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...
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pubmed-48803932016-08-10 Meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae type f Cardoso, Marta Pessoa Pasternak, Jacyr Giglio, Alfredo Elias Casagrande, Rejane Rimazza Dalberto Troster, Eduardo Juan Case Report 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 fluid and blood cultures. Serotyping was performed by tests using polyclonal sera and confirmed by polymerase chain reaction. All Haemophilus influenzae isolates associated with invasive disease should be serotyped and notified as a way to evaluate the changes and trends in serotype distribution of this disease. Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC4880393/ /pubmed/24488395 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1679-45082013000400020 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Cardoso, Marta Pessoa Pasternak, Jacyr Giglio, Alfredo Elias Casagrande, Rejane Rimazza Dalberto Troster, Eduardo Juan |
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Cardoso, Marta Pessoa Pasternak, Jacyr Giglio, Alfredo Elias Casagrande, Rejane Rimazza Dalberto Troster, Eduardo Juan Meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae type f |
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Cardoso, Marta Pessoa Pasternak, Jacyr Giglio, Alfredo Elias Casagrande, Rejane Rimazza Dalberto Troster, Eduardo Juan |
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Cardoso, Marta Pessoa |
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Meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae type f |
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Meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae type f |
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Meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae type f |
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Meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae type f |
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Meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae type f |
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meningitis due to haemophilus influenzae type f |
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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 fluid and blood cultures. Serotyping was performed by tests using polyclonal sera and confirmed by polymerase chain reaction. All Haemophilus influenzae isolates associated with invasive disease should be serotyped and notified as a way to evaluate the changes and trends in serotype distribution of this disease. |
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Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein |
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