Haemophilus influenzae in children with cystic fibrosis: Antimicrobial susceptibility, molecular epidemiology, distribution of adhesins and biofilm formation

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-52

  Cardines, Rita ^a   Giufrè, Maria ^a   Pompilio, Arianna ^b   Fiscarelli, Ersilia ^c   Ricciotti, Gabriella ^c   Di Bonaventura, Giovanni ^b   Cerquetti, Marina ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adhesins; Antibiotic resistance; Biofilm; Cystic fibrosis; Haemophilus influenzae; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81255158677     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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