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Report of Eight Cases and Review of the Literature

Najwa Khuri-Bulos, MD; Kenneth McIntosh, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1975;129(1):57-62.

Abstract
Eight cases of neonatal Haemophilus influenzae infection occurred at Colorado General Hospital during a 3-year period. Four of the cases were due to nontypable organisms and four to type b organisms. Four were bacteremic, only two of which were type b. None of the patients had meningitis. In all instances, maternal genital tract cultures yielded H influenzae that, when tested, was of the same serotype as the infant isolate. A survey of cervical cultures among normal and pregnant women yielded H influenzae in less than 1%. There are several possible reasons for the disparity between the apparent high incidence of neonatal infection and low prevalence of maternal carriage.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver.

Footnotes
Received for publication April 1, 1974; accepted June 25.

Reprint requests to Mail Container 2541, University of Colorado Medical Center, 4200 E Ninth Ave, Denver, CO 80220 (Dr. McIntosh).

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