Haemophilus influenzae Non-type b Infection in an Adult Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

A 40-year-old man with systemic lupus erythematosus taking consecutive oral corticosteroids developed a high-grade fever and disorder of consciousness following acute rhinitis. Haemophilus influenzae type f (Hif) was found and isolated from the blood and cerebrospinal fluid by culture, leading to a...

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Autores principales: Hasegawa, Yasuhiro, Arinuma, Yoshiyuki, Tanaka, Sumiaki, Tono, Toshihiro, Tanaka, Tomoki, Muramatsu, Takumi, Kondo, Junichi, Matsueda, Yu, Hoshiyama, Takayuki, Wada, Tatsuhiko, Takayama, Yoko, Yamaoka, Kunihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7759702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32759581
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.4562-20
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Sumario:A 40-year-old man with systemic lupus erythematosus taking consecutive oral corticosteroids developed a high-grade fever and disorder of consciousness following acute rhinitis. Haemophilus influenzae type f (Hif) was found and isolated from the blood and cerebrospinal fluid by culture, leading to a diagnosis of meningitis. The prevalence of H. influenzae type b (Hib) infections has decreased due to routine immunization. As a result, the prevalence of invasive non-Hib, including Hif infection, is increasing as a common H. influenzae infection in children and adults. Physicians should be aware of non-Hib H. influenzae infection, even though the Hib vaccine is widely used in Japan.

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