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Meningitis - H. influenzae - Prevention

Alternative Names

H. influenzae meningitis; H. flu meningitis

Prevention:

To protect infants and young children:

Hib immunizations for infants and children are recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Institutes of Health, and many other health agencies.
Several types of Hib vaccine are available for children ages 2 months and older.

To prevent infection after being exposed to H. influenzae meningitis:

All family contacts of people with this type of meningitis who have not been vaccinated should begin drug therapy to prevent infection as soon as possible.
Ask your health care provider about this treatment during the first visit.

Haemophilus influenza organism

Influenza

Reviewed last on: 9/28/2008
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Jatin M. Vyas, PhD, MD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Swartz MN. Meningitis: bacterial, viral, and other. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 437.

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