RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Haemophilus influenzae lobar pneumonia in the father of a child with epiglottitis JF European Respiratory Journal JO Eur Respir J FD European Respiratory Society SP 840 OP 841 DO 10.1183/09031936.93.03070840 VO 3 IS 7 A1 H Manji A1 P Reeve YR 1990 UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/3/7/840.abstract AB We present a case of Haemophilus influenzae lobar pneumonia in the father of a child admitted with acute epiglottitis caused by the same organism. The suggestion that adult, as well as child, contacts for Haemophilus influenzae epiglottitis should be prophylactically treated is discussed.