Haemophilus influenzae Type f sepsis in an immunocompetent child

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2007 Apr;23(4):244-6. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31803f5a94.

Abstract

Invasive infections due to Haemophilus influenzae non-type b have been reported to be on the increase with the decline in invasive H.influenzae type b infections after the introduction of the conjugate H.influenzae type b vaccine. We report a case of H. influenzae type f sepsis in a fully immunized, immunocompetent, and previously healthy 9-month-old child.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bacteremia / diagnosis
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Haemophilus Infections / diagnosis
  • Haemophilus Infections / microbiology*
  • Haemophilus influenzae / classification*
  • Haemophilus influenzae / isolation & purification
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Infant