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Nosocomial transmission of disease caused by nontypeable strains of Haemophilus influenzae.
The American journal of medicine - 1 Apr 1994
Goetz M B, O'Brien H, Musser J M, Ward J I
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The authors evaluated a geographic and temporal cluster of lower respiratory tract infections due to unencapsulated (serologically nontypeable) Haemophilus influenzae to determine whether this event represented the transmission of a single clone. METHODS AND MATERIALS: H influenzae was recovered from eight patients at a nursing home and from three patients in an adjacent acute care hospital. Serotypes,...
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