Invasive nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae infections in Germany: a case report of a previously healthy 7-year-old boy with an intracranial abscess, and epidemiological data from 2001 to 2004

Eur J Pediatr. 2006 Sep;165(9):658-9. doi: 10.1007/s00431-006-0131-2. Epub 2006 May 24.

Authors

Anna Sandqvist¹, Helen Kalies, Anette Siedler, Britta Gröndahl, Heinz-Josef Schmitt, Susanne Schweitzer-Krantz, Martina Messing-Jünger, Klaus Pfeffer, Ertan Mayatepek, Rüdiger von Kries, Horst Schroten

Affiliation

¹ Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of General Pediatrics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany. sandquist@med.uni-duesseldorf.de

PMID: 16721541
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0131-2

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bacteremia / epidemiology
Bacteremia / microbiology
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Brain Abscess / epidemiology*
Brain Abscess / microbiology*
Child
Epidural Abscess / microbiology
Frontal Lobe / microbiology
Frontal Lobe / pathology
Germany / epidemiology
Haemophilus Infections / complications*
Haemophilus Infections / epidemiology*
Haemophilus Infections / microbiology
Haemophilus influenzae* / classification
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Bacterial / epidemiology
Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology
Pneumonia, Bacterial / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology
Population Surveillance