title: Haemophilus influenzae Type b Meningitis in the Short Period after Vaccination: A Reminder of the Phenomenon of Apparent Vaccine Failure.
abstract: We present two cases of bacterial meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) which developed a few days after conjugate Hib vaccination. This phenomenon of postimmunization provocative time period is reviewed and discussed. These cases serve as a reminder to clinicians of the risk, albeit rare, of invasive Hib disease in the short period after successful immunization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics C, Schneider Children's Medical Center, 14 Kaplan Street, 49202 Petach Tikva, Israel.
authors.forename: Noa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Greenberg-Kushnir
authors.forename: Orly
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Haskin
authors.forename: Havatzelet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yarden-Bilavsky
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Amir
authors.forename: Efraim
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bilavsky