Experts who spoke with MedPage Today also pointed to the impact of pneumococcal vaccines. Though a vaccine for adults was ...

Jesus G. Vallejo, Sheldon L. Kaplan, Edward O. Mason, Jr. Cefotaxime and other cephalosporins were retrospectively evaluated for the treatment of meningitis and non-central nervous system (CNS) ...

Two common forms of invasive disease due to Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) are epiglottitis and meningitis. It is not known why some children develop epiglottitis and others meningitis. To ...

Regarding the clinical implications of their study findings, Dr. Park told MedPageToday, “…the series of Hib global burden estimations, including our study, testifies to the efficacy of national ...

Ciprofloxacin (C) is a new quinolone antimicrobial with a broad spectrum of activity and oral bioavailability that may be useful for the therapy of systemic infections in children. Pharmacokinetics, ...

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Thousands of people in the U.S. each year are affected by bacterial meningitis, which can be deadly. Newborns to grown adults can be impacted by the infection. Vaccines help prevent bacterial ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has approved a combination vaccine for use in infants and children ages 6 weeks through 18 months, ...

Jan. 23 -- FRIDAY, Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Over the past year, five Minnesota children have fallen ill -- one fatally -- with a germ that can cause meningitis, experts at the U.S. Centers for ...

Childhood deaths from two leading bacterial causes of pneumonia, meningitis, and sepsis declined sharply during the period 2000 to 2015, especially as vaccines against these pathogens were introduced ...

Hib meningitis has been virtually eliminated in young children in Uganda just five years after the country introduced Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine nationwide, according to an independent ...

Study provides firm evidence that Hib disease is a major problem in developing countries such as Kenya, and investment in immunization to control Hib meningitis & pneumonia, a significant killer of ...