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Identification of haemolytic Haemophilus species isolated from human clinical specimens and description of Haemophilus sputorum sp. nov.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM - 1 Mar 2012
Nørskov-Lauritsen Niels, Bruun Brita, Andersen Camilla, Kilian Mogens
Abstract excerpt
Haemolytic Haemophilus strains with no requirement for X factor are regularly isolated from sputum and throat swabs and occasionally from invasive infections, but the classification of such strains is not clear. We characterized 56 strains with a phenotype concordant with Haemophilus parahaemolyticus (V, but not X factor-dependent; urease-positive; tryptophanase-negative; ornithine decarboxylase-negative) by...
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