title: Response to Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine in chronically ill premature infants.
abstract: Twenty-two premature infants with chronic lung disease (median gestational age 28 weeks) received polyribosylribitol phosphate-outer membrane protein conjugate Haemophilus vaccine at 2 and 4 months of chronologic age. The proportions with antibodies to polyribosylribitol phosphate at levels > 1 microgram/ml after doses 1 and 2 were 27% and 55%; geometric mean titers were 0.43 and 0.73 microgram/ml, significantly lower than values for term infants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157.
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Washburn
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: O'Shea
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Gillis
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Block
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Abramson
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000917:Antibody Formation; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015721:Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D015721:Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; C061964:Haemophilus influenzae-type b polysaccharide-Neisseria meningitidis outer membrane protein conjugate vaccine; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic