A CLUSTER OF EARLY NEONATAL SEPSIS AND PNEUMONIA CAUSED BY NONTYPABLE HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE

Nine premature infants developed early onset sepsis and/or pneumonia with Haemophilus influenzae during a period of 53 months (January 2000 –May 2004). Their respiratory problems were pneumonia-like rather than classic respiratory distress syndrome. In 8 of the cases, the pathogen was a β-lactamase-...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2004-11, Vol.23 (11), p.1061-1062
Hauptverfasser: Hershckowitz, Sylvia, Elisha, Mordechai Ben, Fleisher-Sheffer, Vered, Barak, Mila, Kudinsky, Raya, Weintraub, Zalman
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Zusammenfassung:Nine premature infants developed early onset sepsis and/or pneumonia with Haemophilus influenzae during a period of 53 months (January 2000 –May 2004). Their respiratory problems were pneumonia-like rather than classic respiratory distress syndrome. In 8 of the cases, the pathogen was a β-lactamase-negative, nontypable H. influenzae. In the remaining case, the Haemophilus identified was type d. Before January 2000, no case of β-lactamase-negative, nontypable H. influenzae sepsis or pneumonia had been recorded.
ISSN:0891-3668
1532-0987
DOI:10.1097/01.inf.0000143650.52692.42