A six-month-old infant is being treated in the paediatric intensive care unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Centre in Jerusalem after being diagnosed with bacterial meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type B.
The child, who had not received routine childhood vaccinations, was brought to the paediatric emergency department with high fever and general malaise. Medical and nursing staff conducted a full workup and determined the infant was suffering from bacterial meningitis caused by the Haemophilus influenzae B bacterium, which is covered by the standard immunisation schedule.
The infant was transferred to the paediatric intensive care unit under the direction of Dr Jacques Brown. His condition is stable and he is fully conscious. Following treatment by medical and nursing teams, he stabilised and is expected to be moved to the general paediatrics ward under the direction of Prof. Orly Megged.
