• These recommendations include information on two vaccines recently licensed for use among infants: Haemophilus b Conjugate Vaccine (PRP-T {ActHIB(TM), OmniHIB(TM)}), manufactured by Pasteur Merieux Vaccins, and TETRAMUNE{TM}, manufactured by Lederle Laboratories/Praxis Biologics. (cdc.gov)
  • Haemophilus influenzae Type b (Hib) Vaccine Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine helps prevent Haemophilus infections but not infections caused by other strains of H. influenzae bacteria. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Pentacel, DTaP/ IPV/ Hib (diphtheria & tetanus toxoids/ acellular pertussis vaccine/poliovirus vaccine inactivated/haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine) dosing, indications, interactions, adverse effects, and more. (medscape.com)
  • Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine, click here . (wikidoc.org)
  • Hib vaccine can prevent Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease . (healthychildren.org)
  • Becoming infected with diphtheria, haemophilus B, pertussis, polio, or tetanus is much more dangerous to your child's health than receiving this vaccine. (everydayhealth.com)
  • A hypothesis testing case-control study evaluated automated medical records in the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) for organic Hg exposure from Thimerosal in Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)-containing vaccines administered at specific times within the first 15 months of life among subjects diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) ( n = 534) in comparison to controls. (springer.com)
  • Your child should not receive this vaccine if he or she has had an allergic reaction to Haemophilus b conjugate vaccine, hepatitis B vaccine, or yeast. (stlukes-stl.com)
  • The vaccine scheduler table summarizes the current vaccination schedule for young children, adolescents, and adults for Haemophilus influenzae. (who.int)
  • The Alaska Haemophilus influenzae type b experience: lessons in controlling a vaccine-preventable disease. (medscape.com)
  • 2) to analyze the cost-effectiveness of the introduction of the Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine in Vietnam from the societal perspective, including a preliminary assessment of the impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. (tmc.edu)
  • We evaluated the efficacy of Haemophilus b polysaccharide vaccine in children in Minnesota using a case-control study. (umn.edu)
  • Our results indicate that vaccination with Haemophilus b polysaccharide vaccine had no effect in preventing H influenzae type b disease in Minnesota children. (umn.edu)
  • The widespread administration of the Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine has led to the predominance of non-typable H. influenzae (NTHi). (biomedcentral.com)
  • The global epidemiology of Haemophilus ducreyi infections microbiological diagnoses. (cdc.gov)
  • Diagnosis of Haemophilus infections is by culture of blood and body fluids. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Treatment of Haemophilus infections depends on nature and location of the infection, but, for invasive disease, beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitors, fluoroquinolones, and 2nd- and 3rd-generation cephalosporins are used. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Haemophilus influenza infections are caused by the bacterium Haemophilus influenza . (wikidoc.org)
  • Haemophilus influenzae type b can cause many different kinds of infections. (healthychildren.org)
  • Prevents infections caused by hepatitis B virus and Haemophilus influenzae type b virus. (stlukes-stl.com)
  • Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Report, Emerging Infections Program Network Haemophilus Influenzae, 2006. (medscape.com)
  • Bacteremic Haemophilus influenzae genitourinary tract infections in adults. (microbiologyresearch.org)
  • This activity reviews the evaluation and management of Haemophilus influenzae infections and highlights the role of the interprofessional team in the care of patients with this condition. (statpearls.com)
  • Identify the pathophysiology of Haemophilus influenza infections. (statpearls.com)
  • Summarize the treatment considerationsfor Haemophilus influenza infections. (statpearls.com)
  • Haemophilus strains may be encapsulated or unencapsulated. (medscape.com)
  • Using an agar dilution technique with standardised inocula prepared by ultrasonication, the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of spectinomycin were determined for 66 strains of Haemophilus ducreyi, eight of which were beta lactamase producers. (bmj.com)
  • Haemophilus influenzae may make any one of six chemically distinct capsular polysaccharides, but only strains of capsular serotype b commonly cause systemic infection (e.g., meningitis) in humans. (jci.org)
  • Identification and quantitation of capsular antigen in capsulated and noncapsulated strains of Haemophilus influenzae type b by crossed-immunoelectrophoresis. (microbiologyresearch.org)
  • A comparative study of the virulence of smooth, rough and respiratory strains of Haemophilus influenzae as determined by infection of mice with mucin suspensions of the organisms. (microbiologyresearch.org)
