PEDIATRICS Vol. 78 No. 5 November 1986, pp. 939-941
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Management of Contacts of Children in Day Care With Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Type b Disease

BARRY DASHEFSKY MD1, ELLEN WALD MD1, and KARL LI MD1

1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

Haemophilus influenzae type b (HIB) is the most common cause of serious bacterial disease in children in the United States with 20,000 cases occurring annually. In 1979, it was convincingly reported that this pathogen could spread in households, resuiting in a significantly increased risk of subsequent disease in household contacts.1 Confusion resulting from changing recommendations of the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics regarding rifampin prophylaxis for HIB disease2,3 and the recent advent of the HIB vaccine4 prompt this commentary on the management of contacts of children with invasive HIB disease with special emphasis on the day-care setting.