Hemophilus infections are treated with antibiotics.
Untreated hemophilus infections--particularly meningitis, sepsis, and epiglottitis--have a high mortality rate.
isolating patients with respiratory hemophilus infections; treating appropriate contacts of infected patients with rifampin; maintaining careful standards of cleanliness in hospitals,
There are three different vaccines for hemophilus infections used to immunize children in the United States: PRP-D, HBOC, and PRP-OMP.
The organism can be transmitted by person-to-person contact, or by contact with nasal discharges and other body fluids.
The diagnosis is usually based on a combination of the patient's symptoms and the results of blood counts, cultures, or antigen detection tests.
A disease
Immunizations are administrations of substances which protect a person from becoming infected by particular pathogens (bacteria, viruses, etc). Some immunizations are effective only if given at certain ages, or are not considered to be needed in people at other ages. For example, the Hemophilus immunization is needed in childhood, but Hemophilus infections are not common in adulthood. So it would not be appropriate to give a Hemophilus immunization to an adult. In the United States, the body which determines which immunizations are needed is the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
The primary factor influencing the rate of infection is age; children between the ages of six months and four years are most vulnerable to H. influenzae.
Mary Jardine Evans has written: 'A study of Hemophilus influenzae' -- subject(s): Hemophilus influenzae
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It attacks the upper respiratory tracts of warm blooded animals.