Haemophilus influenzae Type b Meningitis in the Short Period after Vaccination: A Reminder of the Phenomenon of Apparent Vaccine Failure.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Greenberg-Kushnir, Noa; Haskin, Orly; Yarden-Bilavsky, Havatzelet; Amir, Jacob; Bilavsky, Efraim
- Source
- Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2012, p1-3. 3p.
- Subject
- *HAEMOPHILUS influenzae
*MENINGITIS vaccines
*INFLUENZA vaccines
*MEDICAL personnel
*MICROBIAL invasiveness
- Language
- ISSN
- 2090-6625
We present two cases of bacterial meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) which developed a few days after conjugateHib vaccination. This phenomenon of postimmunization provocative time period is reviewed and discussed. These cases serve as a reminder to clinicians of the risk, albeit rare, of invasive Hib disease in the short period after successful immunization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]