ALLMedicine™ Haemophilus Influenzae Center

Jan 14th, 2022 - Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) are associated with changes in the sputum microbiome, including an increased prevalence of pathogenic bacteria. Vaccination against the most frequent bacteria identified in AECO...

Jan 13th, 2022 - Since the introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines, invasive disease due to Haemophilus influenzae serotype a (Hia) has been reported with increasing frequency. This study is based on hospital-based surveillance for Hia meningitis ov...

Jan 13th, 2022 - Otitis media (OM) is a common disease of childhood and available pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs), with different compositions, could have different impact on OM reduction. This systematic literature review evaluated available data describin...

Jan 6th, 2022 - Nasopharyngeal colonisation with clinically relevant bacterial pathogens is a risk factor for severe infections, such as pneumonia and bacteraemia. In this study, we investigated the determinants of nasopharyngeal carriage in febrile patients in r...

Jan 6th, 2022 - In the nation-wide double-blind cluster-randomised Finnish Invasive Pneumococcal disease trial (FinIP, ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00861380, NCT00839254), we assessed the indirect impact of the 10-valent pneumococcal Haemophilus influenzae protein D con...

Feb 7th, 2020 - On December 21, 2018 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed a hexavalent combined diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis (DTaP) adsorbed, inactivated poliovirus (IPV), Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate (meningo...

Mar 22nd, 2013 - Meningococcal disease describes the spectrum of infections caused by Neisseria meningiditis, including meningitdis, bacteremia, and bacteremic pneumonia. Two quadrivalent meningococcal polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccines that provide protect...

Feb 28th, 2009 - WHO recommendations for early antimicrobial treatment of childhood pneumonia have been effective in reducing childhood mortality, but the last major revision was over 10 years ago. The emergence of antimicrobial resistance, new pneumonia pathogens...

Oct 3rd, 2008 - On June 20, 2008 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed a combined diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed (DTaP), inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), and Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate (tetanus toxoid [...

Oct 27th, 2021 - The study will evaluate the safety, immunogenicity，immune persistence and lot-to-lot consistency of Diphtheria,Tetanus and Acellular Pertussis (Three Components) Combined Vaccine, Adsorbed, (DTacP) including 2 parts: PART 1 will evaluate the safe...

Apr 8th, 2021 - The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and immunogenicity of GSK's combined diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, hepatitis B, inactivated poliovirus and Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine (DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib) versus MCM ...

Oct 23rd, 2020 - Chronically ill children 1.1 What is the vaccination status for vaccines recommended by the Superior Health Council in pediatric chronically ill patients (2-16 years of age) who consult within the University hospital of Leuven? Patients with one o...

Oct 20th, 2020 - The pathogenesis of bacteraemia for human restricted pathogens such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae type b and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (ST), have thus far only been investigated in imperfect animal models. The Salmone...

Oct 1st, 2020 - Infants in the United Kingdom are routinely immunised against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) as a single 5-in-1 (DTaP5-IPV-Hib) combination vaccine given as a 2-3-4 month schedule. Th...

Jan 12th, 2022 - Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, pediatricians have been seeing fewer cases of all respiratory illnesses, including acute otitis media (AOM). However, as I prepare this column, an uptick has commenced and likely will continue in an upward trajec...

Dec 4th, 2021 - Although the majority of acute pneumonias are viral in etiology, standard practice dictates empiric administration of antimicrobial agents for the youngest, oldest, and patients with underlying comorbid conditions. The practitioner’s primary respo.

Nov 2nd, 2021 - Most children with simple febrile seizures (SFSs) can be safely managed without lumbar puncture or other diagnostic tests without risking delayed diagnosis of bacterial meningitis, new data gathered from a 15-year span suggest. Vidya R. Raghavan, ...

Oct 8th, 2021 - The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners recently released an ambitious plan, the Global Roadmap to Defeat Meningitis by 2030. Their goal is to reduce deaths and disabilities from bacterial meningitis, which kills about 250,000 people ...

Jun 3rd, 2021 - Use of antimicrobials among COVID-19 patients should be assisted by clear guidelines to reduce the risk of drug-resistance, experts said. Patients had a median age of 74. The timing of infection was recorded either as occurring prior to hospitalis...