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...

A total of 303 young children with acute respiratory tract illnesses were examined for viral and bacterial agents. The isolation of Haemophilus influenzae from 58 (19.1%) of the children was described in relation to respiratory viruses and other bacterial agents isolated at the same time. H. influenzae was isolated alone in 24 instances. Streptococcus pneumoniae and respiratory syncytial virus ...

Since 2008, Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) vaccine has increasingly been introduced into Asian countries immunisation programmes. Hib vaccine has mainly been introduced as a combination pentavalent vaccine, which has replaced the traditional DTwP or DTPwP-HepB vaccines. As expected with the introduction of a new vaccine, there has been increased attention to serious adverse events following...

BACKGROUND Pneumonias are among the most common causes of hospitalization among inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. Guidelines published in 2004 advocate vaccination against Streptococcus pneumoniae and influenza virus. We sought to examine trends in hospitalizations for vaccine preventable pneumonias among IBD patients since the availability of published guidelines, and to identify whet...

INTRODUCTION Acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) remains a public health problem in Brazil. To evaluate the epidemiology of ABM cases at Giselda Trigueiro Hospital, Rio Grande do Norte, a descriptive retrospective survey was conducted covering 2005 to 2008. METHODS Clinical and laboratory data were collected from the epidemiology department of the hospital and analyzed. RESULTS Out of 168 ABM ...

Cefatrizine (BL-S640), a semisynthetic, orally administered cephalosporin, was found to have an in vitro spectrum of activity comparable to those of four other cephalosporins tested. It is as effective as cephalexin, the other orally administered cephalosporin evaluated, against most species, and it appears to be more effective than cephalexin against many Enterobacter, Haemophilus, and Proteus...

In this study demographic, clinical, paraclinical, microbiological, and therapeutic features of patients with community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis admitted to a referral center for infectious diseases in Iran, have been evaluated. Medical records of adult (> 18 years) individuals with confirmed diagnosis of community-acquired bacterial meningitis during a 4-year period were retrospecti...

Abstract Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae(NTHi) is one of the most common bacteria that cause secondary bacterial pneumonia following influenza A virus (IAV) infection, leading to hospitalization and death associated with IAV infection worldwide. Current efforts develop vaccines against NTHi focus on inducing antibodies but are hindered by antigenic diversity among strains. Therefore, we inte...

The medicinal herb Andrographis serpyllifolia is used in various ethnobotanical preparations due to its high therapeutic value. In this study, the antibacterial activity of aqueous, hexane, chloroform and methanol extract A. extracts were tested against human pathogenic bacteria Campylobacter jejuni- ATCC 29428, Neisseria gonorrhoeae- 49226, Haemophilus influenzae- 10211, Enterobacter aerogenes...