial or otherwise of various sulpha group of drugs with and without anti-haemophilus specific sera and streptomycin in such cases have been published. In India except in large cityhospitals, bacteriological investigation even of hospital cases is not often possible...