1. [Haemophilus influenzae and parainfluenzae in children. A retrospective study of 52 cases].
- Author
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Guillot F, Mory C, Gire R, and Aït Hamouda R
- Subjects
- Child, Child, Preschool, Epiglottis, Female, France, Haemophilus influenzae, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Newborn, Diseases epidemiology, Laryngitis epidemiology, Lung Diseases epidemiology, Male, Meningitis, Haemophilus epidemiology, Otitis epidemiology, Retrospective Studies, Haemophilus Infections epidemiology
- Abstract
Fifty-two children hospitalized in the Pediatric service of a general hospital between January 1978 and December 1979 were found to be infected with Haemophilus influenzae or para-influenzae (43 with H. influenzae and 9 with para-influenzae). Most of these children (34/52) were less than 4 years of age. The localizations of infections were as follow: 5 meningitis with satisfactory resolution except for 1 who developed slight deafness, 1 epiglotitis, 11 pneumonias or bronchopneumonias, 1 arthritis, 10 otitis medias, 6 conjunctivitis, 3 sinusitis, 10 upper airway infections and 1 neonatal infection. On 8 of these cases the patients were felt to be carriers of H. influenzae or para-influenzae, the signs and symptoms beeing not related to these bacteria. These results are compared with those found in the literature.
- Published
- 1983