These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Secondary cases of invasive disease caused by spread of Haemophilus influenzae type b.
    Author: Eskola J, Takala A, Käyhty H, Leinonen M, Kilpi T, Peltola H, Mäkelä PH.
    Journal: J Infect; 1987 May; 14(3):233-6. PubMed ID: 3495605.
    Abstract:
    Three 6-year-old girls were admitted to hospital within a period of 9 days because of invasive disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib). Two days after the index case contracted bacterial meningitis, her twin sister developed septicemia. Nine days after onset of illness in the index case, a day-care contact developed a febrile illness. The antibiograms of the bacterial strains isolated from cerebrospinal fluid or blood in the first two cases were identical; in the third case, blood cultures were negative but Hib antigen could be detected in serum and in urine. These cases illustrate the contagiousness of Hib disease. All household contacts of a case should be informed about the risk and their protection with rifampicin considered.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]