Hib bacteria usually live harmlessly in the nose ... A hematopoietic stem cell transplant (also called bone marrow transplantation or stem cell transplantation) is a cancer treatment used to ...

pestis. He probably contracted the Hib infection first, Guellil and colleagues say. While respiratory infections rarely leave marks, the boy’s kneecaps had fused to the thighbones above them.

Hib can also cause bacterial meningitis, pneumonia, blood, joint, bone and other infections, and death. Recent shortages of the Hib vaccine are believed to have cause the uptick in statewide ...