Meningitis and septicaemia in a child caused by non-typable Haemophilus influenzae biotype III

Authors
Kay, SE Nack, Z Jenner, BM
Citation
Se. Kay et al., Meningitis and septicaemia in a child caused by non-typable Haemophilus influenzae biotype III, MED J AUST, 175(9), 2001, pp. 484
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA
ISSN journal
0025729X → ACNP
Volume
175
Issue
9
Year of publication
2001
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-729X(20011105)175:9<484:MASIAC>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Since vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) became widesp read, other strains of H. influenzae have become more common than Hib as ca uses of disease in vaccinated children. A four-month-old, appropriately vac cinated infant presented with meningitis and septicaemia caused by H. influ enzae biotype III. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of men ingitis caused by this biotype, which is not detectable by Hib antigen test s.