Invasive Haemophilus influenzae infections in Germany: Impact of non-type b serotypes in the post-vaccine era

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kalies, Helel ^a   Siedler, Anette ^b   Gröndahl, Britta ^c   Grote, Veit ^a   Milde Busch, Astrid ^a   von Kries, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN SYNDROME; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DYSOSTOSIS; EPIGLOTTITIS; GERMANY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS MENINGITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTICEMIA; SEROTYPE; VACCINE FAILURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 65649112131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-45     Document Type: Article

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