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. 2012:2012:950107.
doi: 10.1155/2012/950107. Epub 2012 Aug 16.

Haemophilus influenzae Type b Meningitis in the Short Period after Vaccination: A Reminder of the Phenomenon of Apparent Vaccine Failure

Noa Greenberg-Kushnir  1 , Orly Haskin, Havatzelet Yarden-Bilavsky, Jacob Amir, Efraim Bilavsky
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Haemophilus influenzae Type b Meningitis in the Short Period after Vaccination: A Reminder of the Phenomenon of Apparent Vaccine Failure

Noa Greenberg-Kushnir et al. Case Rep Infect Dis. 2012.

Abstract

We present two cases of bacterial meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) which developed a few days after conjugate Hib vaccination. This phenomenon of postimmunization provocative time period is reviewed and discussed. These cases serve as a reminder to clinicians of the risk, albeit rare, of invasive Hib disease in the short period after successful immunization.

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