Haemophilus haemolyticus is infrequently misidentified as Haemophilus influenzae in diagnostic specimens in Australia

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 272-273

  Zhang, Bowen ^a   Kunde, Dale ^a   Tristram, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Haemophilus haemolyticus; Haemophilus influenzae; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS HAEMOLYTICUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SODC GENE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GENETICS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

RNA 16S;

AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84919353007     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.08.016     Document Type: Article

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