Biliary tract infection caused by Haemophilus parainfluenzae.
Haemophilus parainfluenzae was isolated from the bile specimens of 2 patients with acute cholecystitis. The strains were genetically unrelated by the random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD). The 2 H. parainfluenzae strains represented 11.7% of all positive bile cultures inoculated in blood culture bottles. The routine inoculation of bile specimens in media able to support growth of Haemophilus species should be considered.
Alvarez
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Research Unit, Hospital Xeral-Cies, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Clínica Fatima, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.
Potel
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C
Rey
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Rodriguez-Sousa
T
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Otero
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001646:Bile / Q000382:microbiology*; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006190:Haemophilus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
D004269:DNA, Bacterial