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  • Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae and childhood pneumonia

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    Cripps, AW
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    Cripps, Allan W.
    Year published
    2010
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    Abstract
    Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is a common microbe frequently isolated from the nasopharynx of children. Bacterial pneumonia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children less than 5 years of age with the burden of disease being greatest in developing countries. Determination of the bacterial aetiology of pneumonia is difficult due to sampling constraints. However, with a combination of sampling approaches, trans-thoracic fine needle aspiration, blood culture and screened sputum, the evidence strongly suggests that NTHi is a significant causative pathogen of pneumonia in young children. However, further ...
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    Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is a common microbe frequently isolated from the nasopharynx of children. Bacterial pneumonia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children less than 5 years of age with the burden of disease being greatest in developing countries. Determination of the bacterial aetiology of pneumonia is difficult due to sampling constraints. However, with a combination of sampling approaches, trans-thoracic fine needle aspiration, blood culture and screened sputum, the evidence strongly suggests that NTHi is a significant causative pathogen of pneumonia in young children. However, further studies are required. The development of a new pneumococcal conjugate vaccine containing H. influenzae protein D has the potential to be beneficial against NTHi disease including pneumonia. With the implementation of this vaccine in many regions of the world where NTHi disease is endemic, it will be critical to introduce surveillance programs wherever it is used.
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    Journal Title
    Papua New Guinea Medical Journal
    Volume
    53
    Issue
    3-4
    Publisher URI
    https://www.pngimr.org.pg/png-medical-journal/
    Copyright Statement
    © 2010 Medical Society Of Papua New Guinea. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Biomedical and clinical sciences
    Immunology not elsewhere classified
    Medical microbiology not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/44083
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