title: Active copper- and zinc-containing superoxide dismutase in the cryptic genospecies of Haemophilus causing urogenital and neonatal infections discriminates them from Haemophilus influenzae sensu stricto.
abstract: The presence of active copper- and zinc-containing superoxide dismutase in isolates of the cryptic genospecies of Haemophilus, responsible for urogenital, neonatal, and mother-infant infections, can be used as a biochemical marker to discriminate them from H. influenzae sensu stricto strains.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Infectious Diseases Group, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London W2 1PG, United Kingdom. p.langford@ic.ac.uk
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Langford
authors.forename: Brian J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Sheehan
authors.forename: Taheed
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shaikh
authors.forename: J Simon
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kroll
mesh_terms: D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005260:Female; D052776:Female Urogenital Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000145:classification* / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; C116114:sodC protein, E coli