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Méningite à Haemophilus influenzae de type non b chez un nourrisson: cause rare à pronostic réservé

Non-Type b Haemophilus is a rare cause of invasive secondary localization in young children. We here report the case of a child aged 11 months old who had Meningitis due to Non-Type b Haemophilus, a gram -negative bacilli of polymorphous appearance still exceptionally described in the literature, wh...

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Autores principales: Rachidi, Meriem, Moussair, Fatima Azzahraa, Daoudi, Naima, Soraa, Nabila
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6235511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30455793
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.30.164.15371
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Sumario:Non-Type b Haemophilus is a rare cause of invasive secondary localization in young children. We here report the case of a child aged 11 months old who had Meningitis due to Non-Type b Haemophilus, a gram -negative bacilli of polymorphous appearance still exceptionally described in the literature, whose origin was undetermined and whose evolution was fatal. Clinicians and microbiologists should suspect the presence of these infrequent serotypes, especially on a particular case.