Haemophilus Outbreak
Outbreak of invasive Haemophilus influenzae serotype A reported
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 24th, 2005
"Haemophilus influenzae serotype A is a rare cause of invasive disease. We report five cases of invasive H. influenzae type A that occurred in three infants living in a remote region of Alaska during the last 6 months of 2003," scientists in the United States report.
"H. influenzae type a isolates from this outbreak were closely related as determined by pulsed field gel electrophoresis," wrote Laura L. Hammitt and colleagues at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
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