title: The role of Haemophilus influenzae type b in fatal community-acquired pneumonia in Chinese children.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Huili
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Lejian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dmitriev
authors.forename: Yiyun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Jianghong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Wenshaung
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Kaihu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Yonghong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang