Pharyngeal colonization dynamics of Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus haemolyticus in healthy adult carriers

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3207-3217

  Mukundan, Deepa ^a   Ecevit, Zafer ^a   Patel, Mayuri ^a   Marrs, Carl F ^b   Gilsdorf, Janet R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c L2225 Women'S/0244 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMIN; PORPHYRIN;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENOTYPE; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS HAEMOLYTICUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SINUSITIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS HAEMOLYTICUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 35348915488     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00492-07     Document Type: Article

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