title: Haemophilus haemolyticus isolates causing clinical disease.
abstract: We report seven cases of Haemophilus haemolyticus invasive disease detected in the United States, which were previously misidentified as nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae. All cases had different symptoms and presentations. Our study suggests that a testing scheme that includes reliable PCR assays and standard microbiological methods should be used in order to improve H. haemolyticus identification.
authors.affiliation: Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Disease Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Infectious and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. rdo7@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Raydel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Elizabeth C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Briere
authors.forename: Lee S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Amanda C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Cohn
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Nancy E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Messonnier
authors.forename: Leonard W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Mayer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006190:Haemophilus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial