Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in elderly nursing home residents: two related cases.

We investigated two fatal cases of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection in a community nursing home in western Sydney, Australia. Two elderly women had lived in the same room, and the onset of their illness was 5 days apart. Hib isolates from blood cultures showed identical profile...

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Autores principales: Heath, T C, Hewitt, M C, Jalaludin, B, Roberts, C, Capon, A G, Jelfs, P, Gilbert, G L
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1997
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9204300
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author Heath, T C
Hewitt, M C
Jalaludin, B
Roberts, C
Capon, A G
Jelfs, P
Gilbert, G L
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Hewitt, M C
Jalaludin, B
Roberts, C
Capon, A G
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description We investigated two fatal cases of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection in a community nursing home in western Sydney, Australia. Two elderly women had lived in the same room, and the onset of their illness was 5 days apart. Hib isolates from blood cultures showed identical profiles by pulsed field gel electrophoresis. These findings suggest that Hib infection was transmitted within this nursing home. Serious Hib disease may be underrecognized in this setting. Continued surveillance and serotyping of invasive H. influenzae disease is essential for identifying groups at increasing risk that may benefit from immunization against Hib.
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spelling pubmed-26276162009-05-20 Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in elderly nursing home residents: two related cases. Heath, T C Hewitt, M C Jalaludin, B Roberts, C Capon, A G Jelfs, P Gilbert, G L Emerg Infect Dis Research Article We investigated two fatal cases of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection in a community nursing home in western Sydney, Australia. Two elderly women had lived in the same room, and the onset of their illness was 5 days apart. Hib isolates from blood cultures showed identical profiles by pulsed field gel electrophoresis. These findings suggest that Hib infection was transmitted within this nursing home. Serious Hib disease may be underrecognized in this setting. Continued surveillance and serotyping of invasive H. influenzae disease is essential for identifying groups at increasing risk that may benefit from immunization against Hib. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1997 /pmc/articles/PMC2627616/ /pubmed/9204300 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Heath, T C
Hewitt, M C
Jalaludin, B
Roberts, C
Capon, A G
Jelfs, P
Gilbert, G L
Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in elderly nursing home residents: two related cases.
title Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in elderly nursing home residents: two related cases.
title_full Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in elderly nursing home residents: two related cases.
title_fullStr Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in elderly nursing home residents: two related cases.
title_full_unstemmed Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in elderly nursing home residents: two related cases.
title_short Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in elderly nursing home residents: two related cases.
title_sort invasive haemophilus influenzae type b disease in elderly nursing home residents: two related cases.
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9204300
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