Invasive Type e Haemophilus influenzae Disease in Italy

Cerquetti, Marina; degli Atti, Marta Luisa Ciofi; Cardines, Rita; Salmaso, Stefania; Renna, Giovanna; Mastrantonio, Paola

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Invasive Type e Haemophilus influenzae Disease in Italy

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Feb 2003
By Cerquetti, Marina ; degli Atti, Marta Luisa Ciofi ; Cardines, Rita ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Cerquetti, Marina ; degli Atti, Marta Luisa Ciofi ; Cardines, Rita ; Salmaso, Stefania ; Renna, Giovanna ; Mastrantonio, Paola
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Description:

We describe the first reported cases of invasive type e Haemophilus influenzae disease in Italy. All five cases occurred in adults. The isolates were susceptible to ampicillin and eight other antimicrobial agents. Molecular analysis showed two distinct type e strains circulating in Italy, both containing a single copy of the capsulation locus.
Subjects:

Adult Communicable Diseases, Emerging DNA, Bacterial Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Haemophilus Infections Haemophilus Vaccines Humans Incidence Polymerase Chain Reaction
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 9(2):258-261
Pubmed ID:

12604001
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC2901939
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Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Italy
Volume:

9
Issue:

2
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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