The role of Haemophilus influenzae type b in fatal community-acquired pneumonia in Chinese children.
To analyze the role of Haemophilus influenzae type b in children's death resulting from severe pneumonia conventional PCR, Southern blotting and in situ PCR were evaluated for the detection of Hib in 202 paraffin-embedded lung tissue autopsy samples from children with fatal outcome of pneumonia in China during the period of 1953-2002. The results indicate that Hib was a cause of fatal pneumonia in 36 (17.8%) of 202 samples.
Hu
Huili
H
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
He
Lejian
L
Dmitriev
Alexander
A
Hu
Yiyun
Y
Deng
Jianghong
J
Zhang
Wenshaung
W
Yao
Kaihu
K
Yang
Yonghong
Y