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    J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Jul;50(7):2444-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00566-12. Epub 2012 May 2.

    Culture and PCR detection of Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus haemolyticus in Australian Indigenous children with bronchiectasis.

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    Child Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. kim.hare@menzies.edu.au

    Abstract

    A PCR for protein D (hpd#3) was used to differentiate nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) from Haemophilus haemolyticus. While 90% of nasopharyngeal specimens and 100% of lower-airway specimens from 84 Indigenous Australian children with bronchiectasis had phenotypic NTHI isolates confirmed as H. influenzae, only 39% of oropharyngeal specimens with phenotypic NTHI had H. influenzae. The nasopharynx is therefore the preferred site for NTHI colonization studies, and NTHI is confirmed as an important lower-airway pathogen.

    PMID:
    22553240
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID:
    PMC3405615
    Free PMC Article

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