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Analysis of Haemophilus influenzae serotype f isolated from three Japanese children with invasive H. influenzae infection.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Apr 2015
Hoshino Tadashi, Hachisu Yushi, Kikuchi Takashi, Tokutake Shoko, Okui Hideyuki, Kutsuna Satoru, Fukasawa Chie, Murayama Kei, Oohara Asami, Shimizu Hiroyuki, Ito Midori, Takahashi Yoshiko, Ishiwada Naruhiko
Abstract excerpt
In Japan, publicly subsidized Haemophilus influenzae serotype b vaccines became available in 2011; consequently, the incidence of invasive H. influenzae infection in paediatric patients of less than 5 years of age decreased dramatically. In 2013, the first case of H. influenzae serotype f (Hif) meningitis in a Japanese infant was reported, and another case of Hif meningitis in a Japanese infant was observed in...
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