Reduction in Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis Related to Haemophilus influenzae Type B Vaccination
- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
- Vol. 19 (6), 705-9
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01241398-199911000-00003
Abstract
This retrospective cohort study compares organisms responsible for septic arthritis and osteomyelitis before and after Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination. Before vaccination, Haemophilus influenzae type b was responsible for 5% of culture positive osteomyelitis and 41% of culture positive septic arthritis. Since the administration of the conjugated vaccine PRP-T began in 1992, no case of osteomyelitis or septic arthritis has been caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b (ptKeywords
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