Article
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 r...
Topics
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- California
- Cross Infection
- Disease Outbreaks
- Genotype
- Haemophilus Infections
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Hospitals, Veterans
- Humans
- Respiratory Tract Infections
- Retrospective Studies
- Serotyping