Haemophilus influenzae Type a Meningitis in Immunocompetent Child, Oman, 2015

Meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) was eliminated in Oman after the introduction of Hib vaccine in 2001. However, a case of H. influenzae type a meningitis was diagnosed in a child from Oman in 2015, which highlights the need to monitor the incidence of invasive non-Hib H. infl...

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Autor principal: Sawardekar, Kiran P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5512487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28628438
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2307.170311
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description Meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) was eliminated in Oman after the introduction of Hib vaccine in 2001. However, a case of H. influenzae type a meningitis was diagnosed in a child from Oman in 2015, which highlights the need to monitor the incidence of invasive non-Hib H. influenzae disease.
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spelling pubmed-55124872017-07-19 Haemophilus influenzae Type a Meningitis in Immunocompetent Child, Oman, 2015 Sawardekar, Kiran P. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) was eliminated in Oman after the introduction of Hib vaccine in 2001. However, a case of H. influenzae type a meningitis was diagnosed in a child from Oman in 2015, which highlights the need to monitor the incidence of invasive non-Hib H. influenzae disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5512487/ /pubmed/28628438 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2307.170311 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.
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Haemophilus influenzae Type a Meningitis in Immunocompetent Child, Oman, 2015
title Haemophilus influenzae Type a Meningitis in Immunocompetent Child, Oman, 2015
title_full Haemophilus influenzae Type a Meningitis in Immunocompetent Child, Oman, 2015
title_fullStr Haemophilus influenzae Type a Meningitis in Immunocompetent Child, Oman, 2015
title_full_unstemmed Haemophilus influenzae Type a Meningitis in Immunocompetent Child, Oman, 2015
title_short Haemophilus influenzae Type a Meningitis in Immunocompetent Child, Oman, 2015
title_sort haemophilus influenzae type a meningitis in immunocompetent child, oman, 2015
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5512487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28628438
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2307.170311
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