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Antibiotic susceptibility and genotypic characterization of Haemophilus influenzae strains isolated from nasopharyngeal specimens from children in day-care centers in eastern France.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Oct 2000
Talon D, Leroy J, Dupont M J, Bertrand X, Mermet F, Thouverez M, Estavoyer J M
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the overall carriage rate for Haemophilus influenzae in young children in day-care centers, the frequency of resistance to various classes of antibiotic, and the clonal relationship between isolates of the various resistant phenotypes. METHODS: Nasopharyngeal (NP) specimens were obtained and cultured on chocolate agar with bacitracin. Antibiotic susceptibility testing and serotyping were...
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