Pallares D E, Figueroa J E, Densen P, Giclas P C, Marshall G S
Department of Allergy and Immunology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
J Pediatr. 1996 Jan;128(1):102-3. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(96)70436-5.
A child who had had meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b, and then had meningococcal meningitis, was found to have familial deficiency of the beta subunit of the eighth component of complement. The child had not received the H. influenzae type b vaccine. If this deficiency is discovered, we recommend that family members be screened, regardless of their health status.
一名曾患b型流感嗜血杆菌引起的脑膜炎,随后又患脑膜炎球菌性脑膜炎的儿童,被发现患有补体第八成分β亚基的家族性缺陷。该儿童未接种b型流感嗜血杆菌疫苗。如果发现这种缺陷,我们建议对家庭成员进行筛查,无论他们的健康状况如何。