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Genetic and phenotypic characterization of Haemophilus influenzae type b isolated from children with meningitis and their family members in Vietnam.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2006
Phan L T Huong, Ngo T Thi, Dang D Anh, Vu T T Huong, Le N Ming, Tran Q Canh, Matsuoka Mayumi, Kamachi Kazunari, Yamazaki Tsutomu, Arakawa Yoshichika, Sasaki Tsuguo
Abstract excerpt
To investigate Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection in Vietnamese children under the age of 5 years, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from patients with meningitis were screened for Hib, and isolates were subjected to evaluation of susceptibility to 12 antibiotics, biotyping, and genotyping with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). The major biotype was type II (68.3%), followed by type I (22.8%)....
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