Volume 10, Number 1—January 2004
Letter
Haemophilus influenzae Type b Meningitis in Children, Eritrea
Table
Results of microbiologic tests of five cases of Haemophilus influenzae type ba
Age/sex | Latex agglutination test | Antimicrobial susceptibility | β-lactamase | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pen | Amp | Cefot | Chl | Genta | |||
3 months/female | Positive | R | R | S | S | S | Positive |
5 months/male | Positive | R | R | S | R | R | Positive |
6 months/male | Positive | R | R | S | S | S | Positive |
1 year/male | Positive | R | R | S | S | S | Positive |
3 years/male | Positive | R | S | S | S | S | Positive |
aPen, penicillin; Amp, ampicillin; Cefot, cefotaxime; Chl, chloramphenicol; Genta, gentamicin; S, sensitive; R, resistant.