Fulminant Haemophilus Influenzae Type a Infection in a 4-year-old with Previously Undiagnosed Asplenic Heterotaxy

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Apr;37(4):e108-e110. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001758.

Abstract

The post Hib-vaccine era has resulted in increased cases of invasive, non-Hib, Haemophilus influenzae infections. One of the encapsulated species, type a, displays the most similarity in virulence to type b. Our patient, a fully vaccinated 4-year-old female, with newly diagnosed asplenia in the setting of heterotaxy, had a prolonged hospital course with disseminated Haemophilus influenzae type a infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Haemophilus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Haemophilus Infections / pathology*
  • Haemophilus influenzae / classification
  • Haemophilus influenzae / isolation & purification*
  • Heterotaxy Syndrome / complications*
  • Heterotaxy Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Serogroup*