Pathogens
Haemophilus influenzae

Haemophilus influenzae

Precautions

  • For adults: Routine Precautions
  • For children: Droplet Precautions
  • AGP sign if needed

General Information

Small gram negative bacillus, encapsulated or not (non=non-typeable)

Normal respiratory flora

Invasive disease sharply declined after Hib conjugate vaccine introduced.

Most invasive disease is now caused by non-typeable strains

Colonizer of the upper respiratory tract

May cause invasive disease including meningitis, pneumonia/empyema, bacteremia, epiglottitis, MSK infection and others