No abstract available.
Haemophilus influenzae* ; Haemophilus*

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Haemophilus influenzae* ; Haemophilus*

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Extremities* ; Gangrene* ; Haemophilus influenzae type b* ; Haemophilus influenzae* ; Haemophilus*

No abstract available.
Empyema, Subdural* ; Haemophilus influenzae* ; Haemophilus* ; Meningitis*

34 Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) strains isolated from cerebrospinal fluids (CSFs) of meningitis patients at National Hospital of Pediatrics, Hanoi, between 11/2002 and 12/2003 were biotyped, serotyped and analyzed by using PCR with specific primers, Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) with Smal restriction enzyme. The results showed that 24 of 34 Hib strains (70.6%) belong to biotype II; 8 of 34 (23.5%) belong to biotype I. PCR patterns with capsular polysaccharide type b specified primers of the 34 Hib strains were identical. DNA restriction patterns generated by PFGE (so-called PFGE patterns) of the 34 Hib strains were mainly distributed into 2 PFGE patterns. DNA restriction patterns had close relationship to biotype. The presence of PFGE patterns of Hib strains was not related to season
Haemophilus influenzae type b ; pathogenicity ; Haemophilus influenzae

The study was conducted to compare the molecular differences of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) strains causing meningitis in young children with H. influenzae strains causing acute upper respiratory tract infection, 44 Hib strains and 37 H. influenzae strains were analysed by pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) with SmaI restriction enzyme. The results: 44 Hib strains were mainly distributed into 4 DNA restriction patterns (PFGE patterns) whereas 37 H. influenzae strains were distributed into 22 patterns and 81% of them were not encapsulated. The genome of Hib strains causing bacterial meningitis showed less variation than that of H. influenzae causing acute upper respiratory infection. PFGE is a useful tool for epidemiological research.
Haemophilus influenza ; Child

Clinical characteristics and cerebrospinal fluid abnormalities in 100 cases of confirmed B type of H.influenzae (Hib) meningititis were analysed in comparing with 105 cases of meningitis caused by other bacterial pathogens. The basic criteria for early diagnosis of Hib meningitis in under five year old children were found out. Results showed that 48.8% of cases of meningititis were due to Hib; 96% of CSF samples due to Hib had physiological change in comparing with 72.4% in meningitis due to other bacterial pathogens, in 92% there were clinical manifestations and biochemical/cytological typical changes in CSF, in 100% of cases of Hib meningitis(+), there were typical changes; 51% of cases there were positive blood culture and 47% there were Hib positive CSF and blood culture concurrently
Meningitis ; Child ; Haemophilus influenzae

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Haemophilus* ; Prevalence* ; Sputum*

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Haemophilus* ; Prevalence* ; Sputum*

Infective endocarditis by Hemophilus species is very rare:there are only 22 reported-cases of Hemophilus paraphrophilus endocarditis. We report a case of Hemophilus paraphrophilus endocarditis in a middle-aged woman with cerebral embolism and hemorrhage.
Endocarditis* ; Female ; Haemophilus ; Haemophilus paraphrophilus* ; Hemorrhage* ; Humans ; Intracranial Embolism*