Haemophilus influenzae type-b and non-b-type invasive diseases in urban children (<5 years) of Bangladesh: Implications for therapy and vaccination

Journal of Infection

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-196

  Rahman, Mahbubur ^a   Hossain, Shahadat ^a   Baqui, Abdullah Hel ^a   Shoma, Shereen ^a   Rashid, Harunur ^a   Nahar, Nazmun ^b   Zaman, Mohammed Khalequ ^a   Khatun, Farida ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^c SIR SALIMULLAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Children; Haemophilus influenzae; Invasive diseases

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NITROCEFIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FATALITY; GRAM STAINING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTICEMIA; SEROTYPE; TEST STRIP; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMANS; INFANT; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MENINGITIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 39549093547     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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