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- Title
Haemophilus influenzae, colonización nasofaríngea en niños menores de cinco años.
- Authors
Solórzano-Santos, Fortino; Miranda-Novales, Ma. Guadalupe; Leaños-Miranda, Blanca; Ortiz-Ocampo, Laura Alicia; Echaniz-Avilés, Gabriela; Palacios-Saucedo, Gerardo; Guiscafré-Gallardo, Hector
- Abstract
Objective: to determine frequency, serotypes, biotypes and susceptibility to eight antibiotics in Haemophilus influenzae nasopharyngeal isolates in children under five year old from Mexico City. Methods: cross-sectional survey including children two months to five years old. A nasopharyngeal sample was taken. Haemophilus influenzae identification, serotyping, biotyping and antimicrobial susceptibility were performed. Results: a sample of 573 children were included. In 88/573 (15.3 %) H. influenzae was isolated, corresponding in 7/573 (1.2 %) to Hib, 3/573 (0.5 %) to Hi a, c, d, f and 781573 (13.6 %) to Nontypable Hi. Among Hib carriers, 6 had been received only one or two doses of specific vaccine. Biotype VIII (76.1%) was the predominant. All isolates were susceptible to the antibiotics, but one Hib strain was resistant to eritromycin. Conclusions: nontypable Haemophilus influenzae was predominant. Colonization by Hib in children under 5 years old was tow (1.2 %), occurring this in children with an incomplete vaccination schedule.
- Subjects
ANTIBIOTICS; HAEMOPHILUS influenzae; MICROBIAL sensitivity tests; BACTERIAL diseases in children; BACTERIAL vaccines; DRUG resistance in microorganisms; HAEMOPHILUS disease vaccines
- Publication
Revista Medica del IMSS, 2011, Vol 49, Issue 5, p499
- ISSN
0443-5117
- Publication type
Article