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Haemophilus
Influenzae Type B (HIB)
Source:
http://edcp.org/html/heminflu.html
Definition
"Invasive disease due to Haemophilus influenzae may produce any
of several clinical syndromes, including meningitis, bacteremia,
epiglottis, and pneumonia." Only H. flu meningitis was
reportable in
Maryland
through 1987. In 1988, invasive disease due to H. flu type b (Hib)
became reportable in
Maryland
for all health care providers. All invasive H. flu disease
(clinically compatible cases with either detection of H. flu type b
antigen in CSF or isolation of any H. flu from a normally sterile
site, irrespective of serotype status) became nationally notifiable
from 1991.
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