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MeSH Heading: Meningitis, Haemophilus
Tree Number(s): C01.150.252.223.500.425; C01.150.252.400.700.433.615; C01.207.180.500.425; C10.228.228.180.500.425; C10.586.625.280.393
Unique ID: D008583
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008583
Annotation: coordinate IM with Haemophilus species (IM) if available
Scope Note: Infections of the nervous system caused by bacteria of the genus HAEMOPHILUS, 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.
Entry Term(s): Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis Type B; Hemophilus influenzae Meningitis Type B; Meningitis, Haemophilus influenzae Type F; Meningitis, Haemophilus parainfluenzae; Meningitis, Hemophilus; Meningitis, Hemophilus influenzae Type F; Meningitis, Hemophilus influenzae, Type B; Meninigitis, HiB; Type B Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis; Type B Hemophilus influenzae Meningitis
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Meningitis, Haemophilus MeSH Descriptor Data 2023