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An Infant with Simultaneous β‐Lactamase‐Positive Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis and β‐Lactamase‐Negative H. influenzae Septicemia, Escherichia coli Pyelonephritis, and Herpes Encephalitis
Author(s) -
PELTOLA H.,
TURPEINEN M.,
KOSKINIEMI M.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1986.tb10237.x
Subject(s) - meningitis , medicine , encephalitis , microbiology and biotechnology , haemophilus influenzae , virology , escherichia coli , antibiotics , virus , pediatrics , biology , biochemistry , gene
. We describe an infant with meningitis and septicemia due to infection with two different strains of Haemophilus infitenzae , with a urinary tract infection due to Escherichia coli and in whom herpes virus encephalitis was diagnosed within three days. Acinetobacter cal‐coaceticus septicemia developed three weeks later. No immunological deficiency could be demonstrated in the patient who recovered finally, albeit with sequelae due to encephalitis.