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Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae in the lower respiratory tract of patients with chronic bronchitis.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Dec 2001
Bandi V, Apicella M A, Mason E, Murphy T F, Siddiqi A, Atmar R L, Greenberg S B
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of colonization and intracellular localization of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) in the lower respiratory tract was determined in healthy adults and in clinically stable and acutely ill chronic bronchitis (CB) patients. NTHi was recovered from bronchial wash or bronchial brush specimens in 6 of 23 (26%) stable CB patients and in 1 of 15 (7%) CB patients with a respiratory exacerbation. No...
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