Article
Turnover of Haemophilus influenzae isolates in otitis-prone children.
Acta oto-rhino-laryngologica Belgica - 1 Jan 2001
van Kempen M, Dhooge I, Vaneechoutte M, Claeys G
Abstract excerpt
Arbitrarily primed PCR with primer ERIC2 and RAPD Ready-to-Go beads was applied to study the epidemiology of non-typable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) isolated from the nasopharynx of children with recurrent otitis media (otitis-prone children). Thirty-five otitis-prone children (OP-children) were included. Three pairs of siblings were identified in the study population. This study is part of a large prospective...
Topics
- Belgium
- Child, Preschool
- DNA, Bacterial
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genotype
- Haemophilus Infections
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Humans
- Infant
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Otitis Media
- Polymerase Chain Reaction