title: A cluster of early neonatal sepsis and pneumonia caused by nontypable Haemophilus influenzae.
abstract: Nine premature infants developed early onset sepsis and/or pneumonia with Haemophilus influenzae during a period of 53 months (January 2000 -May 2004). Their respiratory problems were pneumonia-like rather than classic respiratory distress syndrome. In 8 of the cases, the pathogen was a beta-lactamase-negative, nontypable H. influenzae. In the remaining case, the Haemophilus identified was type d. Before January 2000, no case of beta-lactamase-negative, nontypable H. influenzae sepsis or pneumonia had been recorded.
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Nahariya Hospital for Western Galilee, Nahariya, Israel.
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hershckowitz
authors.forename: Mordechai Ben
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Elisha
authors.forename: Vered
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fleisher-Sheffer
authors.forename: Mila
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barak
authors.forename: Raya
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kudinsky
authors.forename: Zalman
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Weintraub
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005260:Female; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012042:Registries; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012494:Sampling Studies; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors