Maternal and neonatal sepsis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type d.
A 29-year-old pregnant woman was admitted to hospital with signs of sepsis and threatened pre-term labour. The premature neonate also showed signs of sepsis. Haemophilus influenzae biotype III was cultured from a midstream urine sample taken from the mother, maternal placental swabs and neonatal blood cultures. The placental and neonatal isolates were both found to be serotype d by PCR, and were indistinguishable by PFGE.
Warren
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Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Hobart Hospital, Liverpool Street, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Tristram
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School of Human Life Sciences, University of Tasmania, Newnham Drive, Newnham, Tasmania, Australia.
Bradbury
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School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Collins Street, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.|Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Hobart Hospital, Liverpool Street, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
D000328:Adult; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D010920:Placenta / Q000382:microbiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D012703:Serotyping; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology