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Characterization of non-type B Haemophilus influenzae strains isolated from patients with invasive disease. The HI Study Group.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2000
Cerquetti M, Ciofi degli Atti M L, Renna G, Tozzi A E, Garlaschi M L, Mastrantonio P
Abstract excerpt
Forty-one non-type b Haemophilus influenzae isolates from cases of invasive disease were characterized. By PCR capsular genotyping, 33 nonencapsulated strains, 4 type f isolates, and 4 b(-) strains were identified. By pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, the nonencapsulated isolates exhibited great genetic heterogenicity, whereas the type f and the b(-) strains seemed to have a clonal spread. Occurrence of the hifA...
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