Haemophilus influenzae Non-Type B Infection in an Adult Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
Haemophilus influenzae Non-Type B Infection in an Adult Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
Intern Med. 2020 Aug 04;:
Authors: Hasegawa Y, Arinuma Y, Tanaka S, Tono T, Tanaka T, Muramatsu T, Kondo J, Matsueda Y, Hoshiyama T, Wada T, Takayama Y, Yamaoka K
Abstract
A 40-year-old man with systemic lupus erythematosus taking consecutive oral corticosteroids developed a high-grade fever and disorder of consciousness following acute rhinitis. Haemophilus influenzae type f (Hif) was found and isolated from the blood and cerebrospinal fluid by culture, leading to a diagnosis of meningitis. The prevalence of H. influenzae type b (Hib) infections has decreased due to routine immunization. As a result, the prevalence of invasive non-Hib, including Hif infection, is increasing as a common H. influenzae infection in children and adults. Physicians should be aware of non-Hib H. influenzae infection, even though the Hib vaccine is widely used in Japan.
PMID: 32759581 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Internal Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Intern Med Source Type: research
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