Systemic Haemophilus influenzae and facial cellulitis in infants.

Systemic Haemophilus influenzae and facial cellulitis in infants.

Haemophilus influenzae is a well-recognised cause of serious infections, common manifestations including meningitis, epiglottitis, and pneumonia.' Facial cellulitis is an uncommon but characteristic presentation,2 3 but has not been described from Britain. Its early clinical recognition is especially important because of associated bacteraemia. We describe four such cases seen within nine month...

Systemic Haemophilus influenzae disease in Thai children.

Fifty patients with systemic Haemophilus influenzae disease were indentified by hospital chart review between 1980-1992. The age distribution varied from 8 days to 14 years; the mean age of the patients was 12.7 months. The peak incidence was between 4 and 6 months of age. There were 27 male patients and 23 female patients for a male:female ratio of 1.17:1. The relative frequencies of 79 clinic...

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.

Immunogenicity and Efficacy of Different Haemophilus influenzae type b Vaccines

Haemophilus influenzae, a major cause of meningitis in young children leading to death and other neurological sequelae. The disease leaves 15 to 35% of the survivors with permanent disabilities, such as, mental retardation or deafness. Despite the availability of new and more powerful antibiotics children with Hib meningitis still suffer from high mortality or morbidity. The emergence of multir...

Facial Cellulitis