Definition: BACTERIAL INFECTIONS of the nervous system caused by HAEMOPHILUS organisms, and marked by prominent inflammation of the meninges. HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B is the most common causative organism. The condition primarily affects children under 6 years of age but may occur in adults. Clinical manifestations include fever; nuchal rigidity; PHOTOPHOBIA; SEIZURES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; COMA; and cerebrovascular thrombosis. The organism tends to enter the central nervous system following infections of adjacent structures, including the middle ear (see also OTITIS MEDIA), sinuses, and pharynx. (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, pp396-7)
coord IM with Haemophilus species if available
Other names Meningitides, Hemophilus; Meningitides, Haemophilus parainfluenzae; Meningitides, Haemophilus aphrophilus; Meningitides, Haemophilus; Hemophilus Meningitis; Hemophilus Meningitides; Haemophilus parainfluenzae Meningitis; HiB Meninigitis; Haemophilus parainfluenzae Meningitides; Haemophilus aphrophilus Meningitis; Haemophilus aphrophilus Meningitides; Haemophilus Meningitis; Haemophilus Meningitides; Type B Hemophilus influenzae Meningitis; Type B Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis; Meninigitis, HiB; Meningitis, Hemophilus influenzae, Type B; Meningitis, Hemophilus influenzae Type F; Meningitis, Hemophilus; Meningitis, Haemophilus parainfluenzae
