Volume 10, Number 1—January 2004
Letter
Haemophilus influenzae Type b Meningitis in Children, Eritrea
Durgadas G. Naik*
and Melles Seyoum*
and Melles Seyoum*
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.
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