Prevalence of the hifBC, hmw1A, hmw2A, hmwC, and hia Genes in Haemophilus influenzae Isolates
Ecevit IZ, McCrea KW, Pettigrew MM, Sen A, Marrs CF, Gilsdorf JR. Prevalence of the hifBC, hmw1A, hmw2A, hmwC, and hia Genes in Haemophilus influenzae Isolates. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2004, 42: 3065-3072. PMID: 15243061, PMCID: PMC446296, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.42.7.3065-3072.2004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdhesins, BacterialBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial ProteinsGenes, BacterialHaemophilus influenzaeHumansMolecular ChaperonesMultigene FamilyNasopharynxConceptsAcute otitis mediaOtitis mediaH. influenzaeHia geneHaemophilus influenzaeMiddle earRespiratory tract sitesH. influenzae infectionsAdhesin genesClinical H. influenzaeThroat isolatesInfluenzae infectionNTHi isolatesNasopharyngeal colonizationNTHi strainsType b strainsClinical isolatesPrevalenceInfluenzaeB strainsEpithelial cellsHMW adhesinsType BVirulence factorsHib