  • They can also help to differentiate true NTHi from Haemophilus haemolyticus and from those H. influenzae strains that possess a complete or partial capsule focus. (statpearls.com)
  • Other Haemophilus strains ( H. aphrophilus, now called Aggregatibacter aphrophilus ) occasional cause of infection in HIV. (hopkinsguides.com)
  • Haemophilus ducreyi is a gram-negative pleomorphic coccobacillus that causes an acute sexually transmitted infection called a chancroid. (picmonic.com)
  • Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) may play a role as an infectious trigger in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). (nih.gov)
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae , nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae , and Moraxella catarrhalis are the most commonly isolated middle-ear pathogens. (medscape.com)
  • In our proposed project, you would investigate expression regulation in clinically significant bacterium non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi). (lu.se)
  • Nontypable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is a major cause of opportunistic respiratory tract disease, and initiates infection by colonizing the nasopharynx. (qub.ac.uk)
  • Susceptibility of Haemophilus ducreyi to spectinomycin in vitro. (bmj.com)
  • Is β-Lactamase Testing Acceptably Accurate for Predicting Haemophilus Influenzae Susceptibility to Β-lactams? (jefferson.edu)
  • Phenotypic and genetic variation in the susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae type b to antibodies to somatic antigens. (microbiologyresearch.org)
  • 2022 ) Protein domain-dependent vesiculation of Lipoprotein A, a protein that is important in cell wall synthesis and fitness of the human respiratory pathogen Haemophilus influenzae . (lu.se)
  • Radioimmunoassay of capsular polysaccharide antigens of groups A and C meningococci and Haemophilus influenzae type b in cerebrospinal fluid. (bmj.com)
  • Sensitive radioimmunoassays capable of measuring 0-5 ng/ml of the Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide and 2 ng/ml of the groups A and C meningococcal polysaccharides were developed and used to detect these substances in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). (bmj.com)
  • Polysaccharide of the causative agent was detected in the CSF of 14 out of 15 patients with Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis, in 18 out of 23 patients with group A, and in two out of four patients with group C meningococcal meningitis. (bmj.com)
  • Bacterial antigens cross-reactive with the capsular polysaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae type b. (microbiologyresearch.org)
  • Indirect ELISA for the detection of specific antibodies to Haemophilus parasuis in porcine serum samples. (goldstandarddiagnostics.com)
  • A highly sensitive and specific PCR test kit for the simultaneous differentiation and quantification of low and high pathogenic Haemophilus parasuis serotypes. (biochek.com)
  • The Haemophilus parasuis Multiplex DNA test kit is a complete set of reagents, which allows for the simultaneous detection of all Haemophilus parasuis serotypes and differentiation between low and high pathogenic serotypes. (biochek.com)
  • All Haemophilus parasuis serotypes with differentiation in low and high pathogenic. (biochek.com)
  • Haemophilus influenzae disease is a name for any infection caused by bacteria called H. influenzae . (cdc.gov)
  • Haemophilus is the name of a group of bacteria. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) is bacteria that commonly causes bacterial meningitis and pneumonia and is the leading cause of other invasive diseases, such as septic arthritis (joint infection), epiglottitis (infection and swelling of the epiglottis) and cellulites (rapidly progressing skin infection which usually involves the face, head, or neck). (who.int)
  • Haemophilus is a genus of Gram-negative, pleomorphic, coccobacilli bacteria belonging to the family Pasteurellaceae. (wikipedia.org)
  • While Haemophilus bacteria are typically small coccobacilli, they are categorized as pleomorphic bacteria because of the wide range of shapes they occasionally assume. (wikipedia.org)
  • Haemophilus B bacteria can infect the lungs or throat, and can also spread to the blood, bones, joints, brain, or spinal cord. (everydayhealth.com)
  • Haemophilus influenzae is a bacteria characterized as a small, facultatively anaerobic, pleomorphic, and capnophilic gram-negative coccobacillus of the family Pasteurellaceae. (statpearls.com)
  • Haemophilus influenzae disease is a name collectively used for any kind of infection caused by the bacteria called Haemophilus influenzae . (statpearls.com)
  • Current epidemiology and trends in invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease--United States, 1989-2008. (medscape.com)
  • In Sell S. H. , Wright P. F. (eds) Haemophilus influenzae: epidemiology, immunology and prevention of disease. (microbiologyresearch.org)
  • One common type, Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b), causes serious disease. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Haemophilus ducreyi , a fastidious gram-negative bac- Methods terium, is the causative agent of chancroid, a genital ulcer disease (GUD). (cdc.gov)
