Haemophilus influenzae

The children in the United States are expected to receive 26 vaccinations by the age of 1, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Children face the risk of many life-threatening diseases such as: diphtheria, measles, polio, haemophilus influenzae, chickenpox, tetanus, pertussis, mumps, rubella, and Hepatitis B- just to list a few. Diphtheria is an infectious disease spread by bacteria or germs that live in the mouth, throat, and nose of an infected person. Diphtheria is easily passed

What is croup? Croup is defined as, by the Mayo Clinic (2015), an infection of the upper airway, which obstructs breathing and causes a characteristic barking cough. It effects children because, anatomically having a smaller airway, it is easier for swelling to close off the airway. Croup can be broken down in two categories: subglottic croup, which is laryngotracheobronchitis (LTB) and supraglottic croup, which is epiglottitis (Jardins & Burton, 2011). These two diseases have been used interchangeable

viruses are spread most often, usually, only a small number of people who get infected with enteroviruses will develop meningitis. Besides non-polio enteroviruses, other viruses that can cause meningitis are; mumps virus, herpes virus, measles virus, influenzae virus, West Nile virus and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. Anybody at any age can contract viral meningitis, although some people have a higher risk such as children under 5 years and people with weakened immune system. Viral meningitis

check grammar, spelling, style, AND plagiarism detection, then use our free proofreading check. The increase in life expectancy during the 20th century is largely due to improvements in child survival; this increase is associated with reductions in infectious disease mortality, largely to immunization. (Healthy People 2020). Nation’s attempt to control diseases, "Vaccines are one of the most cost-effective clinical preventive services and are a core component of any preventive services of infectious

REVIEW OF LITRATURE The term “sepsis” has been around since prehistoric times. Hippocrates presented the word sepsis 2400 years ago to represent a condition where an overwhelming infection leads to tissue breakdown with rotting, foul odour, and disease. The ancient Roman scholar and writer (116 BC–27 BC), Marcus Terentius Varro mentioned that “small creatures, invisible to the eye, fill the atmosphere, and breathed through the nose cause dangerous diseases.” In the early 1990s at a conference convened

inflammation. Meningitis can lead to serious long term consequences such as deafness, epilepsy, hydrocephalus and cognitive deficits, especially if not treated quickly. Some forms of meningitis (such as those associated with meningococci, haemophilus influenzae type B, pneumococci or mumps virus infections) may be prevented by immunization. In 2013 meningitis resulted in 303,000 deaths- down 464,000 deaths in 1990. In adults, the most common symptoms is a severe headache, occurring in almost 90%

Melissa Babajko Microbiology 214BA Dr. May June 6, 2012 Staphylococcus aureus- Is a facultative anaerobic, Gram-positive, salt positive, cocci shaped bacterium. Staphylococcus aureus is found as normal part of the skin floral in the nasal passages and on the skin. An estimated twenty percent of people naturally have harmless Staphylococcus aureus on their skin and are long-term carries for Staphylococcus aureus. Staphylococcus aureus is the most common strand of Staphylococcus in humans to date

Peter was born after an uneventful pregnancy and weighed 3.1kg. At 3 months, he developed otitis media and an upper respiratory tract infection. At the ages of 5 months and 11 months, he was admitted to hospital with Haemophilus influenzae pneumonia. The infections responded promptly to the appropriate antibiotics on each occasion. He is the fourth child of unrelated parents: his three sisters show no predisposition to infection. Examination at the age of 18 months showed a pale, thin child whose

Glycoconjugate Vaccines Numerous pathogenic bacteria have unique polysaccharide coats with repeating epitopes that elicit an immune response upon infection of a host, and, consequently, polysaccharide vaccines have been developed and in use for many years. However, these vaccines are T-independent: the polysaccharide antigens interact directly with B cells to induce antibody production in the absence of T cells. T-independent responses fail to produce sustained or appreciable antibody levels in children

When bacteria are thought of, germs and sickness come to mind. Bacteria is the stuff that you don’t want to encounter because it will make you sick. Many times, this an accurate assumption. There is Escherichia coli; these gram-negative bacteria cause diarrheas and can sometimes cause urinary tract infections pneumonia. They can be difficult to treat due to drug resistance. (Center for Disease Control, 2017) There are gram positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus or “staph”) Staph