Haemophilus influenzaeType b Meningitis in the Short Period after Vaccination: A Reminder of the Phenomenon of Apparent Vaccine Failure | Zendy

Noa GreenbergKushnir | Zendy; Orly Haskin | Zendy; Havatzelet YardenBilavsky | Zendy; Jacob Amir | Zendy; Efraim Bilavsky | Zendy

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Haemophilus influenzaeType b Meningitis in the Short Period after Vaccination: A Reminder of the Phenomenon of Apparent Vaccine Failure

Author(s) -

Noa GreenbergKushnir,

Orly Haskin,

Havatzelet YardenBilavsky,

Jacob Amir,

Efraim Bilavsky

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6625

pISSN - 2090-6633

DOI - 10.1155/2012/950107

Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , pediatrics , meningitis , conjugate vaccine , hib vaccine , haemophilus influenzae , immunization , bacterial meningitis , haemophilus , immunology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , immune system , genetics , bacteria , biology

We present two cases of bacterial meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) which developed a few days after conjugate Hib 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.

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