Severe Haemophilus influenzae infections
J. K. Todd and F. W. Bruhn
From May 1973 thorugh April 1974, a total of 83 children with severe
Haemophilus influenzae infections were treated in three Denver pediatric
hospitals. Although meningitis was the most common clinical manifestation
(45 cases), other foci of infection were also noted (pneumonia, 12 cases;
cheek cellulitis, eight cases; epiglottitis, eight cases; empyema, seven
cases; pericarditis, three cases; arthritis, one case; periorbital
cellulitis, one case; and abscess, one case). Nine children had positive
blood cultures with H influenzae without an initial detectable focus of
infection. Two patients developed clinically apparent sites of infection
(osteomyelitis and scalp abscesses).
