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Identification of new genetic regions more prevalent in nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae otitis media strains than in throat strains.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2006
Xie Jingping, Juliao Patricia C, Gilsdorf Janet R, Ghosh Debashis, Patel Mayuri, Marrs Carl F
Abstract excerpt
Nontypeable (NT) Haemophilus influenzae strains cause significant respiratory illness and are isolated from up to half of middle ear aspirates from children with acute otitis media. Previous studies have identified two genes, lic2B and hmwA, that are associated with NT H. influenzae strains isolated from the middle ears of children with otitis media but that are not associated with NT H. influenzae strains...
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