Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in children: Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of isolates

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 577-582

  Cardines, Rita ^a   Giufrè, Maria ^a   Mastrantonio, Paola ^a   Degli Atti, Marta Luisa Ciofi ^a   Cerquetti, Marina ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ampicillin resistance; Bacterial adhesins; Genotyping; Meningitis; Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; PROTEIN HIFA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34347372674     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3180616715     Document Type: Article

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