The etiology of bacterial pneumonia and meningitis in Vietnam
The etiology of bacterial pneumonia and meningitis in Vietnam
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DOI:
10.1097/00006454-199809001-00023
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发表时间:
1998-09-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Schlumberger, M
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作者:
Tram, TT;Thinh, LQ;Schlumberger, M
Background. To date no studies on the incidence of Haemophilus influenzas type b (Hib) disease, Hib carrier rates in infants and children or the proportion of bacterial meningitis cases caused by Hib in Vietnam have been performed. The availability of safe and highly effective Hib vaccines makes such information important.Methods. The bacterial etiology of a sample of infants and children with pneumonia and meningitis seen at Pediatric Hospital No. 1 in Ho Chi Minh City was studied by culture and latex agglutination of blood, cerebrospinal fluid, urine and pleural fluid. The carriage rate of pneumococci and Hib was studied in a sample of outpatient children.Results. Hib caused 53% of 34 culture-proven bacterial meningitis cases and pneumococci caused 18%, Of 31 meningitis cases diagnosed by latex agglutination, 39% were caused by Hib and 55% by pneumococci. Ninety percent of cases of Hib meningitis occurred in children