title: [Haemophilus influenzae biovars in patients with acute and chronic inflammatory lung diseases].
abstract: In the study of the biological properties of 175 H. influenzae strains isolated from patients with acute and chronic inflammatory lung diseases (ILD) and from donors, a wide spread of biovars I, II and III (according to Kilian) was revealed; these biovars constituted 80% of the cultures under study. In donors, H. influenzae strains were characterized by a wide spectrum of biovars, but biovars I, II and VI constituted more than a half (64.2%) of the strains obtained in the course of these investigations. In acute ILD, only H. influenzae biovars I, II and III were isolated with the prevalence of biovar II (56.4%). In chronic ILD, all H. influenzae biovars were represented, but biovars II and III prevailed (58.7%). The four-fold difference in the occurrence of H. influenzae strains belonging to undetermined biovars was established in donors in comparison with ILD patients (46.7 +/- 9.8% and 12.0 +/- 2.5%; p less than 0.001).
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Faustova
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003470:Culture Media; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media
vernacular_title: Biovary Haemophilus influenzae u bol'nykh ostrymi i khronicheskimi vospalitel'nym zabolevaniiami legkikh.