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SUBMITTER: Naito S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6018332 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Naito Sachiko S Takeuchi Noriko N Ohkusu Misako M Takahashi-Nakaguchi Azusa A Takahashi Hiroki H Imuta Naoko N Nishi Junichiro J Shibayama Keigo K Matsuoka Mayumi M Sasaki Yuko Y Ishiwada Naruhiko N
Journal of clinical microbiology 20180625 7
<i>Haemophilus influenzae</i> type b (Hib) conjugate vaccines have led to dramatic reductions in Hib disease among young children worldwide. Nontypeable <i>H. influenzae</i> (NTHi) is now the major cause of invasive <i>H. influenzae</i> infections. We investigated the clinical characteristics of invasive NTHi diseases among children in Japan, to clarify the pathogenicity of isolated NTHi strains. The mortality rate was 10.7%, with deaths occurring mainly among children with underlying comorbidit ...[more]