Meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae type e biotype 4.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 10 ·No. 6 ·1979-12-00 ·Pages 926-7

Shishido H, Matsumoto K

Abstract

Haemophilus influenzae type e biotype 4 was isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid of a 16-month-old child with meningitis. This is the first isolation, from a case of meningitis, of this organism that has been biotyped.

MeSH Terms

Female Haemophilus Infections/cerebrospinal fluid,microbiology Haemophilus influenzae/classification,isolation & purification Humans Infant Meningitis/cerebrospinal fluid,microbiology

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Shishido H

Matsumoto K

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical microbiology

Abbr.

J Clin Microbiol

ISSN

0095-1137

DOI

10.1128/jcm.10.6.926-927.1979

Published

1979-12-00

Pages

926-7

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505564

PMCID

PMC273295

Subset

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