Haemophilus influenzae lobar pneumonia in the father of a child with epiglottitis.
We present a case of Haemophilus influenzae lobar pneumonia in the father of a child admitted with acute epiglottitis caused by the same organism. The suggestion that adult, as well as child, contacts for Haemophilus influenzae epiglottitis should be prophylactically treated is discussed.
Manji
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Dept of Medicine, Ipswich Hospital, Suffolk.
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D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004826:Epiglottitis / Q000382:microbiology; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000382:microbiology*