Detection of six copies of the capsulation b locus in a Haemophilus influenzae type b strain isolated from a splenectomized patient with fulminant septic shock

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 640-642

  Cerquetti, Marina ^a   Cardines, Rita ^a   Giufrè, Maria ^a   Castella, Annalisa ^b   Rebora, Monica ^c   Mastrantonio, Paola ^a   Ciofi Degli Atti, Marta Luisa ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Ospedale SS Annunziata   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CELL ENCAPSULATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPLENECTOMY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMANS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SPLENECTOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B;

EID: 32344452982     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.2.640-642.2006     Document Type: Article

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