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Secondary cases of invasive disease caused by spread of Haemophilus influenzae type b by J. Eskola; A. Takala; H. Käyhty; M. Leinonen; T. Kilpi; H. Peltola; P.H. Mäkelä is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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Three 6-year-old girls were admitted to hospital within a period of 9 days because of invasive disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib). Two days after the index case contracted bacterial meningitis, her twin sister developed septicemia. Nine days after onset of illness in the index case, a day-care contact developed a febrile illness. The antibiograms of the bacterial strains isolated from cerebrospinal fluid or blood in the first two cases were identical; in the third case, blood cultures were negative but Hib antigen could be detected in serum and in urine. These cases illustrate the contagiousness of Hib disease. All household contacts of a case should be informed about the risk and their protection with rifampicin considered.

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Author

J. Eskola; A. Takala; H. Käyhty; M. Leinonen; T. Kilpi; H. Peltola; P.H. Mäkelä

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; W. B. Saunders Co., Ltd.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0163-4453)

Published

1987

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)