Haemophilus influenzae Type b Meningitis in the Short Period after Vaccination: A Reminder of the Phenomenon of Apparent Vaccine Failure

We present two cases of bacterial meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) which developed a few days after conjugate Hib vaccination. This phenomenon of postimmunization provocative time period is reviewed and discussed. These cases serve as a reminder to clinicians of the risk, alb...

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Autores principales: Greenberg-Kushnir, Noa, Haskin, Orly, Yarden-Bilavsky, Havatzelet, Amir, Jacob, Bilavsky, Efraim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3431063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22953084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/950107

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3431063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22953084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/950107

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