Resumen
We studied the epidemiology of Haemophilus influenzae type b infections among children with cancer admitted to Canadian pediatric hospitals. From 1991 to 2014, 13 cases among children with cancer were identified through active surveillance. Average age was 6.7 years. Six of 7 cases eligible for infant immunization were age-appropriately immunized (vaccine failures). Children with cancer may benefit from booster Hib immunization.
Idioma original | English |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 726-728 |
Número de páginas | 3 |
Publicación | Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal |
Volumen | 37 |
N.º | 7 |
DOI | |
Estado | Published - jul. 1 2018 |
Nota bibliográfica
Funding Information:K.A.T. has received research support from Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline and con-sultancy fees from Pfizer outside the submitted work. S.A.H. has received grants from Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline outside the submitted study. This surveillance activity is conducted as part of the Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program Active (IMPACT), a national surveillance initiative managed by the Canadian Paediatric Society and conducted by the IMPACT network of pediatric investigators on behalf of the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Centre for Immunization and Respiratory Infectious Diseases. K.A.T. is supported by an Investigatorship Award from the IWK Health Cen-tre. J.A.B. is a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases