| outer membrane protein subtypes of haemophilus influenzae type b isolates causing invasive disease in victoria, australia, from 1988 to 1990. | outer membrane protein subtyping of 187 isolates of haemophilus influenzae type b (hib), isolated from children with invasive hib disease in victoria, australia, showed that a single outer membrane protein subtype (1va) was responsible for 83% of the infections. it was identical to that responsible for the majority of cases of invasive hib disease in europe. | 1992 | 1629347 |
| adverse reactions to immunization with newer vaccines in the very preterm infant. | to study the frequency and types of adverse reactions to currently available vaccines in very preterm infants. | 2005 | 16101980 |
| australia's notifiable diseases status, 2001: annual report of the national notifiable diseases surveillance system. | in 2001 there were 104,187 notifications of communicable diseases in australia reported to the national notifiable diseases surveillance system (nndss). the number of notifications in 2001 was an increase of 16 per cent of those reported in 2000 (89,740) and the largest annual total since the nndss commenced in 1991. in 2001, nine new diseases were added to the list of diseases reported to nndss and four diseases were removed. the new diseases were cryptosporidiosis, laboratory-confirmed influen ... | 2003 | 12725505 |
| acute epiglottitis in adults: the royal melbourne hospital experience. | to examine the common presentations and management of acute epiglottitis in adults. | 2001 | 11906390 |
| a case-control study examining risk factors for invasive haemophilus influenzae type b disease in victoria, australia 1988-90. | to determine whether day-care attendance was a risk factor for haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) disease, particularly for epiglottitis. | 1995 | 8924302 |
| adaptive immunity to nontypeable haemophilus influenzae. | nontypeable haemophilus influenzae (nthi) colonizes the upper respiratory tract of most healthy people and is also a major cause of infection in chronic obstructive lung disease. the immune response to this bacterium has not been well characterized. we tested the hypothesis that recurrent airway infection with nthi may be associated with nonclearing adaptive immunity. study subjects were healthy control subjects and patients with idiopathic bronchiectasis who had severe chronic infection with h. ... | 2003 | 12433671 |
| antibiotic resistance among respiratory pathogens in preschool children. | to determine the prevalence of antibiotic resistance among common respiratory pathogens circulating in the community. | 1995 | 7565207 |
| home vaccination for children behind in their immunisation schedule: a randomised controlled trial. | to ascertain the effectiveness of a home vaccination service for children behind in their vaccination schedule. | 1998 | 9631672 |
| epidemiology of haemophilus influenzae type b disease in australia and new zealand. | the epidemiology of infection due to haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) varies in different groups of australian and new zealand children. in most populations the annual case attack rate is approximately 40-60 per 100,000 children under 5 years of age and epiglottitis accounts for a relatively high but variable proportion of cases, which partly depends on case definition. overall, nearly 50% of cases occur in children over 2 years of age. among aboriginal children in the northern territory, the ... | 1991 | 1891950 |
| haemophilus influenzae type b infections in victoria, australia, 1985-1989. | | 1992 | 1588171 |
| the epidemiology of acute epiglottitis in children in western australia. | a comprehensive case definition was used to study all cases of epiglottitis that occurred in children under 15 years of age in western australia during a 5 year period. there was microbiological evidence of haemophilus influenzae type b infection in 71% of 103 cases of epiglottitis. seventy-five per cent of cases occurred in children under 5 years of age. in this age group, the estimated annual incidence (13.5 episodes per 100,000) was significantly lower than that reported in victoria (22.7 per ... | 1992 | 1466944 |
| documentation of children's vaccination status in child care centres in victoria. | to assess the record-keeping of child care centres in victoria with respect to children's vaccination status. | 1998 | 9588644 |
| cerebrospinal fluid shunt infections in children. | we reviewed cerebrospinal fluid (csf) shunt infections treated in the royal children's hospital, melbourne from 1981 to 1991. forty-one episodes of csf shunt infection were found after 900 shunt operations, an infection rate of 4.5%. clinical symptoms were nonspecific in 31.7% of episodes, and in 17.1% of episodes the initial csf sample was normal on microscopy and biochemistry, although a pathogen was isolated on culture. most episodes occurred within 4 months of the last operation on the shunt ... | 1995 | 8559628 |
| haemophilus influenzae type b infections in victoria, australia, 1985 to 1987. | invasive haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) infections occurring from 1985 to 1987 in children younger than 16 years of age living in the state of victoria were reviewed. there were 547 cases which fulfilled the case definition, including 231 cases of meningitis, 219 of epiglottitis and 97 other infections; 14 (2.6%) children died, 8 with meningitis, 5 with epiglottitis and 1 with pneumonia. ninety-five percent of cases occurred in children younger than 5 years of age, in whom the case attack r ... | 1990 | 2336310 |