Decline of pediatric admissions with Haemophilus influenzae type b in New York State, 1982 through 1993: Relation to immunizations

Liptak, Gregory S.; McConnochie, Kenneth M.; Roghmann, Klaus J.; Panzer, Jessica A.

doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(97)70278-6

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“…The incidence of hospital admissions for meningitis decreased from 34 per 100,000 children in 1982 to 1 per 100,000 children birth to four years-ofage in 1992. [Liptak et al, 1997]. With the recent approval of pneumococcal vaccine, the expectation is that there will be fewer cases of pneumococcal meningitis, which has the highest percentage of associated hearing loss of all the bacterial meningitides.…”

Section: Meningitismentioning

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Nongenetic causes of hearing loss

Roizen

2003

Ment. Retard. Dev. Disabil. Res. Rev.

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Nongenetic as well as genetic etiologies must be explored in the child with identified hearing loss. Graduates of the neonatal intensive care unit are at increased risk for developing hearing loss due to hypoxia, hyperbilirubinemia, very low birth weight, and ototoxic medications. Although meningitis has decreased in frequency, it is still a risk factor for hearing loss. Cytomegalovirus remains the most common congenital infection and a relatively common etiology of hearing loss, which can be progressive. Preventable causes of hearing loss include those caused by head trauma, noise, and ototoxic medications. Identification of the etiology of hearing loss can facilitate the development of a treatment and management plan.

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Section: Meningitismentioning

confidence: 99%

Nongenetic causes of hearing loss

Roizen

2003

Ment. Retard. Dev. Disabil. Res. Rev.

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“…The availability of a vaccine based on the type b capsular antigen has dramatically reduced the incidence of such diseases in Europe [3], North America [4], and, more recently, in developing countries like Gambia [5]. The incidence of diseases caused by nonencapsulated Hi is still significant [6].…”

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An epidemiological study of Haemophilus influenzae at a Brazilian day care center

Me¹,

Jm²

2001

Braz J Infect Dis

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Day care centers are a relatively new phenomenon in Brazil that bring together large numbers of young children susceptible to contagious diseases. Haemophilus influenzae (Hi) is an important infection in the age range of those attending day care centers. In the present study, the carriage rate of Haemophilus influenzae was identified in 38 day care attendees age 6 to 37 months, and 23 staff members, at a day care center in Ribeirão Preto-São Paulo, in 1997. To identify the carriers, two nasopharyngeal swabs were collected; one in July and one in December. The rate of H. influenzae carriers among the children was 77%. Only 2 of 23 staff members (9%) had Hi. Among the children, there were 58 isolates in the two sampling periods; 6 of the Hi were serotype b, 1 was serotype e, and 48 isolates were non-typeable. Two were identified as H. parainfluenzae. One adult had a non-typeable Hi and 1 had H. paraphrohaemolyticus. Three of the 6 children with type B had received a conjugate vaccine against H. influenzae type b, but they still carried this bacterium in the nasopharynx (50%). Forty ribotype patterns were found among the isolates, showing a high exchange rate of nontypeable H. influenzae carriers. The results indicate that, because of the high and changing biotype of Hi carriage, day care centers should be carefully monitored as potential point source of HI disease in the community.

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“…The strategy of large-scale systematic vaccination against Hib, which began in the early 90s in the developed countries, has dramatically and effectively brought a significant decline in the incidence of meningitis in children due to this organism [17][18][19]. In Kuwait, vaccination with Hib vaccine was started in September 1997 and has helped bring down the number of cases of meningitis due to H. influenzae dramatically.…”

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Outcome of Treatment of <i>Haemophilus influenzae</i> Meningitis in Children Complicated by Febrile Episodes

Dhar¹,

Badawi

Haque

et al. 2000

Med Princ Pract

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Aim: In this retrospective study, 20 cases of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) meningitis were analysed to assess the outcome of treatment. Methods: Bacteriologically proven cases of meningitis due to Hib were included in this study. The clinical and relevant laboratory data were retrieved from the hospital files. Results: Thirteen patients were treated with a combination of cefotaxime and ampicillin, 4 with cefotaxime, 2 with ceftriaxone and 1 with a combination of ampicillin and chloramphenicol. Only 9 children received concomitant dexamethasone. Nine (45%) cases experienced permanent defervescence within 4 days of admission and were discharged from the hospital after an average stay of 10.5 days. The overall rates of secondary (25%), persistent (5%) and prolonged fever (25%) were observed with an average number of days in hospital of 20.4, 20.0 and 22.8, respectively. Conclusion: Although there was no mortality, there is still a need for appropriate short-duration therapy which will help in bringing about a decline in febrile episodes, thereby reducing cost of management and hospital stay.

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Decline of pediatric admissions with Haemophilus influenzae type b in New York State, 1982 through 1993: Relation to immunizations

Cited by 24 publications

References 16 publications

Nongenetic causes of hearing loss

Nongenetic causes of hearing loss

An epidemiological study of Haemophilus influenzae at a Brazilian day care center

Outcome of Treatment of <i>Haemophilus influenzae</i> Meningitis in Children Complicated by Febrile Episodes

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