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Most strains of H. influenzae are opportunistic pathogens - that is, they usually live in their host without causing disease, but cause problems only when other factors (such as a viral infection or reduced immune function) create an opportunity. There are six generally recognized types of H. influenzae: a, b, c, d, e, and f.[3]
Naturally-acquired disease caused by H. influenzae seems to occur in humans only. In infants and young children, H. influenzae type b (Hib) causes bacteremia, pneumonia, and acute bacterial meningitis. Occasionally, it causes cellulitis, osteomyelitis, epiglottitis, and joint infections. Due to routine use of the Hib conjugate vaccine in the U.S. since 1990, the incidence of invasive Hib disease has decreased to 1.3/100,000 in children. However, Hib remains a major cause of lower respiratory tract infections in infants and children in developing countries where vaccine is not widely used. Unencapsulated H. influenzae (non-B type) causes ear (otitis media) and eye (conjunctivitis) infections and sinusitis in children, and is associated with pneumonia.
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If you must know Haemophilus influenzae is a small, nonmotile Gram-negative bacterium in the family Pasteurellaceae. The family also includes Pasteurella and Actinobacillus, two other genera of bacteria that are parasites of animals. Encapsulated strains of Haemophilus influenzae isolated from cerebrospinal fluid are coccobacilli, 0.2 to 0.3 to 0.5 to 0.8 um, similar in morphology to Bordetella pertussis, the agent of whooping cough. Non encapsulated organisms from sputum are pleomorphic and often exhibit long threads and filaments. The organism may appear Gram-positive unless the Gram stain procedure is very carefully carried out. Furthermore, elongated forms from sputum may exhibit bipolar staining, leading to an erroneous diagnosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
H. influenzae is a gram negative coccobacilli which can be normally found in the oral and nasopharynx. The most serious manisfestation is meningitis. Nasopharynx colonization in a susceptable host leads to bloodstream invasion later to seeding the meninges crossing the blood-brain barrier. Other infections include sinusitis, ear infections, bacteremia, pink eye, among others. Person to person transmission via respiratory or rubbing your eyes with contaminated hands are common. The recommended treatment is third-generation cephalosporin (there are several). If the disease is not systemic, and the organism is beta-lactamase negative (an enzyme that inactivates penicillin and similar organisms) ampicillin can be used.
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