Haemophilus influenzae ophthalmia neonatorum.
Haemophilus influenzae is an occasional cause of ophthalmia neonatorum. Recently, this organism has exhibited a change in its epidemiology and has been identified as a cause of severe neonatal infections. Ophthalmologists should be aware of the changing susceptibility of neonates to severe infections with H influenzae and the possibility that H influenzae ophthalmia neonatorum can be associated with these infections.
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D009878:Ophthalmia Neonatorum / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial