[PDF] Top 20 Invasive Disease Due to Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae among Children in Arkansas

... ubiquitous among H. influenzae strains, suggesting a fundamental role in coloni- zation, an essential step in both asymptomatic infection and invasive ...that invasive isolates of NTHi exhibit ... See full document

... MLST of the isolates from our study showed wide diversity, except for ST-3 and ST-84, which had 2 strains each. We found no relationship between ST and the geographic region or clinical presentation of the patients. ... See full document

... H. influenzae strains, except for serotype b, have long been known to be nonvirulent strains associated with rare ...against invasive diseases caused by H. influenzae serotypes a, e, and ... See full document

... ABSTRACT Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae is a frequent cause of noninvasive mucosal inflammatory diseases but may also cause invasive diseases, such as sepsis and meningitis, especially in ... See full document

... Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) are Gram-negative bacteria that colonize the human pharynx and can cause respi- ratory tract infections, such as acute otitis media ...from children ... See full document

... H. influenzae disease in the post- Hib vaccine era is important for monitoring the effectiveness of Hib conjugate vaccines, including newer combination vaccine products that may alter immunogenicity ...of ... See full document

... for invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in Canada dates back to 1979 ...H. influenzae disease were caused by Hib; these cases occurred primarily in children aged 6 to ... See full document

... encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae type b, including meningitis and other systemic infections, in regions of the world where the vaccines are administered ...by nontypeable (nonen- capsulated) ... See full document

... American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Infectious Diseases: Revision of recommendation for use of rifampin prophylaxis of contacts of patients with Haemophilus influ- enzae infecti[r] ... See full document

... of invasive Hib disease in ...Amish children who were younger than 5 years, we applied age-group proportions deter- mined from the 2 Amish community ...non-Amish children who were younger than ... See full document

... separation due to the finding that various H. influenzae strain collections contained significant proportions of nonhemolytic ...H. influenzae strain collection obtained from the sputum of patients ... See full document

... Aboriginal children were more likely to carry multiple NTHI strains than their non-Aboriginal ...Aboriginal children can be col- onized with multiple NTHI ribotypes (10) and are more likely to be colonized ... See full document

... Haemophilus influenzae isolates are commonly found in the upper respiratory tracts of healthy children and adults, and they cause a variety of diseases in humans, especially in chil- ...cause ... See full document

... IMPORTANCE Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae is an important pathogen in middle ear infections in children, sinusitis in adults, and acute bronchitis in individu- als with chronic obstructive lung ... See full document

... to invasive Hib disease, which in unvaccinated populations is mainly associated with younger patients, all patients with invasive NTHi disease were ...clinical disease according to the ... See full document

... A cluster of toxic reactions among children inadvertently given excessive doses of rifampin for chem- oprophylaxis of invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in a day-care center was inv[r] ... See full document

... bacteremia due to H. influen- zae. All but one was caused by H. influenzae type ...bacteremia due to ...underlying disease or condition such as trisomy 21 (n = 2), asplenia (n = 1), ... See full document

... reported among NTHi ...genes among CF isolates of NTHi, the authors aimed to characterise the macrolide resistance mechanisms in NTHi isolates taken from CF patients enrolled in a placebo-controlled ... See full document

... of Haemophilus influenzae and antibodies to this protein are present in human ...in nontypeable H. influenzae as a target for human serum bactericidal ... See full document

... the disease (38) may additionally augment the access to FIG 4 The Dectin-1-mediated IL-8 response in NTHI-infected pulmonary epithelial cells depends on the Dectin-1 hemITAM domain and NF- ␬ ... See full document