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Revista argentina de microbiología

On-line version ISSN 1851-7617

Abstract

EFRON, Adriana M.; MOSCOLONI, María A.; REIJTMAN, Vanesa R.  and  REGUEIRA, Mabel. Surveillance of Haemophilus influenzae serotypes in Argentina from 2005 to 2010 during the Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine era. Rev. argent. microbiol. [online]. 2013, vol.45, n.4, pp.240-247. ISSN 1851-7617.

The introduction of the Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine in the immunization programs of many countries has greatly reduced this invasive disease and the carriage caused by this serotype, also increasing other capsular types and non-capsular isolations. There were 313 isolations of H. influenzae under study, which were recovered from a sterile site coming from pediatric and adult patients carrying the invasive disease. Patients were treated at 90 different hospitals belonging to the Red Nacional de Laboratorios para Meningitis e Infecciones Respiratorias Agudas Bacterianas (National Lab Network for Meningitis and Acute Bacterial Respiratory Infections) from 2005 to 2010 for the following disorders: pneumonia, 40.3% (n = 126), meningitis, 30.0% (n = 94) and bacteremia, 26.5% (n = 83). In pediatric patients (n = 279), the highest frequency of isolations corresponded to children under the age of 2 years, 74.5% (n = 208). Regarding type distribution, 61.3% corresponded to non-capsular H. influenzae (n = 192), 20.1% to type b (n = 63), 11.2% to type a (n = 35), 4.8% to type f, and 2.6% to other types. Capsular H. influenzae was predominant in meningitis whereas non-capsular H. influenzae in pneumonia and bacteremia. The biotype was determined in 306 isolations. The totality (100%) of type a (n = 35) was biotype II whereas 66.7% of type b (n = 63) was biotype I. Slide agglutination and PCR tests were used in 220 isolations. There was a match of 0.982 (IC: 0.92-1.00) between them. During the last year, there was a great increase in type b, showing the importance of clinical and laboratory-based surveillance of the invasive disease caused by H. influenzae.

Keywords : Haemophilus influenza; Serotypes; PCR; Biotypes.

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