  • The incidence of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease in the United States has declined since the mid-1980s (1). (cdc.gov)
  • Burden of disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b in children younger than 5 years: global estimates. (medscape.com)
  • The continuing role of Haemophilus influenzae type b carriage surveillance as a mechanism for early detection of invasive disease activity. (medscape.com)
  • Invasive disease due to Haemophilus influenzae serotype b ten years after routine vaccination, South Africa, 2003-2009. (medscape.com)
  • Haemophilus Influenzae serotype b (Hib) disease. (medscape.com)
  • Haemophilus ducreyi , which causes the sexually transmitted disease chancroid, expresses a number of lipoproteins during human infection. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Haemophilus species are small oxidase-positive pleomorphic gram-negative aerobic or facultative anaerobic coccobacilli. (medscape.com)
  • Haemophilus influenzae is a small (1 µm × 0.3 µm), pleomorphic, gram-negative coccobacillus. (medscape.com)
  • Haemophilus are small, pleomorphic, gram-negative coccobacilli. (thermofisher.com)
  • Haemophilus influenzae is characterized as a small (0.3 micrometer to 1 micrometer), facultatively anaerobic, pleomorphic, and capnophilic gram-negative coccobacillus of the family Pasteurellaceae . (statpearls.com)
  • The species Haemophilus haemoglobinophilus is an exception to this, and has been shown to grow well on both blood and chocolate agars. (wikipedia.org)
  • Capsule gene analysis of invasive Haemophilus influenzae: accuracy of serotyping and prevalence of IS1016 among nontypeable isolates. (medscape.com)
  • Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) is one of the leading causes of invasive bacterial infection in young children worldwide. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccines. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Members of the genus Haemophilus usually will not grow on blood agar plates, as most species require at least one of these blood factors for growth: hemin (X-factor) and/or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (V-factor). (wikipedia.org)
  • Speciate the genus Haemophilus using Thermo Scientific™ Haemophilus ID Quad, a medium containing three separate growth requirements and horse blood for the production of hemolysis, all on a single prepared media plate. (thermofisher.com)
  • Throughout the modern era of bacteriology, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) has been identified as one of the three most common causes of bacterial meningitis in adolescents. (medscape.com)
  • See Prevention of Haemophilus Meningitis. (medscape.com)
  • She also drew attention to the marked tendency for Haemophilus meningitis to occur in infants and young children. (medscape.com)
  • Characterization of the capsular antigen isolated from Haemophilus influenzae type b and two spontaneous noncapsulated mutants. (microbiologyresearch.org)
  • Haemophilus chapter in Baron's Medical Microbiology (online at the NCBI bookshelf). (wikipedia.org)
  • Chancroid Chancroid is infection of the genital skin or mucous membranes caused by Haemophilus ducreyi and characterized by papules, painful ulcers, and enlargement of the inguinal lymph nodes. (msdmanuals.com)
  • A chancroid is an acute, sexually transmitted ulcerative infection caused by Haemophilus ducreyi. (picmonic.com)
  • Many Haemophilus species are normal flora in the upper respiratory tract and rarely cause illness. (msdmanuals.com)
  • A pCb plasmid encoding a beta-lactamase from Haemophilus ducreyi was transferred to Escherichia coli, purified, and characterized. (lu.se)
  • Clinical laboratories use tests for the requirement of the X and V factors to identify the isolates as Haemophilus species. (wikipedia.org)
  • The non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae strain DH1 was isolated from a 25 year old male patient with Fisher syndrome, a postinfectious autoimmune condition characterized by the presence of anti-GQ1b IgG antibodies that target and initiate damage to peripheral nerves. (diva-portal.org)
  • Haemophilus influenzae (Lehmann and Neumann) Winslow et al. (atcc.org)
  • For microbiologic aspects of the causative organism(s), see Haemophilus influenzae . (wikidoc.org)
  • Haemophilus influenzae type a infection and its prevention. (medscape.com)
  • Nosocomial spread of Haemophilus influenzae type b infection documented by outer membrane protein subtype analysis. (microbiologyresearch.org)
  • The aim of this study was to determine the Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) antibody concentrations in beta-thalassaemia patients with or without spleens. (scialert.net)
  • Chocolate agar is an excellent Haemophilus growth medium, as it allows for increased accessibility to these factors. (wikipedia.org)
  • Alternatively, Haemophilus is sometimes cultured using the "Staph streak" technique: both Staphylococcus and Haemophilus organisms are cultured together on a single blood agar plate. (wikipedia.org)
  • Humans are the only known host for Haemophilus influenzae . (medscape.com)
  • Cloning of chromosomal DNA from Haemophilus influenzae. (jci.org)